PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Haer Dalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christine Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Dalis
vs
Cabrera

181 cm
16
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Haer Dalis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christine Cabrera!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cabrera lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dalis just misses with a punch to the body.
Dalis misses with a hook.
A head kick by Dalis misses
and Cabrera counters with a nice body kick.
Dalis misses with a hook. Cabrera ducked under it nicely.
Cabrera works over Dalis's head and body with a nice combination.
Dalis misses the body punch
and Cabrera counters with a big head kick but Dalis shrugs it off.

Dalis clinches.
Cabrera looking for a takedown.
Cabrera scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabrera has Dalis pressed against the cage, preventing Dalis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cabrera wants to stall.
Dalis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cabrera pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dalis wants a takedown.
Dalis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haer Dalis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cabrera is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dalis is keeping busy.
Dalis can't break the clinch.
Cabrera looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dalis goes for a takedown attempt but Cabrera pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Dalis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalis taking a break here but Cabrera is having none of it and regains half guard.
Dalis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cabrera blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dalis.
Dalis is thwarting Cabrera's attempts to control the position.
Dalis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've been hearing good reports from Dalis's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dalis keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is staying active underneath Dalis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dalis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cabrera looks winded!
Cabrera avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dalis.
Cabrera avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dalis.
Cabrera on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Cabrera is rocked!
Ground and pound from Dalis.
Cabrera is still in real trouble! Can Dalis finish him?
Cabrera is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dalis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dalis lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Cabrera! More strikes land and this one is all over! Dalis jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haer Dalis!