PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Cabral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Stay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Cabral
vs
Stay

169 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodrigo Cabral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pat Stay!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stay goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stay takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Stay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stay takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cabral buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cabral is looking to slow Stay down with leg kicks.
Cabral swings for the body but Stay moves out of range.
Cabral is looking to land body kicks.
Cabral throws a lazy head kick

and Stay counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cabral is looking to control Stay's arms but Stay gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cabral has his back to the ropes.
Cabral keeps control of Stay as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cabral lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stay wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cabral tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cabral swings wildly with an uppercut but Stay uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Cabral.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cabral breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cabral will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stay misses with a leg kick
and Cabral counters with a good low kick that Stay was not able to check.
Stay throws a solid leg kick but Cabral takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stay.
Stay takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cabral bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stay's head backwards.
Stay throws a head kick but Cabral moves out of range.
Stay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabral.
Cabral scores with a head kick.
Cabral takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cabral lands with an overhand left.
Stay throws a head kick but Cabral moves out of range.
Stay swings for the body but Cabral moves out of range.
Cabral misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stay.
Cabral throws a leg kick but Stay sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stay tries to bum rush Cabral with a series of wild strikes but Cabral uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stay misses with a body kick.
Cabral throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stay throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cabral scores with a hook.
Cabral connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stay momentarily.
Cabral jabs at Stay's body.
Stay takes one to the chin there.
Stay on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stay throws a leg kick but Cabral sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cabral throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stay on the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Cabral there.
Cabral misses with a looping right.
That kick from Stay tenderised Cabral's leg. Cabral is trying to keep his angry face on.
A punch lands to the side of Stay 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cabral throws a jab but it's blocked by Stay.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cabral. Stay shrugs it off though.
Cabral scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stay throws a nice looking combination but Cabral bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stay connects with a solid leg kick.
Cabral scores with a hook to the body. Stay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cabral lunges at Stay with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stay's hand.
Stay walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Stay is rocked!
Cabral connects with a combination that backs up Stay into the ropes. Cabral lands a flurry of punches that gets past Stay's guard. Stay is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Cabral bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Cabral!
During a confident post fight interview, Rodrigo Cabral thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.