PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Count Dankula (ranked 1162 p4p, 897 weight class) and Herve Cabrera (ranked 125 p4p, 98 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dankula
vs
Cabrera

170 cm
27
148
9 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
145
11 - 6 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Count Dankula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Herve Cabrera!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dankula lands with a good body shot.
Dankula drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cabrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cabrera has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A good leg kick by Cabrera.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dankula throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cabrera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cabrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dankula.
Cabrera looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cabrera lunges at Dankula with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dankula's hand.

Cabrera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabrera looking to pass the guard.
Cabrera's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cabrera throwing strikes but missing.
Cabrera throws a big right hand that misses.
Cabrera missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cabrera throwing strikes from guard but Dankula blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dankula keeping full guard, as Cabrera tries to pass.
Cabrera missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cabrera is working Dankula over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cabrera trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cabrera controlling from the top position.
Cabrera passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabrera in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera working the ground and pound but Dankula is defending the strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Cabrera.
The ground and pound from Cabrera seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Cabrera creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dankula sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dankula defending against the ground and pound.
Cabrera is looking to take a break and control but Dankula is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Cabrera is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dankula has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cabrera throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Cabrera tries to score with some ground and pound. Dankula controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Cabrera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dankula keeps working.
Cabrera tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dankula tries to improve position but can't.
Cabrera misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cabrera tries to move to mount but Dankula blocks the move with his legs.
The strikes coming from Cabrera are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cabrera is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Dankula is trying to escape and Cabrera transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Dankula is forced to tap! Nice work there by Cabrera! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Herve Cabrera!
After winning the bout, Herve Cabrera thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Count Dankula was interviewed post fight and said 'That shits whack. '.