PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curly Bill Brocius (ranked 4713 p4p, 3457 weight class) and Santino Cabal (ranked 571 p4p, 443 weight class). Cabal comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chalino Sanchez - Baraja de Oro kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Santino Cabal acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Brocius
vs
Cabal

195 cm
18
207
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
213
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curly Bill Brocius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santino Cabal!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brocius missing with a left hand there. Cabal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brocius scores with a hook.
Cabal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cabal avoids the body shot from Brocius.
Cabal throws a body punch but Brocius moves out of range.
Brocius throws a right hand that misses
and Cabal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brocius thinking.
Brocius seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brocius. Cabal does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Brocius misses the target.
Cabal appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Brocius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brocius looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabal is just out of range.
Cabal throws a lazy right hand but Brocius sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brocius is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Cabal misses its intended target.
Brocius was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brocius misses with a lunging right hand
and Cabal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brocius throws a right hand that misses
and Cabal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brocius misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brocius wants to clinch.
Cabal doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cabal with a jab.
Cabal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cabal on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cabal with a hook.
Brocius doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabal circles away.
Cabal looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cabal misses with a jab to the body
and Brocius counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brocius looks to land a right hand but Cabal moved out of range.
Cabal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brocius.
Cabal circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cabal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cabal lands with a nice body punch.
Cabal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brocius.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brocius scores with a body shot.
Cabal looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cabal drops his hands momentarily and Brocius takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brocius takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cabal keeps the fight on the outside.
Brocius throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cabal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brocius misses with a left hand
and Cabal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brocius looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brocius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabal manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabal throws a hook but Brocius blocks it.
Brocius with a hook.
Cabal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cabal falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Brocius to counter with a crisp jab.

Cabal is rocked!
Cabal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brocius tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cabal fails to land with a series of punches.
Cabal swats away the attempt to clinch by Brocius.
Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabal throws a body shot but no joy.
Cabal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brocius cracks Cabal with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brocius.
Brocius takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brocius swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Brocius closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brocius lands an uppercut.
Cabal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brocius controlling the action here for a moment.
Cabal content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brocius misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Cabal.
Brocius is trying to maintain a safe position but Cabal gets an underhook and turns Brocius into the cage.
Brocius stalling in the clinch but Cabal improves position.

Brocius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brocius looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabal is just out of range.
Cabal throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Santino Cabal dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Cabal.
Santino Cabal seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Cabal tries to keep at a distance but Brocius has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brocius stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cabal lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brocius.
Cabal lands a shoulder strike.
Brocius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cabal's elbow.
Cabal misses with a body punch.
Brocius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brocius lands a shoulder strike.
Brocius misses with the head strike.
Brocius misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brocius creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cabal effectively controlling the action here.
Brocius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brocius lands a shoulder strike.
Brocius misses with the head strike.
Brocius lands a hook that snaps the head of Cabal backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Cabal.
Cabal is trying to force a seperation but Brocius has the dominant position.
Brocius looking to slow down the pace here.
Cabal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brocius lands with a light punch inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good body shot from Cabal.
Brocius lands a shoulder strike.
Brocius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cabal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cabal is working Brocius over against the cage.
Cabal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabal.
Brocius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brocius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cabal blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabal.
Brocius presses Cabal against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brocius misses with a body punch.
Brocius lands with a right to the head.
Cabal is trying to break the clinch but Brocius is controlling him.
Cabal stalling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabal blocks a body shot from Brocius.
Cabal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cabal.
Brocius lands with a left to the head.

Brocius breaks from the clinch.
Cabal swings for the body but Brocius moves out of range.
Cabal misses with the combination.
Brocius misses with a hook to the body
enabling Cabal to counter with a crisp jab.
Cabal misses with a combination
and Brocius counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brocius looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabal is just out of range.
Cabal ducks under a wild hook from Brocius.
Brocius misses with a right hand
and Cabal counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brocius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brocius throws a right hand that misses
and Cabal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cabal swings for the body but Brocius moves out of range.
Brocius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabal moves away.
Cabal blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Cabal. That snapped Brocius's head back.
Cabal works Brocius's body with a nice hook.
Cabal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brocius misses with a hook.
Cabal staying out of range there.
Cabal is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabal stuns Brocius with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cabal scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brocius moves away.
Brocius is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Brocius throws a jab but it's blocked by Cabal.
Curly Bill Brocius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Cabal misses.
It looked like Brocius wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A shot to the body from Brocius misses
and Cabal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Brocius is rocked!
Brocius swings for the body but Cabal moves out of range.
Cabal appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Oh Brocius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brocius misses with a right hand
and Cabal counters with a big right hand! Oh Brocius is in trouble here! Cabal follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santino Cabal!
Santino Cabal thanked the fans post fight for their support.