PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Blades (ranked 3771 p4p, 2570 weight class) and Zai Zai Cabango (ranked 415 p4p, 319 weight class). Blades comes to the cage accompanied by Three 6 Mafia - It's a fight. Zai Zai Cabango has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blades
vs
Cabango

175 cm
20
162
2 - 1 - 0

174 cm
20
165
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Blades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zai Zai Cabango!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blades jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cabango gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blades.

It looks like Zai Zai Cabango has been cut.
Cabango throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blades sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blades misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cabango! But no joy.
Cabango lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pablo Blades seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blades takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blades tests Cabango's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blades keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cabango.
Cabango walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cabango takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cabango fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blades has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've been told by Blades's head coaches at California Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cabango closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blades avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blades lands with an overhand left.
Blades throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabango tries a quick counter leg kick but Blades is wise to it.
Cabango is looking to slow Blades down with leg kicks.

Blades instigates a clinch.
Blades throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blades lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cabango.
Cabango misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Blades.
Blades lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Blades.
Cabango tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cabango tries a body shot but Blades blocks it.
Blades misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabango swings wildly with an uppercut but Blades uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cabango misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blades throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cabangos head.
Cabango has a couple of punches blocked by Blades.
Cabango cracks Blades with a nice body shot.
Cabango can't find room to land a body shot as Blades controls the action.
Blades lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blades lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Blades.
Cabango controlling the action here for a moment.
Blades lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blades.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cabango.
A short right from Blades.
Blades doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blades doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blades misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabango fails to pull the fight into his guard.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blades creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cabango jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Blades walks away with a smile on his face. Cabango gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Blades connects with a crisp jab.
Blades darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Cabango is rocked!

That has opened up Zai Zai Cabango's cut even more.
Blades keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cabango is still on wobbly legs! Can Blades finish him?
Cabango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blades drops Cabango with a big left hand! Cabango is injured, injured bad! Blades jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Blades!
A very excited looking Pablo Blades made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.