PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gucci La Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Cabral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabral has chosen Hurt by Johnny Cash as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Gabriel Cabral enters the cage!

La Flare
vs
Cabral

183 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

TFP GRAPHICS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gucci La Flare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Cabral!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabral shoots in but no luck this time.
Cabral fails with a takedown attempt.
La Flare stuffs the takedown.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Cabral.
La Flare throws a series of punches but Cabral moves out of range.
Cabral shoots in for a double leg but La Flare sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
La Flare misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Flare connects with a body shot.
Cabral with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling La Flare to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Flare throws a right hand that Cabral ducks under and follows up with a left that Cabral also avoids with ease.
Cabral avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Flare stuffs the takedown attempt from Cabral. Cabral gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Flare throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cabral.
La Flare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
La Flare connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cabral ducks under a wild hook from La Flare.
La Flare stuffs the takedown attempt from Cabral. Cabral gets slowly back to his feet.
Gucci La Flare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Flare throws a good cross that connects.
La Flare misses with a wild combination.
La Flare throws a nice looking combination but Cabral bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cabral.
Cabral on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cabral misses with a takedown attempt - La Flare sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
La Flare swings for the body but Cabral moves out of range.
Cabral displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Flare throws out the jab.
Cabral will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
La Flare misses with a few strikes there.
La Flare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
La Flare swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cabral changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. La Flare tries to avoid it but Cabral manages to keep hold of a leg and drag La Flare to the ground. La Flare escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cabral misses with a takedown attempt - La Flare sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cabral looks gassed!
La Flare lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Flare throws a series of punches but Cabral moves out of range.
La Flare looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cabral has a takedown stuffed.
La Flare tries to bum rush Cabral with a series of wild strikes but Cabral uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La Flare lands with a nice body punch.
Cabral takes one on the button.
Cabral looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
La Flare cracks Cabral with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
La Flare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabral.
Cabral is on the wrong end of a nice combination from La Flare.
La Flare swinging wilding here.
Cabral displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Flare throws out the jab.
Gucci La Flare is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cabral fails with the takedown.
La Flare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cabral slips a jab and a cross from La Flare.
La Flare throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cabral showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Flare.
La Flare misses the jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cabral avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from La Flare.
La Flare slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gucci La Flare dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A cross from La Flare lands.
Cabral fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by La Flare. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of La Flare.
Cabral shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with La Flare but La Flare pushes him off and we're back to square one.
La Flare looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabral is just out of range.
Cabral dodges the punch combination from La Flare.
Cabral closes the distance and clinches up with La Flare, looking for a takedown. Cabral pushes La Flare against the cage but La Flare circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Cabral.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Flare throws a nice looking combination but Cabral bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cabral displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Flare throws out the jab.
Cabral misses with a takedown attempt - La Flare sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Flare tries to bum rush Cabral with a series of wild strikes but Cabral uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La Flare tries to bum rush Cabral with a series of wild strikes but Cabral uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La Flare swinging wilding here.
La Flare is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La Flare rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cabral moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La Flare lands a with a good body shot.
La Flare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
La Flare closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La Flare throws a nice looking combination but Cabral bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Flare looks to land a combination but Cabral avoids it well.
La Flare misses with a straight left.
Cabral shoots in for a double leg but La Flare sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
La Flare will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La Flare cracks Cabral with an open hand slap.
La Flare swinging wilding here.
Cabral takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La Flare cracks Cabral with an open hand slap.
Cabral has a takedown stuffed.
La Flare's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and La Flare duly obliges.
La Flare scores with a nice head shot.
La Flare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
La Flare scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Flare throws a right hand that Cabral ducks under and follows up with a left that Cabral also avoids with ease.
La Flare throws a series of punches but Cabral moves out of range.
La Flare misses with a double jab.
La Flare throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from La Flare.
Cabral shoots in and drives through. La Flare sprawls well.
La Flare fails to land with a series of punches.
La Flare misses with an uppercut.
Gucci La Flare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cabral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La Flare.
Cabral shoots in looking for a takedown. La Flare tries to sprawl out of it but Cabral keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. La Flare manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
La Flare lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cabral fails with a takedown attempt.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cabral.

Cabral tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Cabral has worked his way into a potential kimura here. La Flare is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Cabral yanks on the arm and La Flare is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Cabral.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Cabral!