PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Kungen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Cabal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kungen
vs
Cabal

201 cm
22
245 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Kungen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Cabal!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kungen closes the distance and clinches.
Cabal wants to break free but Kungen has control.
Kungen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cabal is keeping busy.

Kungen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cabal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cabal throws a series of punches but Kungen avoids them all with ease.
Kungen tries to clinch up but Cabal circles away and keeps his distance.

Kungen rushes Cabal and presses him up against the ropes.

Kungen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cabal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kungen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kungen misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cabal throws a hook to the side of Kungen's head but Kungen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kungen dodges the punch combination from Cabal.
Cabal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cabal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Kungen misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Cabal misses.
Kungen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cabal throws a shot from downtown. Kungen moves away and avoids it.
Kungen wants to clinch up but Cabal keeps it at a distance.
Cabal catches Kungen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like King Kungen has been cut.
Cabal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kungen misses with a head kick.
Cabal misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kungen ducks under a wild hook from Cabal.
Kungen throws a head kick but Cabal moves out of range.
Kungen defending well as Cabal loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut there from Kungen.
Cabal misses with a double jab.
Cabal looks gassed!
Cabal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kungen walks into a left hand.

Kungen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kungen taking a breather.
Cabal wants to break free but Kungen has control.
Kungen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cabal backwards.

Kungen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cabal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Cabal misses its intended target.
Kungen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kungen throws out a leg kick but Cabal moves out of range and Kungen only half commits.
Kungen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kungen throws a head kick that misses.
Cabal throws a nice looking combination but Kungen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kungen closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kungen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kungen slips a jab and a cross from Cabal.
Cabal lands a jab to Kungen's midsection.
Cabal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabal misses with a two punch combination.
Cabal cracks Kungen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cabal misses with a two punch combination.
Kungen doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabal circles away.
Kungen tries to move into range but Cabal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kungen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A slow jab from Cabal misses its intended target.
Kungen fails to land with a series of punches.
Cabal scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cabal takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kungen doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabal circles away.
Cabal looks to land a right hand but Kungen moved out of range.
Kungen slips a jab and a cross from Cabal.
Cabal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cabal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kungen to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Kungen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Kungen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kungen moves out of range as Cabal strikes.
Kungen lands a lovely overhand right.
King Kungen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cabal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King Kungen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kungen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kungen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabal.
Cabal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kungen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cabal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cabal blocks a head kick by Kungen.
Cabal throws a series of punches but Kungen avoids them all with ease.
King Kungen is winning the standup battle so far.
Kungen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cabal circles away quickly and effectively.
Cabal thuds a left hand into Kungen's body.
Cabal misses the shot to the body.
Cabal throws a jab when Kungen was well out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kungen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cabal, pushing him back against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kungen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cabal taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kungen missing with knees to the body.
Kungen prevents Cabal from breaking the clinch.
Kungen tries a body shot but Cabal blocks it.
Cabal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kungen.
Cabal wants to break free but Kungen has control.
Cabal blocks an elbow strike.
Kungen is looking to break free of the clinch but Cabal has double underhooks.
Cabal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kungen looking to throw knees to the head but Cabal is blocking nicely.
Cabal's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Cabal lands a takedown into guard.
Kungen wants to stand and escape but Cabal is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabal sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cabal won't allow Kungen to get back to his feet.

Kungen has his feet on Cabal's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Cabal misses with a looping left.
Cabal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Kungen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cabal has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kungen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Kungen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Cabal.
Kungen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kungen walks into a straight right hand from Cabal.
Cabal throws a jab but it's blocked by Kungen.
Cabal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kungen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cabal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on King Kungen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cabal looks to land a combination but Kungen avoids it well.
Kungen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Kungen darts in and clinches Cabal up against the ropes.
Kungen wants to break the clinch but can't.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kungen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Kungen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cabal tries to land a front kick but Kungen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cabal just misses with a punch to the body.
Kungen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice shot lands for Cabal.
Kungen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cabal's waist but Cabal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kungen off to one side.
Kungen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cabal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kungen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cabal lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cabal.

Kungen closes the distance and clinches.

Cabal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kungen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kungen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kungen has had enough of the clinch but Cabal keeps him there for the moment.
Cabal blocking some punches.
Kungen keeps control of Cabal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Cabal breaks the clinch.
Cabal fails to land with a series of punches.
Cabal might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cabal thows a body shot but no joy.
Kungen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cabal.
Cabal throws a right and a left that Kungen avoids nicely.
Kungen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cabal misses with a two punch combination.
Cabal jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Kungen gets a clinch.
Kungen throws a head punch that misses.
Kungen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cabal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kungen trying to stall but Cabal improves his position.
Cabal drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Kungen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cabal misses the jab.
Cabal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Kungen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Danga de danga de dang - Cabal scores with a four punch combination!
Kungen ducks under a wild hook from Cabal.
Kungen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Cabal there.
Kungen takes one to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Cabal.
Kungen staying out of range there.
Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kungen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Tyson Cabal just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on King Kungen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kungen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kungen tries a head kick but it misses.
Cabal jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kungen throws a series of punches but Cabal moves out of range.
Cabal throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kungen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cabal scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kungen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kungen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cabal missing with a left hand there. Kungen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cabal throws a looping overhand right but Kungen ducks down to avoid it.
Cabal lands a jab to the head.
Cabal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Cabal.
Kungen connects with a high kick.
A swing and a miss from Cabal.
Cabal throws a jab but it's blocked by Kungen.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kungen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabal looks to land a combination but Kungen avoids it well.
Kungen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cabal throws a right and a left that Kungen avoids nicely.
Cabal lands an overhand right.
Cabal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cabal throws an overhand right that lands on Kungen's shoulder, as Kungen tries to avoid the shot.
No joy there for Cabal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kungen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Kungen misses.
A combination from Cabal does no damage.
Kungen throws a sloppy head kick and Cabal moves out of range easily.
Cabal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kungen dodges the punch combination from Cabal.
Cabal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kungen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cabal throws a series of punches but Kungen avoids them all with ease.
Cabal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kungen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cabal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cabal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cabal takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kungen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kungen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cabal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Cabal.
Cabal closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kungen wants to clinch.
Kungen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabal.
Cabal throws a one two combo.
Kungen moves in looking to clinch but Cabal pushes him off.
Cabal throws a shot from downtown. Kungen moves away and avoids it.
Cabal fails to land with a series of punches.
Kungen defending well as Cabal loads up on a big left hand.
Cabal throws a lazy right hand but Kungen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kungen walks into a left hand.
Kungen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabal.
Kungen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Cabal misses its intended target.
Kungen avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cabal dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on King Kungen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cabal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kungen.
Kungen moves out of range as Cabal strikes.
Kungen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kungen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cabal with a jab.
Cabal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kungen.
No joy there for Cabal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kungen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cabal.
Kungen throws a hook but Cabal blocks it.
Kungen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cabal works over Kungen's head and body with a nice combination.
Kungen swinging wilding here.
Kungen tries to clinch but Cabal moves out of range.
Kungen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cabal cracks a nice hook into Kungen's ribs.
Kungen ducks under a wild hook from Cabal.
Cabal connects with a looping right hand.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Cabal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabal fails to land with a series of punches.
Cabal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cabal misses with a straight right.
Cabal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cabal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cabal looks to throw the jab but Kungen is out of range.
Cabal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabal throws a big shot that misses.
Kungen moves in looking to clinch but Cabal pushes him off.
Kungen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kungen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cabal throws a body punch but Kungen moves out of range.
A punch combination from Kungen misses.
Kungen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick misses from Kungen.
Kungen tries to close the distance and clinch but Cabal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kungen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabal.
Cabal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Kungen gets a clinch.
Kungen works on Cabal's body with a couple of short punches.
Kungen is trying to maintain a safe position but Cabal gets an underhook and turns Kungen into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Cabal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cabal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kungen takes a swing at Cabal's ribcage but misses.
Cabal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kungen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabal.
Kungen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kungen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cabal scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cabal throws a series of punches but Kungen avoids them all with ease.
Cabal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kungen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kungen there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheers as Cabal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kungen doesn't seem phased though.
Kungen takes one to the chin there.
Kungen lands a high kick!
Cabal cracks Kungen with a good jab.
Cabal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kungen.
Cabal lands with an uppercut that bounces Kungen off the ropes and back into rage.
King Kungen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyson Cabal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cabal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cabal works the jab nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Cabal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cabal has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Cabal!