PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kael Livin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Cavalcante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Livin
vs
Cavalcante

189 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kael Livin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Cavalcante!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Livin closes the distance and clinches.

Livin pulls guard.

Livin looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cavalcante passes into side control.
A control attempt from Livin but he's now mounted!
Cavalcante lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cavalcante has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cavalcante looking to control and managing it successfully.
Livin tries to lock up and control but Cavalcante gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cavalcante sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cavalcante has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Livin's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavalcante sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Cavalcante is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Livin has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Livin!
Cavalcante wants to get back to his feet but Livin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Livin throws a big right hand that misses.
Livin stopping the sweep attempt from Cavalcante.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Livin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cavalcante has control of Livin's left arm, preventing Livin from doing any damage.
Livin trying to control but Cavalcante is working from the bottom.
Livin is really struggling to control Cavalcante but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Cavalcante has a closed guard, preventing Livin from standing up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cavalcante keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livin shoots in for a takedown but Cavalcante shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cavalcante shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Livin but Livin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cavalcante stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cavalcante wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kael Livin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Livin closes the distance and clinches up with Cavalcante, looking for a takedown. Livin pushes Cavalcante against the cage but Cavalcante circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Livin shoots for a takedown but Cavalcante saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Livin is breathing heavily.
Livin with a poor takedown
and Cavalcante counters with a good, hard body kick but Livin shrugs it off.
Cavalcante tries to clinch up.
Cavalcante shoots for a double leg takedown but Livin sprawls well. He's pushed Cavalcante's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cavalcante throws a right and a left that Livin avoids nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Livin tries to clinch up but Cavalcante circles away and keeps his distance.
Cavalcante shoots in for a takedown but Livin shows good takedown defense.
Cavalcante fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Livin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cavalcante swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Cavalcante scores a takedown into full mount!
Cavalcante punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cavalcante raining down shots from the mount!
Cavalcante landing strikes from the mount and Livin is in trouble!
Cavalcante controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Cavalcante dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cavalcante fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Livin avoids it really well and circles away.
Cavalcante shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Livin pinned against the cage. Livin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cavalcante shoots for a double leg takedown but Livin sprawls well. He's pushed Cavalcante's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kael Livin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Cavalcante.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Livin fails with the takedown.
Livin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cavalcante counters with a low kick, right behind Livin 's knee.
Livin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Livin or perhaps it was just good defense by Cavalcante which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cavalcante will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Livin.
Livin scores with a punch to the head.
Cavalcante keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cavalcante tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Cavalcante shoots in and bounces Livin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cavalcante sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavalcante is pushing down on Livin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Livin is fighting to maintain full guard but Cavalcante has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cavalcante with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Cavalcante seems to be working for a kimura but Livin defends the submission attempt.
Livin wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cavalcante on the ground.
Cavalcante looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Livin wants to get back to full guard but Cavalcante has mounted him!
Livin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cavalcante sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cavalcante with shots to the head and body - Livin looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Livin is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Cavalcante controlling the position easily from mount.
Livin is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cavalcante working Livin over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Cavalcante showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Livin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cavalcante to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Livin has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cavalcante off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Livin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cavalcante to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Cavalcante not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cavalcante landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavalcante wants to pass the guard but Livin is keeping the position.
Cavalcante takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Livin wants to sweep here but Cavalcante controlling him for the moment.
Cavalcante slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cavalcante throws a big right hand that misses.
Livin controls Cavalcante momentarily but Cavalcante frees himself.
Cavalcante pushing down on Livin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two 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.
Livin is trying to get back to full guard.
Livin is working hard here to advance position.
Livin trying to hold on to Cavalcante's head to control him but Cavalcante postures up.
Livin is trying to stand up here but Cavalcante is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cavalcante closes this distance looking for a takedown but Livin circles away.

Livin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cavalcante looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Livin trying to control the position but Cavalcante is working away.
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Livin wants to stand but Cavalcante is controlling his arm.
Cavalcante gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cavalcante is looking to control Livin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cavalcante avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cavalcante is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Livin is trying to control. Cavalcante wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cavalcante trying to control here.
Livin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cavalcante does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cavalcante punching from the bottom.
Kael Livin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gabriel Cavalcante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Cavalcante kicks off Livin and gets to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Cavalcante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cavalcante winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Cavalcante!