PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between bob cares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Al Kabor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

cares
vs
Al Kabor

225 cm
22
300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, bob cares!
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, Mustafa Al Kabor!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Kabor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Al Kabor looks to land a combination but cares avoids it well.
cares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
cares swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Al Kabor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Al Kabor instigates a clinch.

Al Kabor pulls guard effortlessly.
Al Kabor is trying to control the position but cares postures up.

cares gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
cares pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Al Kabor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
cares falls off balance throwing a combination
and Al Kabor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Al Kabor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
cares swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Al Kabor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
cares swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Al Kabor holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
cares prevents a takedown attempt there.
Al Kabor keeps control of cares as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
cares wants to get back to striking at distance but Al Kabor won't allow it.
Al Kabor is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. cares gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
bob cares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mustafa Al Kabor.

cares escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
cares misses with a head kick.
cares is breathing heavily.
cares misses with a combination
and Al Kabor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cares misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al Kabor.
cares takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Al Kabor lands a two punch combo.
bob cares is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
cares takes one to the side of the head.
Al Kabor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Al Kabor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with cares but cares pushes him off and we're back to square one.
cares falls off balance throwing a combination

and Al Kabor counters by clinching up.
Al Kabor is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. cares gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

cares breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
cares falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Al Kabor to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from cares does no damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Al Kabor.
cares connects with a stiff jab that staggers Al Kabor - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). bob cares!