PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Doug Harden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Cabbanas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cabbanas's choice of entrance music: For Those About To Rock, (We Salute You) - AC/DC. This should be fireworks!

Harden
vs
Cabbanas

186 cm
22
172 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

183 cm
23
182 lbs
15 - 3 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Doug Harden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Diego Cabbanas!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harden lands a nice looking body shot.
Harden misses with the combination.
Cabbanas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabbanas manages to avoid it.
Harden throws a hook but Cabbanas blocks it.
Harden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harden swings for the body but Cabbanas moves out of range.
Harden throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cabbanas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cabbanas on the side of the head.
Cabbanas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doug Harden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabbanas looks to score with a jab to the body but Harden is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabbanas is just out of range.
Cabbanas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harden back to the cage. Cabbanas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Harden is looking to wear down Cabbanas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Harden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabbanas manages to avoid it.
Harden misses the shot to the body.
Harden throws out a loose jab but Cabbanas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doug Harden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harden swinging wildly here.
Harden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabbanas moves away.
Harden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbanas defending well as Harden loads up on a big left hand.
Cabbanas slips under a jab from Harden.
Cabbanas missing with a left hand there. Harden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cabbanas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harden.
Cabbanas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harden throws a jab when Cabbanas was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harden. Cabbanas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cabbanas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harden bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cabbanas's head backwards.
Harden connects with a right hand. Cabbanas shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harden cracks a nice hook into Cabbanas's ribs.
Harden looks to land a right hand but Cabbanas moved out of range.
Harden throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cabbanas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cabbanas misses with an uppercut. Harden saw that one coming.
Harden bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cabbanas's head.
Cabbanas moves out of range as Harden strikes.
Harden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabbanas.
Harden swings for the body but Cabbanas moves out of range.
Harden wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice cross by Harden.
A big right from Harden misses.
Harden throws a lazy right hand but Cabbanas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harden misses with a wild body shot.
Cabbanas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harden fails to land with a series of punches.
Harden misses with a shot to the body
and Cabbanas counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harden throws a nice looking combination but Cabbanas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harden throws a hook but Cabbanas avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Harden dominated that round.
That's time! Harden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabbanas manages to avoid it.
Harden with a nice cross.
Cabbanas slips under a jab from Harden.
Harden misses with a wild body shot.
Harden misses with a body shot.
A big left from Harden misses.
Harden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harden throws the left hand but Cabbanas avoids the punch easily.
Cabbanas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harden throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden lands with a good body shot.
Cabbanas moves away from the strike by Harden.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harden. Cabbanas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harden lands a lovely overhand right.
Harden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cabbanas staying out of range there.
Harden throws an overhand right that lands on Cabbanas's shoulder, as Cabbanas tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harden. Cabbanas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harden misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harden misses the shot to the body.
Harden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cabbanas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harden swings for the body but Cabbanas moves out of range.
Harden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabbanas moves away.
Doug Harden is winning the standup battle so far.
Harden throws a shot from downtown. Cabbanas moves away and avoids it.
Harden throws a big shot that misses.
Harden swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cabbanas was well out of range. Poor timing from Harden.
Harden swings for the body but Cabbanas moves out of range.
Harden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harden scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cabbanas in his tracks.
Harden takes a swing at Cabbanas's ribcage but misses.
Harden just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego Cabbanas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cabbanas blocks a jab.
A big left from Harden misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harden throws a sloppy body shot
and Cabbanas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cabbanas throws an overhand right that lands on Harden's shoulder, as Harden tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Harden misses.
Nice shot by Harden.
Cabbanas slips a jab and a cross from Harden.
Harden swinging wildly here.
Harden thows a body shot but no joy.
Harden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cabbanas was well out of range. Poor timing from Harden.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Harden dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Harden swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cabbanas counters with a straight right hand.
Harden misses with a straight left.
Harden throws the left hand but Cabbanas avoids the punch easily.
Cabbanas takes one on the button.
Harden throws an off balance right hand
and Harden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harden just misses with a punch to the body.
Harden throws a sloppy body shot
and Cabbanas counters with a stiff right hand.
Harden misses with a wild body shot.
Harden jabs at Cabbanas's body.
Cabbanas blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden throws a series of punches but Cabbanas avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Harden misses.
Cabbanas lands a body shot.
Cabbanas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harden.
Harden swings for the body but Cabbanas moves out of range.
Cabbanas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harden.
Harden scores with a one two! Cabbanas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cabbanas cracks Harden with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harden swings for the body but Cabbanas moves out of range.
Diego Cabbanas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harden throws an overhand right that lands on Cabbanas's shoulder, as Cabbanas tries to avoid the shot.
Doug Harden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harden lands a lovely overhand right.
Harden misses the shot to the body.
Cabbanas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harden.
Harden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabbanas.
Cabbanas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harden misses with a right hand
and Cabbanas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harden scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cabbanas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harden just misses with a punch to the body.
Cabbanas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Harden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cabbanas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harden fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harden scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harden cracks Cabbanas with a good jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harden, as that shot connected.
Nice defenses there by Cabbanas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harden's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cabbanas under the eye.
Cabbanas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harden works the jab nicely.
Harden misses the jab.
Harden stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harden.
Harden throws a hook to the side of Cabbanas's head but Cabbanas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabbanas moves away.
Harden throws a jab when Cabbanas was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doug Harden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harden has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doug Harden!