PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Madnick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Cabreros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madnick comes into the arena with Mad Man blaring out of the sound system. Cabreros has chosen Love is what i got as his entrance music. Marcel Madnick had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Madnick
vs
Cabreros

180 cm
26
180 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

176 cm
29
170 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcel Madnick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Cabreros!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Madnick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Madnick moves out of range of the leg kick from Cabreros.
Madnick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Madnick feints and then cracks Cabreros's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cabreros down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Madnick, as that shot connected.
Madnick wants to clinch.
Madnick tries to clinch up.
Madnick tries to clinch but Cabreros is having none of it.
Madnick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cabreros manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cabreros throws the left hand but Madnick avoids the punch easily.

Madnick moves into range and clinches up with Cabreros.
Madnick working aggressively here.

Cabreros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch but Cabreros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabreros paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Madnick moves out of range of the leg kick from Cabreros.
Madnick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabreros.
Madnick closes the distance but Cabreros moves to the side
and Cabreros connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cabreros.

Madnick has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Cabreros's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Madnick is leaning against Cabreros and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cabreros is trying to break the clinch but Madnick is controlling him.
Madnick displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cabreros up against the cage.
Cabreros wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Cabreros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Madnick drops his hands momentarily and Cabreros takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Madnick clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Madnick fails to land.
Cabreros can't find room to land a body shot as Madnick controls the action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Madnick.
Madnick struggles to land a body shot inside as Cabreros controls his hands.
Cabreros is trying to stall.
Cabreros works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cabreros breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cabreros is looking to chop away at Madnick's legs.
Madnick slips a jab and a cross from Cabreros.
Cabreros throws a big shot that misses.
Cabreros tries to land a front kick but Madnick steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cabreros swats away the attempt to clinch by Madnick.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch but Cabreros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Madnick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cabreros circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Cabreros to counter with a crisp jab.
Madnick listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Madnick moves out of range of the body kick from Cabreros.
Madnick looks to clinch
and Cabreros counters with a nice uppercut.
Cabreros ducks under a wild hook from Madnick.
Madnick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Madnick is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Madnick clinches with his opponent.
Cabreros is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Madnick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Cabreros.
Madnick throws a head punch that misses.
Madnick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Madnick is trying to maintain a safe position but Cabreros gets an underhook and turns Madnick into the cage.
Madnick is struggling to control the position.
Madnick tries to work over Cabreros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabreros is looking to break free of the clinch but Madnick has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Madnick.
Madnick is working Cabreros over against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Cabreros's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cabreros wants to break free but Madnick has control.
A body shot lands from Madnick.
A short right from Madnick.
Cabreros is trying to break the clinch but Madnick is controlling him.
Madnick avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madnick lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Madnick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cabreros wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Cabreros's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Good body shot from Madnick.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Madnick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cabreros looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Madnick can't find room to land a body shot as Cabreros controls the action.
Cabreros wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cabreros tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Madnick fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Madnick works on Cabreros's body with a couple of short punches.
A frustrated look appears on Cabreros's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Cabreros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabreros swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cabreros avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Madnick tries to clinch but Cabreros moves out of range.
Madnick pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cabreros back to the cage. Madnick follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cabreros on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cabreros scores with a nice body kick.
Madnick fails with an attempt to clinch.

Madnick closes the distance and clinches.
Madnick tries a body shot but Cabreros blocks it.
Cabreros wants to break free but Madnick has control.

Cabreros breaks the clinch.
Madnick is looking to clinch.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch but Cabreros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Cabreros.
Madnick tries to clinch but Cabreros moves out of range.
Marcel Madnick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Madnick moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabreros can't break the clinch.

Cabreros breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cabreros just misses with a punch to the body.
Cabreros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Madnick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cabreros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madnick moves away.
Madnick tries to clinch up.
Cabreros is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Madnick.
Madnick closes the distance but Cabreros moves to the side
letting Cabreros counter with a right hand.
Cabreros plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cabreros thuds a left hand into Madnick's body.
Cabreros swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madnick missing with a left hand there. Cabreros was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Madnick tries to clinch but Cabreros moves out of range.
Cabreros throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cabreros keeps the fight on the outside.
Cabreros keeps the fight on the outside.
Cabreros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cabreros lands with an uppercut that bounces Madnick off the cage and back into range.
Madnick tries to move into range but Cabreros moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madnick tries to clinch up but Cabreros circles away and keeps his distance.
Madnick misses with a series of wild punches.
Madnick tries to clinch up.

Madnick takes the fight into the clinch.

Cabreros manages to break the clinch.
Cabreros lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabreros paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Madnick instigates a clinch.
Madnick swings wildly with an uppercut but Cabreros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cabreros can't break the clinch.
Madnick working aggressively here.

Cabreros manages to break the clinch.
Cabreros uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Madnick.
Madnick closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peter Cabreros seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Madnick tries to clinch but Cabreros moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Madnick moves into the clinch successfully.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cabreros as Madnick tries to tie him up.
Cabreros takes a shot to the head.
Marcel Madnick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Madnick is trying to stall.
Madnick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madnick trying to stall but Cabreros improves his position.

Cabreros breaks the clinch.
Madnick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cabreros throws out the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Madnick. Those never looked like landing.
Madnick connects with a right hand. Cabreros shakes it off.
A punch combination from Madnick misses.
Cabreros goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Madnick is looking to clinch but Cabreros is avoiding it.
Madnick lands with a right hand.
Madnick tries to clinch there but Cabreros circles away.
Madnick blocks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Madnick counters with a stiff right hand.
Cabreros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madnick moves away.
Cabreros swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Madnick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabreros on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Madnick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cabreros manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Madnick fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cabreros has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Madnick misses with a two punch combination.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch but Cabreros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Madnick walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cabreros lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Madnick circles away quickly and effectively.
Madnick doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabreros circles away.
Madnick avoids a punch combination nicely.

Madnick rushes Cabreros and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabreros struggles to land a body shot inside as Madnick controls his hands.
Madnick misses with a punch on the inside.
Madnick misses with a punch to the body.
Madnick pushes Cabreros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marcel Madnick will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Madnick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cabreros, pushing him back against the cage.
Madnick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cabreros backwards.
Cabreros wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Madnick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Madnick keeps control of Cabreros as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cabreros is looking to break free of the clinch but Madnick has double underhooks.
Madnick throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Cabreros.
Madnick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Madnick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Madnick lands a nice uppercut.
Cabreros is trying to push Madnick away but Madnick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Cabreros breaks the clinch.
Madnick takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabreros paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Madnick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabreros avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabreros swings for the body but Madnick moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnick throws a shot from downtown. Cabreros moves away and avoids it.
Madnick lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Cabreros tries to keep at a distance but Madnick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cabreros tries to break the clinch but Madnick is controlling the position.
Cabreros lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Cabreros breaks the clinch.
Madnick scores with a three punch combo!
Cabreros throws an overhand right that lands on Madnick's shoulder, as Madnick tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Cabreros.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabreros paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Madnick rushes Cabreros and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Madnick is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cabreros is keeping busy.
A short right from Cabreros.
Cabreros wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Madnick has him pressed against the cage.
Cabreros has had enough of the clinch but Madnick keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Madnick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madnick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cabreros wants to get back to striking at distance but Madnick won't allow it.
Cabreros blocking some punches.
Cabreros can't break the clinch.
Cabreros wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Madnick has him pressed against the cage.
Madnick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Madnick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cabreros is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Madnick stalls.

Cabreros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A right-left combo lands from Madnick.
Peter Cabreros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cabreros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Madnick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabreros swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcel Madnick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madnick feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cabreross jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jab from Cabreros.
Madnick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cabreros misses with a few strikes there.
Madnick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Madnick doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabreros circles away.
Cabreros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madnick moves away.
Madnick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Madnick feints and then cracks Cabreros's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cabreros down.
Cabreros waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madnick.
Madnick doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabreros circles away.
Madnick wants to clinch but Cabreros slips to the side
and Cabreros counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Madnick is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Madnick's corner calls for a 1-2. Madnick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Madnick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Madnick wants to clinch.
Cabreros misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madnick tries to clinch but Cabreros moves out of range.

Madnick has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madnick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cabreros can't break the clinch.
Madnick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cabreros blocks a body shot from Madnick.
Cabreros is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marcel Madnick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cabreros throws a punch but it's blocked by Madnick.
Madnick misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabreros working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cabreros lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Madnick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcel Madnick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Madnick 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcel Madnick!
Marcel Madnick seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.