PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Cabollaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jagkero Batdori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabollaro comes to the ring accompanied by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKy611o_3KA&feature=related. Batdori has chosen Huun Hurr Ti-Chira Khoor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Javier Cabollaro looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cabollaro
vs
Batdori

195 cm
33
275 lbs
18 - 34 - 0

185 cm
25
270 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 34 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Javier Cabollaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jagkero Batdori!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Batdori darts in and clinches Cabollaro up against the ropes.
Cabollaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Batdori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Batdori dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Cabollaro is trying to break the clinch but Batdori is controlling him.

Cabollaro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Batdori looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Cabollaro!
The ground and pound from Batdori seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Batdori in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Batdori creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cabollaro sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Batdori working the ground and pound.
Cabollaro avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Batdori.
Cabollaro manages to get back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Batdori not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabollaro is looking to improve his position.
Cabollaro trying to hold on to Batdori's head to control him but Batdori postures up.
Batdori scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Batdori sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cabollaro defending well though.
Batdori seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cabollaro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cabollaro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Batdori lands with a punch from half guard.
Cabollaro regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Batdori.
Cabollaro working a defensive guard here.
Cabollaro is breathing heavily.
Cabollaro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batdori with a flurry of punches that miss.
Batdori is fighting to break Cabollaro's control of his arms but Cabollaro is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabollaro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Batdori's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Batdori throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Batdori throws a big right hand that misses.
Batdori working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Batdori throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Batdori won't allow Cabollaro to sweep him here.
Batdori lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Batdori missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Batdori postures up in Cabollaro's guard and throws a big left but Cabollaro blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batdori postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cabollaro has momentary wrist control but Batdori slips an elbow through the middle.
Batdori looking to pass the guard.
Batdori with a flurry of punches that miss.
Batdori wants to pass the guard but Cabollaro is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabollaro prevents Batdori from escaping the position.
Batdori takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabollaro in side control lands a decent elbow.

Batdori throws Cabollaro to one side and escapes!
Cabollaro misses with a low kick.

Cabollaro gets a clinch.

Cabollaro is fighting off a takedown attempt but Batdori is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cabollaro to the mat. Cabollaro regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Batdori trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Cabollaro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Batdori defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Cabollaro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Batdori is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jagkero Batdori dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cabollaro tries to clinch but Batdori is having none of it.
Cabollaro looks to clinch

and Batdori counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Batdori drops back, looking for a kneebar! Cabollaro looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Cabollaro looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Cabollaro!
Batdori is trying to get back to his feet.
Cabollaro scoring with punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batdori is pushing Cabollaro's head away, looking to escape. Cabollaro manages to hold on to the position though.
Cabollaro tries to score with some ground and pound. Batdori controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Cabollaro is chipping away with strikes.
Batdori is pushing Cabollaro's head away, looking to escape. Cabollaro manages to hold on to the position though.
Cabollaro is putting a hurting on Batdori here, landing some big shots from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Batdori is trying to get back to his feet.
Cabollaro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cabollaro misses with the ground and pound.
Batdori is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cabollaro is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabollaro cracks Batdori with a big right hand but Batdori just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Cabollaro tries to move to mount but Batdori blocks the move with his legs.
Batdori takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cabollaro working the body and head with strikes.
Jagkero Batdori has got the better of the ground game so far.
Batdori taking a bit of punishment here - Cabollaro scoring with strikes.
Batdori wants to get back to his feet but Cabollaro drags him back down.
Cabollaro landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Cabollaro working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Batdori bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cabollaro gets tackled into the ropes by Batdori. Batdori maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabollaro trying to land knees to the body.
Cabollaro is trying to force a seperation but Batdori has the dominant position.
Batdori scores with a shot to the side of Cabollaro's head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Batdori leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Cabollaro swings wildly with an uppercut but Batdori uses good head movement to avoid it.

Cabollaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Batdori shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cabollaro is trying to defend but Batdori finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Batdori thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cabollaro's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabollaro tries to get to full guard but Batdori has control of the leg.
Batdori throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cabollaro to regain full guard.
Batdori trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Batdori postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Batdori chips away with some ground and pound.
Batdori passes into half guard.
Batdori prevents Cabollaro from improving his position.
Batdori winds up and cracks Cabollaro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabollaro taking some punishment here, with Batdori in his half guard.
Cabollaro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Batdori is working away from the top position though.
Batdori trying to control from half guard but Cabollaro is working away.
Batdori throwing shots but Cabollaro is blocking nicely.
Cabollaro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Batdori.
Cabollaro has hold of Batdori's hands but Batdori slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Batdori is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabollaro trying to control from the bottom.
Batdori lands with a punch from half guard.
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 Javier Cabollaro 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!

Batdori gets the takedown into side control.
Batdori throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Batdori lands a nice forearm strike.
Batdori is working Cabollaro over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cabollaro takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Cabollaro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cabollaro tries to buck Batdori off but Batdori is having none of it.
Cabollaro is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Cabollaro actively working from the bottom here.
Batdori looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batdori missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batdori is trying to control. Cabollaro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Batdori lands strikes from half guard.
Batdori is looking to advance position but Cabollaro won't allow it.
Batdori content to control rather than advance.
Ground and pound from Batdori.
Batdori winds up and cracks Cabollaro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cabollaro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cabollaro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Batdori is keen to just control but Cabollaro is a slippery customer.
Javier Cabollaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batdori thows a huge punch but Cabollaro dodges it nicely.
Batdori scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Cabollaro is rocked!
Batdori working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oh Cabollaro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Batdori scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batdori is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Batdori is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Cabollaro is hurt! He's hurt bad - Batdori fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Cabollaro from any more punishment! Congratulations to Batdori! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jagkero Batdori!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jagkero Batdori thanked Conviction for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).