PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Caballero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirt McGirt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Caballero
vs
McGirt

179 cm
25
158 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

185 cm
25
170 lbs
8 - 5 - 2

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, David Caballero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Dirt McGirt!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caballero fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McGirt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Caballero rushes McGirt and presses him up against the cage.
McGirt throws a punch but it's blocked by Caballero.
McGirt throws an elbow that misses.
Caballero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Caballero throws an elbow that misses.
Caballero blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Caballero creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Caballero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGirt.
Caballero lands a nice elbow.
Caballero blocks an uppercut.
McGirt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caballero blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caballero.
McGirt has had enough of the clinch but Caballero keeps him there for the moment.
McGirt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGirt blocks an uppercut.
Caballero scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for McGirt.
McGirt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGirt takes an elbow to the temple.
Caballero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Caballero uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGirt misses with an elbow strike.
McGirt working hard to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Caballero.
Nice body punch from McGirt.
McGirt scores with a shoulder strike.
Caballero lands an elbow inside.
Caballero pushes off an throws an elbow but McGirt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Caballero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Caballero's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McGirt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Caballero lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Caballero.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGirt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGirt has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Caballero seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if McGirt can turn it around.
Caballero throws an elbow but it misses.
Caballero lands a shoulder strike.
McGirt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from McGirt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGirt.
Caballero throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from McGirt.
McGirt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

McGirt is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from McGirt fails to land.
McGirt is still on wobbly legs! Can Caballero finish him?
Caballero connects with a nasty looking knee right to McGirt's face.
Caballero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McGirt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caballero pushes off an throws an elbow but McGirt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A body shot lands from Caballero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGirt tries to work over Caballero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGirt tries to break free but Caballero pushes him back against the cage.
Caballero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caballero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Caballero lands a knee to the body.
Caballero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Caballero lands an elbow just above McGirt 's eye.
Caballero blocks an uppercut.
McGirt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGirt swings wildly with an uppercut but Caballero uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caballero.
Caballero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caballero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caballero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Caballero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Caballero avoids the elbow strike from McGirt, against the cage.
Caballero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caballero misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caballero.
McGirt avoids the elbow strike from Caballero, against the cage.
Caballero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McGirt misses with a body punch.
Caballero swings wildly with an uppercut but McGirt uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caballero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

McGirt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McGirt throws a hook but Caballero avoids it easily.
Caballero is looking to slow McGirt down with leg kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Caballero there.
Caballero throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Caballero throws a sloppy head kick and McGirt moves out of range easily.
Nice shot by Caballero.
Caballero checks the leg kick.
McGirt misses with a lunging right hand
and Caballero counters with a good low kick that McGirt was not able to check.

Caballero clinches up with McGirt and pushes him back against the cage.
Caballero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caballero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McGirt lands a shoulder strike.
McGirt takes an elbow to the temple.
McGirt dodges an elbow strike from Caballero.
McGirt blocks the elbow strike.
Caballero creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGirt tries a body shot but Caballero blocks it.
Caballero misses with a knee strike.
McGirt struggles to land a body shot inside as Caballero controls his hands.
Caballero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Caballero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McGirt is working Caballero over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Caballero dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Caballero lands with a hook. McGirt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Caballero misses with an uppercut.
McGirt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caballero misses with a head kick.
Caballero lands a nice leg kick that just misses McGirt's sensitive parts.
McGirt checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McGirt looks to land a body kick but Caballero moved away.

Caballero forces McGirt back against the cage and clinches.
Caballero lands a hook that snaps the head of McGirt backwards.
McGirt working aggressively here.
Caballero scores with a shoulder strike.
David Caballero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGirt is pressed against the cage. Caballero pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts McGirt! Two more big strikes from Caballero and McGirt crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). David Caballero!