PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TY Lanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lanni has chosen Trumpets And Angels-Falling from the Skys as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cabrera
vs
Lanni

174 cm
23
163 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

150 cm
21
130 lbs
2 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucas Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, TY Lanni!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lanni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lanni takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cabrera scores with a decent looking hook.
Cabrera moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lanni tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lanni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cabrera swats away the attempt to clinch by Lanni.
Lanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Cabrera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lanni should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cabrera throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cabrera tries a head kick but it misses.
Lanni is looking to clinch.
Lanni tries to clinch but Cabrera moves out of range.
Cabrera lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cabrera lands a nice looking body kick.
Lanni tries to clinch up.
Cabrera keeps the fight on the outside.

Lanni moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cabrera is defending well for now.
I was talking to Cabrera's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cabrera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lanni backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lanni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cabrera's brow.
Lanni throws an elbow but it misses.
Cabrera avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
Lanni misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cabrera.
Cabrera pushes Lanni back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lanni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cabrera.
Cabrera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lanni tries to land knees in the clinch but Cabrera avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lanni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cabrera's brow.
Lanni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cabrera avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cabrera lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cabrera stalling.
Lanni looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cabrera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lanni throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is stalling here.
Cabrera leaning against his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lanni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cabrera's brow.
Cabrera avoiding damage as Lanni throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabrera gets through Lanni's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cabrera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lanni pushes off an throws an elbow but Cabrera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cabrera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cabrera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Cabrera drops Lanni onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Lanni is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Lanni is rocked!
Cabrera creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Lanni with a big uppercut! Lanni tries to clinch up but Cabrera pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Lanni to the mat! Lanni covers up and Cabrera unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lucas Cabrera!
In his post fight interview, Lucas Cabrera started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, TY Lanni stepped up to the mic, saying 'US LANNI'S ALWAY'S PAY OUR DEBTS!!!!'.