PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Helix Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmey The Gangster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabrera's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's showtime!. The Gangster is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ace Hood - Changed On Me. Helix Cabrera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cabrera
vs
The Gangster

169 cm
28
159 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

160 cm
32
155 lbs
35 - 15 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Bullet Proof System

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Helix Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Timmey The Gangster!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera misses with a looping right.
Cabrera swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cabrera keeps the fight on the outside.
Cabrera is looking to counter punch.
The Gangster uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cabrera has time to react.
Cabrera misses with a low kick.
The Gangster moves out of range of the body kick from Cabrera.
Cabrera lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Gangster's sensitive parts.
Cabrera blocks a head kick by The Gangster.
The Gangster moves out of range as Cabrera strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cabrera.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Gangster.
The Gangster jabs at Cabrera's body.
The Gangster uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cabrera has time to react.
The Gangster takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera throws a low kick but The Gangster avoids it.
The Gangster with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cabrera - that will leave a mark!
The Gangster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Gangster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been hearing reports that Cabrera has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A leg kick checked by The Gangster.
Cabrera misses with a head kick.
Cabrera scores with a nice head shot.
Cabrera misses with a telegraphed body shot

and The Gangster decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cabrera's guard.
Cabrera is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Cabrera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The Gangster throws an elbow that misses. Cabrera uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Gangster's guard. Nice move by Cabrera!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera landing with the ground and pound.
Cabrera with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cabrera controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cabrera trying to control the position from guard on top but The Gangster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cabrera is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because The Gangster is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera throws an elbow that misses. The Gangster uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cabrera's guard. Nice move by The Gangster!

The Gangster with a flurry of punches that miss.

Cabrera working for a triangle but The Gangster defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Gangster cracks Cabrera with a solid left hand.
Cabrera trying to keep a closed guard but The Gangster is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cabrera is on top in guard.

Cabrera is looking to advance position but The Gangster has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Cabrera is looking to improve his position but The Gangster isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Helix Cabrera will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Gangster is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabrera.
The Gangster thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left lands for The Gangster.
Cabrera moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cabrera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Gangster. That did some damage!
Cabrera throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cabrera lands a jab to the nose.
Cabrera thuds a left hand into The Gangster's body.
A punch lands to the side of The Gangster 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The Gangster has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Cabrera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Gangster ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
As Cabrera backs off The Gangster throws a huge counter combo but Cabrera manages to avoid it all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabrera uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cabrera jabs at The Gangster's body.
Cabrera throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Gangster. That did some damage!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Gangster checks a leg kick.
The Gangster throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cabrera counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Cabrera misses the target.
Cabrera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The Gangster ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
The Gangster swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Gangster keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cabrera throws a body shot but no joy.
The Gangster misses with an uppercut
and Cabrera counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Gangster's knee momentarily.
The Gangster misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabrera.
Cabrera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Gangster can do to turn this around?
Cabrera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cabrera throws a leg kick but The Gangster moved away.
The Gangster takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cabrera goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera jabs at The Gangster's body.
Cabrera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cabrera!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera ducks under a wild hook from The Gangster.
Cabrera tests The Gangster's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Gangster ducks right into an uppercut from Cabrera.
Cabrera connects with a body shot that sends The Gangster's belly button to the back.
The Gangster uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cabrera lands with a nice body kick.
The Gangster has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cabrera.
The Gangster takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Gangster blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gangster slips under a jab.
The Gangster fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Helix Cabrera is winning the standup battle so far.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cabrera!
Helix Cabrera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cabrera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Cabrera does it's job there.
Cabrera ducks under a wild hook from The Gangster.
Cabrera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Gangster.
The Gangster shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cabrera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cabrera lands with a right hand.
Cabrera connects with a body shot that sends The Gangster's belly button to the back.
Cabrera is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Gangster takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabrera scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cabrera tries to bum rush The Gangster with a series of wild strikes but The Gangster uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cabrera lands a nice shot to the body.
A slow jab from Cabrera misses its intended target.
Cabrera missing with a left hand there. The Gangster was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Gangster is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cabrera with a body shot.
The Gangster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Gangster on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. The Gangster saw that one coming.
It seemed like The Gangster was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Gangster gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The Gangster waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cabrera.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the liver by Cabrera. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Helix Cabrera dominated that second 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.

Cabrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Helix Cabrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabrera lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cabrera scores with the left hand. The Gangster knows he should have avoided that one.
Cabrera missing with a left hand there. The Gangster was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cabrera.
The Gangster tests Cabrera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Gangster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cabrera attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera digs a good body shot into The Gangster's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera misses with a wild combination.
The Gangster tries to clinch but Cabrera is having none of it.
Cabrera was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The Gangster has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cabrera.
The Gangster takes a swing at Cabrera's ribcage but misses.
Cabrera swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Gangster takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Gangster throws a leg kick but Cabrera checks it.
Cabrera appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cabrera swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Gangster.
The Gangster scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cabrera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cabrera misses with a leg kick
and The Gangster connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cabrera misses with a hook.
Cabrera lands a nice looking kick to the body. The Gangster takes a step back to recover.
Cabrera lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cabrera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabrera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

The Gangster looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Cabrera!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is trying to control The Gangster's posture but The Gangster avoids it.
The Gangster happy to just control the position for now.
Cabrera is looking to regain half guard here but The Gangster keeps moving and retains side control.
Cabrera is working hard here to advance position.
Cabrera manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gangster thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cabrera's head.
The Gangster prevents Cabrera from improving his position.
The Gangster takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cabrera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Gangster thows a huge punch but Cabrera dodges it nicely.
Cabrera is looking to improve his position.
The Gangster missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cabrera tries to roll over but The Gangster keeps him under control.
The Gangster thows a huge punch but Cabrera dodges it nicely.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The Gangster is thwarting Cabrera's attempts to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A lazy body kick from Cabrera
and The Gangster counters with a nice leg kick.
The Gangster takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cabrera slips a jab and a cross from The Gangster.
Cabrera plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cabrera throws a shot from downtown. The Gangster moves away and avoids it.
The Gangster looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabrera is just out of range.
Cabrera scores with a spinning back kick!
The Gangster lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cabrera at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Helix Cabrera did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Gangster ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cabrera tried to score with a low kick but The Gangster checks it.
Cabrera scores with the left hand. The Gangster knows he should have avoided that one.
Cabrera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Gangster sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Gangster swings for the body but Cabrera moves out of range.
Cabrera defending well as The Gangster loads up on a big left hand.
The Gangster walks into a stiff left hand from Cabrera.
Cabrera jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cabrera lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Gangster moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cabrera moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromThe Gangster.
Nice straight punches there by Cabrera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cabrera.
The Gangster fails to land with a series of punches.
The Gangster takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Gangster crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cabrera - the referee stops the clock and The Gangster gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cabrera. The Gangster manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Gangster takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The Gangster throws out a loose jab but Cabrera uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Gangster swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cabrera.
A punch combination from Cabrera misses.
The Gangster wants to counter the offense by Cabrera and move into the clinch position.

The Gangster takes the fight into the clinch.

The Gangster's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Gangster checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
No joy there for The Gangster, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Cabrera on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cabrera throws a series of punches but The Gangster moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cabrera throws a right hand that The Gangster ducks under and follows up with a left that The Gangster also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Gangster connects with a right hand. Cabrera shakes it off.
The Gangster's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cabrera misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from The Gangster misses.
Cabrera closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cabrera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cabrera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cabrera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Gangster.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Gangster.
Cabrera scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gangster throws a looping overhand right but Cabrera ducks down to avoid it.
Cabrera connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Gangster. The Gangster circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cabrera scores with a nice head shot.
Cabrera dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Gangster shoots in and drives through. Cabrera sprawls well.
Cabrera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Gangster at a distance.
The Gangster on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cabrera with a hook.
Cabrera throws a body punch but The Gangster moves out of range.
Cabrera staying out of range there.
The Gangster needs to keep his hands up - Cabrera had a free shot at his head there.
Nice shot lands for Cabrera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Gangster misses the shot to the body.
The Gangster has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cabrera throws an off balance right hand
enabling The Gangster to counter with a crisp jab.
The Gangster misses the shot to the body.
Cabrera clobbers The Gangster with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

The Gangster closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cabrera did well to prevent The Gangster getting side control.
Cabrera is looking to improve his position.
Cabrera manages to get to full guard.
The Gangster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Helix Cabrera had his way with Timmey The Gangster in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A left and a right from Cabrera both land. Nice combination.
Cabrera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cabrera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Gangster checks the leg kick.
The Gangster lands a head shot.
Cabrera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Gangster sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cabrera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Gangster manages to avoid it.
Cabrera looks to throw a body kick

and The Gangster counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cabrera won't be happy with that.
Timmey The Gangster has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Gangster working away.
The Gangster is looking to take a break and control but Cabrera is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Cabrera's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cabrera tries to buck The Gangster off but The Gangster is having none of it.
Cabrera struggling a bit here.
Cabrera taking a bit of punishment here - The Gangster scoring with strikes.
Cabrera is looking to regain half guard here but The Gangster keeps moving and retains side control.
The Gangster works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Timmey The Gangster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cabrera manages to work his way to half guard, despite The Gangster's best efforts.
The Gangster looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cabrera with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The Gangster is stalling here. Cabrera is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! The Gangster seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cabrera has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Cabrera is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Gangster is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cabrera tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Cabrera swings around for an armbar but The Gangster sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cabrera's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gangster pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cabrera is keeping the position for now.
Cabrera is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Cabrera seems to be looking for submissions.
Cabrera throwing shots but The Gangster is blocking nicely.
The Gangster is holding on to half guard well.
The Gangster moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera stands and throws The Gangster's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A lull in the action here as Cabrera stalls from top position.
Cabrera trying to control the action but The Gangster is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cabrera working the strikes but The Gangster uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Timmey The Gangster.
I think Cabrera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:48
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 50:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Helix Cabrera!
A very excited looking Helix Cabrera rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.