PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rivers Nihil (ranked 7936 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Cabral (ranked 5757 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Nihil
vs
Cabral

190 cm
18
194 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Rivers Nihil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andrew Cabral!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nihil misses with a head kick.
Nihil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cabral throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nihil goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nihil looks to land a right hand but Cabral moved out of range.
Cabral ducks under a wild hook from Nihil.
The fighters circling - Nihil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nihil throws a head kick that misses.
Nihil fails to land with a series of punches.
Cabral let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nihil throws a hook but Cabral avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nihil throws a sloppy head kick and Cabral moves out of range easily.
Cabral fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cabral lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nihil circles away quickly and effectively.
Cabral swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nihil throws a hook but Cabral blocks it.
Nihil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nihil throws a poor cross that misses
and Cabral counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cabral is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nihil on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick misses from Nihil.
Cabral looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nihil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cabral is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nihil throws an overhand right that lands on Cabral's shoulder, as Cabral tries to avoid the shot.
Despite the aggression on Cabral's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cabral misses with a few strikes there.
Nihil tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cabral manages to circle out of the way.
Nihil shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cabral but Cabral pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nihil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cabral.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabral on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nihil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nihil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabral manages to avoid it.
Nihil looks to land a right hand but Cabral moved out of range.
Nihil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cabral moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cabral is looking for the big counter here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nihil looks to land a combination but Cabral avoids it well.
Nihil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cabral! But no joy.
Cabral throws a series of punches but Nihil avoids them all with ease.
Nihil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cabral tries to close the distance and clinch but Nihil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cabral motions for Nihil to come forward. Cabral throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nihil misses with a combination
and Cabral counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nihil takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabral jabs Nihil to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nihil misses with a body kick.
Cabral is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nihil looks to land a right hand but Cabral moved out of range.
Cabral ducks under a wild hook from Nihil.
Nihil throws a nice looking combination but Cabral bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It seemed like Cabral was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A lazy left from Cabral finds it's target.
Nihil misses with a kick to the body.
Nihil getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cabral avoids the head kick by Nihil.
Cabral closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nihil circles away.
Nihil gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cabral.
Rivers Nihil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nihil misses with a body shot.
Cabral misses with a takedown

and Nihil moves into the clinch.
Rivers Nihil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Cabral.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nihil is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cabral pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cabral gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nihil.

Nihil pulls guard effortlessly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nihil wants to stand up but Cabral is controlling him.
Nihil has a closed guard, preventing Cabral from standing up.
Cabral throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cabral wants to stand but Nihil is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cabral wants to control from the top but Nihil keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rivers Nihil dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cabral is looking to clinch.
Nihil misses with a series of wild punches.
Nihil misses with a series of wild punches.
Cabral tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nihil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nihil misses with a looping right.
Rivers Nihil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Nihil misses the target.
Nihil misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Cabral with that takedown attempt.
Nihil looks to land a left hand but Cabral moved out of range nicely.
Cabral lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nihil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from Nihil misses.
Cabral unleashes a big counter combination but Nihil bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cabral uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nihil.
As Nihil backs off Cabral throws a huge counter combo but Nihil manages to avoid it all.
Cabral tries to close the distance and clinch but Nihil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nihil changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nihil misses with a few strikes there.
Cabral now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nihil throws a right hand that Cabral ducks under and follows up with a left that Cabral also avoids with ease.
Cabral scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cabral tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nihil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Nihil wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cabral uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nihil.
Cabral is looking for the big counter here.
Nihil throws a body punch but Cabral moves out of range.
Cabral is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nihil with a body shot.
Cabral lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nihil circles away quickly and effectively.
Nihil takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cabral wants to clinch up but Nihil keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nihil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cabral moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nihil takes a swing at Cabral's ribcage but misses.
Cabral blocks the body kick.
Cabral getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A swing and a miss from Nihil.
Cabral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nihil.
Nihil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cabral can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabral scores with a shot to the body.
Nihil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabral manages to avoid it.
Nihil takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cabral uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nihil.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cabral is defended easily by Nihil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nihil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nihil scores with a jab to the head.
Cabral tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nihil is able to avoid easily.
Cabral ducks under a wild hook from Nihil.
Cabral tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nihil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nihil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabral.
Nihil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivers Nihil is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Nihil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cabral throws a body shot but no joy.
Nihil falls off balance throwing a combination
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Cabral makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cabral shoots for a takedown but Nihil saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rivers Nihil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Cabral.
Cabral blocks a head kick by Nihil.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nihil throws a nice looking combination but Cabral bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nihil is looking to land body kicks.
Cabral tries for a takedown but Nihil sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cabral dodges the punch combination from Nihil.
It seemed like Cabral was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cabral tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cabral defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nihil.
Nihil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nihil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cabral counters with a one-two to the body.
Nihil throws a series of punches but Cabral avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nihil fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rivers Nihil dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nihil swats away the attempt to clinch by Cabral.
Nihil throws a sloppy head kick and Cabral moves out of range easily.
A combination from Cabral does no damage.
Nihil throws a sloppy head kick and Cabral moves out of range easily.
Nihil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice body punch from Cabral.
Cabral bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cabral throws out a counter right but Nihil avoids it with no problem.
Cabral lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabral avoids the head kick by Nihil.
Nihil misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice defenses there by Cabral.
Nihil backing away here, and Cabral unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nihil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nihil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cabral steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nihil.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nihil misses with a looping left.
Nihil displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cabral.
Cabral ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nihil throws a right and a left that Cabral avoids nicely.
Cabral throws a combination. Nihil tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cabral lands a nice hook to Nihil's body. Nihil takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cabral shoots in looking for a takedown but Nihil manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cabral's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
No joy there for Nihil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cabral slips a jab and a cross from Nihil.
Cabral tries to close the distance and clinch but Nihil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabral goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nihil went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nihil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cabral is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cabral blocks a head kick by Nihil.
Cabral fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nihil avoids it really well and circles away.
Nihil wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rivers Nihil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Cabral.
Cabral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nihil.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nihil shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nihil just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Cabral on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nihil throws a shot from downtown. Cabral moves away and avoids it.
Cabral lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nihil backs up against the cage.
Cabral uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nihil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabral tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rivers Nihil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nihil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cabral throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nihil on the side of the head.
Nihil looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabral is just out of range.
Nihil darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cabral shoots for a double leg takedown but Nihil sprawls well. He's pushed Cabral's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nihil has a takedown stuffed.
Cabral showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nihil.
Cabral connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabral ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nihil misses with a head kick.
Cabral will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nihil misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Nihil.
Nihil stuffs the takedown attempt from Cabral. Cabral gets slowly back to his feet.
Nihil appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cabral stuns Nihil with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nihil throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cabral counters with a one-two to the body.
Andrew Cabral has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabral lands a jab.
Nihil is looking to land body kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Andrew Cabral.
Well Nihil 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rivers Nihil!