PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Calixto Cardona (ranked 1199 p4p, 1471 weight class) and Ringz daBell (ranked 158 p4p, 182 weight class). daBell has chosen DaBaby-Suge as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Cardona
vs
daBell

170 cm
29
149
16 - 10 - 0

168 cm
25
145
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Hot Spunk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Calixto Cardona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ringz daBell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
daBell lands with a shot to the body.
Cardona tries to clinch but daBell moves out of range.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. daBell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cardona looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
daBell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from daBell. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cardona goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cardona loads up on a big right hand but daBell slips the punch.
daBell now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cardona scores with a nice body kick.
Cardona throws an ugly left hook that misses
and daBell counters with a straight right hand.
Cardona throws a nice head kick!
daBell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cardona misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from daBell.
daBell stuns Cardona with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
daBell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cardona scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. daBell doesn't seem bothered though.
Cardona bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
daBell throws a series of punches but Cardona moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardona takes a body punch but keeps moving.
daBell moves out of range of the body kick from Cardona.
daBell looks to land a left hand but Cardona moved out of range nicely.
daBell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Cardona wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cardona takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fighters circling - daBell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cardona missing with a left hand there. daBell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cardona takes one to the chin there.
Cardona throws an overhand right that lands on daBell's shoulder, as daBell tries to avoid the shot.
daBell misses with a straight right.
Cardona throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
daBell missing with a left hand there. Cardona was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Cardona misses the target.
Cardona throws a sloppy head kick and daBell moves out of range easily.
Cardona fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cardona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
daBell let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts daBell, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cardona throws a leg kick but daBell checks it.
daBell swats away the attempt to clinch by Cardona.
A decent looking cross lands there for daBell.
daBell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cardona jabs at daBell's body.
daBell misses with a looping right.
daBell jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Cardona gets a clinch.
daBell throws a punch but it's blocked by Cardona.

daBell breaks from the clinch.
Cardona cracks daBell with a good jab.
daBell swings for the body but Cardona moves out of range.
Cardona swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
daBell looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but daBell is out of range.
Cardona scores with a punch to the head.
Cardona drops his hands momentarily and daBell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
daBell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cardona connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! daBell scrambles back to his feet.
Cardona misses the shot to the body.
daBell throws a poor cross that misses
and Cardona counters with a nice uppercut.
daBell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cardona throws a big shot that misses.
Cardona just misses with a punch to the body.
Cardona loads up on a big right hand but daBell slips the punch.
daBell is looking for the big counter here.
Cardona on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
daBell throws a looping overhand right but Cardona ducks down to avoid it.
Cardona throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cardona drops his hands momentarily and daBell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice uppercut there from daBell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardona on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cardona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by daBell.
Cardona avoids the head kick by daBell.
daBell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cardona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
daBell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cardona. daBell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cardona throws a lazy right hand but daBell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
daBell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
daBell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
daBell loads up on a big right hand but Cardona slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cardona slips a jab and a cross from daBell.
A counter left hand to the body from Cardona misses its target.
Cardona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
daBell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cardona throwing a counter right hand but daBell manages to avoid it.
Cardona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by daBell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ringz daBell will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A punch combination from daBell misses.
Ringz daBell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cardona misses with a wild body shot.
daBell connects with a body shot that sends Cardona's belly button to the back.
daBell jabs at Cardona's body.
daBell swings widly with a right hand

and Cardona moves into the clinch.
Cardona lands a body shot in the clinch.
daBell misses with a punch to the body.

Cardona pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
daBell takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A shot to the liver by Cardona. Beautiful body shot.
Cardona avoids the body shot from daBell.
Cardona throws a leg kick which misses daBell's front leg but catches the back leg as daBell tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cardona drives through and clinches with daBell against the cage.
daBell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cardona.
Cardona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
daBell is trying to break the clinch but Cardona has him pressed against the cage.
Cardona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for daBell.
daBell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Cardona breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cardona throws a half hearted mid kick.
daBell misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice cross by daBell.
Cardona stuns daBell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
daBell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cardona makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cardona throws a series of punches but daBell moves out of range.
Cardona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
daBell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cardona stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
daBell slips under a jab from Cardona.
daBell throws a big shot that misses.
Cardona throws a body shot but no joy.
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!
daBell slips a jab from Cardona.
daBell stuns Cardona with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
daBell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cardona at a distance.
daBell blocks a leg kick.
daBell throws out a counter right but Cardona avoids it with no problem.
A jab lands there for daBell.
Cardona with a nice calf kick.
daBell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cardona throws a head kick but daBell moves out of range.
daBell thuds a left hand into Cardona's body.
Cardona fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
daBell looks to land a body kick but Cardona moved away.
Cardona misses with a straight left.
daBell looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
daBell connects with the punch.
Cardona turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cardona keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
daBell misses with a straight left.
Cardona tries to clinch up.
Cardona scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. daBell doesn't seem bothered though.
daBell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
daBell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cardona misses with a body kick.
daBell ducks under a wild hook from Cardona.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cardona scores with a sloppy right hand. daBell should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
daBell misses with a lunging right hand
and Cardona counters with a nice low kick that buckles daBell's knee momentarily.
daBell has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cardona.
Cardona with a hook.

Cardona has managed to clinch.
daBell has a couple of punches blocked by Cardona.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
Cardona jumps guard but daBell stands there with Cardona around his waist. Cardona gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
daBell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Cardona's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cardona thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from daBell! But no joy.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. daBell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
daBell misses with a few strikes there.
daBell misses with a combination

and Cardona moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calixto Cardona dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

daBell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
daBell blocks a head kick by Cardona.
daBell slips a jab from Cardona.
Cardona misses the jab.
daBell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
daBell defending well as Cardona loads up on a big left hand.
Cardona ducks under a wild hook from daBell.
Cardona throws a sloppy head kick and daBell moves out of range easily.
daBell misses with a hook.
It looked like Cardona was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
daBell throws a lazy right hand but Cardona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cardona throws a nice looking combination but daBell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
daBell lands a head shot.
daBell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cardona misses with the body kick
and daBell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
daBell thuds a left hand into Cardona's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardona takes a swing at daBell's ribcage but misses.
daBell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cardona misses with a wild body shot.
Cardona pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cardona digs a good hook to daBell's body.
Cardona throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good shot there by daBell.
daBell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cardona moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cardona throws a counter high kick but daBell was just alert enough to avoid it.
Cardona moves in looking to clinch but daBell pushes him off.
daBell let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
daBell thows a left - swing and a miss!

Cardona gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Cardona - that landed with a thud.
Cardona blocks a body shot from daBell.
daBell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardona misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Cardona.
daBell misses with a short punch on the inside.
daBell has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cardona seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if daBell can turn it around.

daBell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
daBell cracks Cardona with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left and a right from Cardona both land. Nice combination.
daBell misses with a wild body shot.
Cardona jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cardona throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
daBell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from daBell. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
A quick step to the side and Cardona tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
daBell swings for the body but Cardona moves out of range.
Cardona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from daBell.
Cardona lands with a slapping head kick.

daBell is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from daBell. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
daBell is still on wobbly legs! Can Cardona finish him?
Sloppy strikes from daBell. Those never looked like landing.
daBell seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cardona throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck daBell on the side of the head.
Cardona smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
daBell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cardona tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. daBell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from daBell. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
daBell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
daBell lands with a nice body punch.
Cardona fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt daBell.
daBell gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Cardona gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calixto Cardona!
After winning the bout, Calixto Cardona thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.