PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Calixto Cardona (ranked 290 p4p, 314 weight class) and Rukter Demenok (ranked 42 p4p, 46 weight class). Demenok has chosen The Moby Dick Speech as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cardona
vs
Demenok

170 cm
33
149
26 - 15 - 0

168 cm
26
145
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Calixto Cardona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rukter Demenok!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardona's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Demenok connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cardona scrambles back to his feet.
Demenok avoids the body shot from Cardona.
Demenok keeps the fight on the outside.
Demenok scores with a shot to the body.
Demenok has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cardona throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Demenok was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cardona tries to clinch but Demenok moves out of range.
Cardona walks into a straight right hand from Demenok.
Cardona lands a nice hook to Demenok's body. Demenok takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Cardona misses the target.
Demenok throws a head kick that misses.
Cardona throws a one two combo.
Demenok takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Cardona misses.
Demenok throws a leg kick which misses Cardona's front leg but catches the back leg as Cardona tries to avoid it.
Demenok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Cardona - just one landing.
Cardona connects with a leg kick.
Cardona looks to land a left hand but Demenok moved out of range nicely.
Cardona cracks Demenok with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cardona drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice shot lands for Demenok.
Demenok bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Demenok.
Cardona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cardona lunges at Demenok with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Demenok's hand.
Demenok moves out of range of the body kick from Cardona.
A jab from Demenok misses.
Demenok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cardona throws out the jab.
Demenok misses with a low kick.
Cardona half committed to a counter leg kick.
Demenok with the inside leg kick.
Cardona checks the leg kick.
Cardona gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Demenok.
Demenok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cardona.
It seemed like Demenok was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Demenok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice straight punches there by Demenok. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Demenok.
Cardona slips under a jab.
Demenok moves in looking to clinch but Cardona pushes him off.
Demenok avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cardona misses the shot to the body.
Cardona misses with a lunging right hand
and Demenok counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cardona wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok is looking to clinch.
Cardona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demenok.
The fighters circle momentarily. Demenok darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Demenok. That snapped Cardona's head back.
Demenok with a nice calf kick.
Demenok slips under a jab.

Demenok moves into the clinch.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
Demenok blocks a body shot from Cardona.
Demenok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cardonas head.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Cardona controls his hands.
Demenok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cardona lands an uppercut.
Cardona misses with some punches.
Demenok digs a right hand into Cardona's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cardona's gas tank.
Cardona gets through Demenok's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Demenok's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Demenok misses with a knee strike.
Demenok is working Cardona over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Cardona.
Cardona throws a punch but it's blocked by Demenok.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demenok.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cardona lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Cardona.
Cardona working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cardona is working Demenok over against the cage.
Cardona lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cardona struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Demenok tries a body shot but Cardona blocks it.
Cardona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cardona throws a punch but it's blocked by Demenok.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok lands with a left to the head.
Demenok lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cardona struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Demenok misses with a punch to the body.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Cardona's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cardona throws a punch but it's blocked by Demenok.
Demenok lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cardona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok lands with a short shot to the head.
Cardona prevents a body shot from Demenok.
Cardona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cardona.
Cardona struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Demenok scores with a hook to the body.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demenok misses with some punches.
Cardona blocking some punches.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Cardona controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Demenok.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hand to the body from Demenok.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Cardona controls his hands.

Demenok breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cardona 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.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demenok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rukter Demenok will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cardona - that will leave a mark!
Cardona wants to clinch up but Demenok keeps it at a distance.
Demenok misses with a hook.
Demenok connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cardona with a jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cardona takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cardona!
Demenok throws a looping overhand right but Cardona ducks down to avoid it.
Cardona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cardona scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Demenok has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cardona.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demenok misses with an uppercut.
Demenok buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Demenok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Demenok digs a good hook to Cardona's body.
Demenok finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A cross from Cardona lands.
Cardona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Demenok swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Demenok lands a really nice looking cross but Cardona seems unphased.
Demenok blocks a head kick by Cardona.
Cardona throws a head kick but Demenok moves out of range.
Cardona lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cardona connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rukter Demenok seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cardona connects with a good right hand that stumbles Demenok. Demenok circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cardona misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Demenok was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Demenok thumps Cardona with a low kick.
Demenok is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Cardona wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Demenok jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Demenok drops his hands momentarily and Cardona takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Demenok checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Demenok misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cardona looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Cardona.
Demenok flicks out a counter leg kick but Cardona steps away.
Demenok throws a body punch but Cardona moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardona fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demenok throws a right hand that misses
and Cardona counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cardona takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as Cardona checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cardona is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demenok.
Demenok throws out a counter right but Cardona avoids it with no problem.
A telegraphed right hand from Cardona misses the target.
Demenok bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cardona's head.
Cardona takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cardona takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Demenok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demenok blocks the body kick.
Cardona backing away here, and Demenok unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cardona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cardona scoring well with a low kick there.
Demenok lands a glancing blow to the side of Cardona's head.
Cardona chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Demenok can pounce on him.

Demenok has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cardona blocks a body shot from Demenok.
Cardona wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cardona is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Demenok blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cardona letting Demenok take a breather here.
Cardona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cardona lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cardona blocks a body shot from Demenok.
Cardona misses with a punch to the body.
Demenok doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cardona throws a head punch that misses.
Cardona can't break the clinch.
Cardona digs a right hand underneath Demenok's ribcage. Demenok let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cardona wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demenok has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cardona.
Cardona misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Cardona on the inside.
Nice body punch from Demenok.
Cardona can't find room to land a body shot as Demenok controls the action.
Cardona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Demenok.
Cardona misses with a punch to the body.
Calixto Cardona has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Demenok scores with a shoulder strike.
Cardona blocks an uppercut.
Demenok lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demenok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cardona.
Demenok lands a left hand.
Cardona blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demenok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demenok blocking some punches.
Cardona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardona lands a right hand.
Demenok has a couple of punches blocked by Cardona.
A short right from Demenok on the inside.
Cardona tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demenok's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
Demenok lands a body punch in the clinch.
Demenok misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demenok.
Demenok misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Calixto Cardona will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Demenok tries to land a leg kick but Cardona saw it coming and moves away.
Demenok slips under a jab.
Cardona pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Demenok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cardona.
Demenok lands a really nice looking cross but Cardona seems unphased.
Cardona takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Demenok scores with a jab.
Demenok lands with a shot to the body.
Demenok uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cardona has time to react.
Demenok misses with a body kick.

Cardona rushes Demenok and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Demenok misses with a punch to the body.
Demenok working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Demenok lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cardona lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Demenok digs a right hand underneath Cardona's ribcage. Cardona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Demenok doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demenok tries to work over Cardona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demenok tries to throw a body punch but Cardona avoids it by throwing Demenok back against the cage.
Cardona can't find room to land a body shot as Demenok controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardona lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cardona blocking some punches.
Cardona tries to throw a body punch but Demenok avoids it by throwing Cardona back against the cage.
A short left from Demenok.
Demenok tries to work over Cardona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demenok lands a left hand.
Cardona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Demenok on the inside.
Cardona struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Demenok blocking some punches.
Cardona lands a nice shot to the body.
Cardona lands with a left to the head.

Cardona pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cardona misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demenok.
Demenok getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cardona looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Demenok takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demenok walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cardona checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demenok. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardona tries a head kick but it misses.
Cardona doesn't manage to clinch there - Demenok circles away.
Demenok misses with a looping right.
A big right from Cardona misses.
Cardona connects with the punch.
Demenok throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cardona misses with a looping left.
Cardona misses with a hook. Demenok ducked under it nicely.
Cardona looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Cardona closes the distance and pushes Demenok back into the cage.
Cardona throws a head punch that misses.
Cardona misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cardona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cardona's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demenok.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cardona can't find room to land a body shot as Demenok controls the action.
Cardona blocks a body shot from Demenok.
Cardona working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cardona.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona lands a left hand.
Demenok blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demenok blocks a body shot from Cardona.
Demenok tries a body shot but Cardona blocks it.
Cardona lands a left hand.
Demenok working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Cardona.
Cardona tries a body shot but Demenok blocks it.
Cardona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cardona lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demenok is leaning against Cardona and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Demenok.
Demenok lands a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cardona as Demenok tries to tie him up.
Cardona struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Demenok misses with the head strike.
Cardona throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Demenoks head.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Cardona controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Demenok lands a body punch.
Demenok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demenok lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Cardona controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Demenok fails to land.
Cardona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cardona lands with a short shot to the head.
Cardona digs a right hand into Demenok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Demenok's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Demenok fails to land.
Cardona lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cardona's elbow.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok scores with a hook to the body.
Demenok swings wildly with an uppercut but Cardona uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demenok blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demenok blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Cardona.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rukter Demenok.
I think Demenok has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!