PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gavin (ranked 806 p4p, 1124 weight class) and Calixto Cardona (ranked 87 p4p, 133 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gavin
vs
Cardona

168 cm
34
145
20 - 10 - 1

170 cm
37
149
34 - 23 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Voodoo Nutrition

Urban Fighter
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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 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Gavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Calixto Cardona!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gavin moves out of range as Cardona throws a body kick.
Cardona connects with a crisp jab.
Cardona pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Cardona clinches up with Gavin and pushes him back against the cage.
Gavin prevents a body shot from Cardona.
Cardona has a couple of punches blocked by Gavin.
A nice left hand lands by Cardona.
Cardona has a couple of punches blocked by Gavin.
Gavin is working Cardona over against the cage.
Gavin scores with a shot to the side of Cardona's head.
Gavin blocks an uppercut.
Cardona throws a punch but it's blocked by Gavin.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Gavin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cardona softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Gavin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gavin lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cardona tries to clinch but Gavin moves out of range.
Gavin scores with a kick to the body.
Gavin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cardona.
Gavin moves away from the strike by Cardona.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardona scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gavin is looking to chop away at Cardona's legs.
Gavin lands with a straight right. Cardona didn't see that one coming.
Cardona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gavin moves away.
Cardona looks to land a right hand but Gavin moved out of range.
Cardona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gavin moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Gavin misses its target.
Cardona fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gavin manages to avoid it.
Gavin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gavin, as that shot connected.
Gavin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gavin.
Gavin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gavin throws a chopping leg kick but Cardona manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cardona takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gavin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gavin tries to score with a low kick but Cardona moves his leg out of the way.
Cardona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gavin moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cardona checks a low kick from Gavin.
Cardona steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardona misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cardona throws a body punch but Gavin moves out of range.
Gavin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cardona is out of range and Gavin settles back down.
Cardona lands a two punch combo.
Gavin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gavin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gavin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cardonas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gavin tries a head kick but it misses.
Cardona throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Cardona.
Cardona misses with a combination
and Gavin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gavin moves out of range as Cardona throws a body kick.
Gavin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cardona misses with a left hand
and Gavin counters with an outside leg kick.
Cardona misses with a head kick.
Cardona throws a body punch but Gavin moves out of range.
Gavin lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cardona throws a sloppy head kick and Gavin moves out of range easily.
Gavin feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cardona cracks Gavin with a good jab.
Cardona throws an overhand right that lands on Gavin's shoulder, as Gavin tries to avoid the shot.
Gavin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cardona lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cardona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gavin moves away.
Cardona looks to land a body kick but Gavin moved away.
A swing and a miss from Gavin.
A nice side step and Cardona releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gavin misses with a looping left.
Cardona tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice cross by Cardona.
Gavin misses the shot to the body.
Gavin throws out a loose jab but Cardona uses good head movement to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Cardona misses.
Gavin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gavin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cardona lands a leg kick that knocks Gavin off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Cardona throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cardona on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cardona misses with a straight right.
Gavin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cardona just manages to avoid it.
Cardona throws a leg kick but Gavin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cardona feints and then cracks Gavin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gavin down.
Cardona looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cardona doesn't manage to clinch there - Gavin circles away.
Cardona misses with a wild body shot.
Cardona takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cardona. Gavin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gavin feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cardona throws a leg kick
and Gavin counters with a good low kick that Cardona was not able to check.
Cardona misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gavin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cardona manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gavin throws the left hand but Cardona avoids the punch easily.
Cardona blocks a low kick nicely.
Cardona scores with a jab to the body.
Gavin moves out of range as Cardona throws a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gavin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Cardona.
Cardona misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Cardona, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gavin misses with a looping right.
Cardona connects with a high kick.
Gavin throws an overhand right that lands on Cardona's shoulder, as Cardona tries to avoid the shot.
Cardona wants to counter the offense by Gavin and move into the clinch position.
Tommy Gavin is winning the standup battle so far.
Cardona connects with a leg kick.
Cardona throws a lazy uppercut
and Gavin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gavin looks to land a body kick but Cardona moved away.
Cardona scores with a jab.
Cardona's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gavin swings for the body but Cardona moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Gavin as he connects with a hook.
Gavin lands a leg kick that knocks Cardona off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gavin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cardona.
Cardona misses with a wild body shot.
Gavin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardona tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gavin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gavin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gavin blocks a head kick by Cardona.
Cardona tries to bum rush Gavin with a series of wild strikes but Gavin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A low kick lands for Gavin.
Cardona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gavin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gavin scoring well with a low kick there.
Gavin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gavin looks to land a body kick but Cardona moved away.
Cardona throws a lazy uppercut
and Gavin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Gavin misses.
Gavin misses with a looping left.
Cardona walks into a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gavin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gavin moves out of range as Cardona throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardona misses with a body kick.
Cardona missing with a left hand there. Gavin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gavin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gavin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cardona rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gavin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gavin avoids a kick to the body.
Gavin throws a leg kick which misses Cardona's front leg but catches the back leg as Cardona tries to avoid it.
Cardona misses with a low kick.
Gavin cracks a nice hook into Cardona's ribs.
Gavin dips to his left and cracks Cardona with an uppercut!
A cross from Cardona lands.
Gavin tests Cardona's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cardona looks to land a body kick but Gavin moved away.
Calixto Cardona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cardona lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cardona tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gavin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cardona slips under a jab from Gavin.
Cardona looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cardona scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cardona fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gavin manages to avoid it.
Cardona lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gavin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cardona misses with a head kick.
Cardona moves in looking to clinch but Gavin pushes him off.
Gavin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cardona misses with a head kick.
Gavin scores with a sloppy right hand. Cardona should have avoided that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cardona, as that shot connected.
Gavin looks for the body kick but Cardona saw that one coming.
Cardona throws a hook to the side of Gavin's head but Gavin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gavin connects with a looping right hand.
Gavin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cardona throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cardona throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gavin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cardona walks into a straight right hand from Gavin.
Gavin is looking to slow Cardona down with leg kicks.
Gavin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cardona has time to react.
Cardona lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gavin throws an overhand right that lands on Cardona's shoulder, as Cardona tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Cardona - just one landing.
Cardona throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gavin counters with a stiff right hand.
Cardona throws a looping overhand right but Gavin ducks down to avoid it.
Cardona has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gavin thuds a left hand into Cardona's body.
Gavin with a nice calf kick.
Cardona wants to clinch up but Gavin keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Gavin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gavin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gavin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cardona has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cardona and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cardona tries to work over Gavin's front leg with a kick but Gavin checks it.
Gavin lands a nice shot that snaps Cardona's head back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gavin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gavin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cardona.
Cardona throws a hook but Gavin blocks it.
Gavin blocks the body kick.
Cardona swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gavin throws a big shot that misses.
Gavin drops his hands momentarily and Cardona takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cardona misses with a left hand
and Gavin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cardona thinking.
Gavin misses with a leg kick.
Gavin misses with a two punch combination.
Gavin defending well as Cardona loads up on a big left hand.
Cardona throws a leg kick but Gavin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Gavin.
Cardona throws a poor cross that misses
and Gavin counters with a nice leg kick.
Cardona throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gavin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cardona throws a leg kick but Gavin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gavin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cardona.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Gavin.
Cardona walks into a straight right hand from Gavin.
Gavin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gavin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gavin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gavin throws a solid leg kick but Cardona takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gavin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cardona checks a leg kick.
Gavin swats away the attempt to clinch by Cardona.
Gavin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cardona swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gavin counters with a thumping low kick.
Gavin missing with a left hand there. Cardona was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cardona misses with a shot to the body
and Gavin counters with an inside leg kick.
Gavin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gavin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cardona.
Gavin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardona doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cardona misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A low kick from Cardona misses
and Gavin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gavin with the inside leg kick.
Cardona dips to his left and cracks Gavin with an uppercut!
Cardona tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Cardona.
Cardona just misses with a punch to the body.
Cardona tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Cardona misses the target.
Gavin slips under a jab.
Gavin ducks under a wild hook from Cardona.
Gavin throws a leg kick but Cardona sees it coming and moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Gavin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gavin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cardona displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gavin scores with a nice head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gavin lands an overhand right.
Gavin feints and then cracks Cardona's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cardona down.
Cardona gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cardona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gavin staying out of range there.
Gavin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cardona is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gavin.
Gavin swings for the body but Cardona moves out of range.
Cardona moves out of range of the leg kick from Gavin.
Cardona finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cardona tries to work over Gavin's front leg with a kick but Gavin checks it.
Gavin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gavin moves away from the strike by Cardona.
Gavin lands with a nice body kick.
Gavin scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gavin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cardona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cardona misses with a wild body shot.
Cardona throws a poor cross that misses
and Cardona takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cardona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gavin circles away quickly and effectively.
Gavin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cardona.
Cardona misses with a straight right.
Gavin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cardona misses with a leg kick.
Gavin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cardona has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gavin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cardona is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gavin.
Cardona chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gavin can pounce on him.
Gavin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gavin throws a hook to the side of Cardona's head but Cardona sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gavin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gavin tried to counter with a leg kick but Cardona avoided it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Gavin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gavin 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Gavin!
Tommy Gavin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.