PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hendrix Cabrera (ranked 685 p4p, 451 weight class) and Benji Torres (ranked 96 p4p, 72 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cabrera
vs
Torres

185 cm
26
185
11 - 4 - 1

188 cm
27
186
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hendrix Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Benji Torres!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera is looking to land body kicks.
Cabrera lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cabrera is looking to slow Torres down with leg kicks.
Cabrera lands with a hook. Torres tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Cabrera rushes Torres and presses him up against the cage.
Cabrera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
Cabrera stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cabrera blocks an uppercut.
Torres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cabrera lands with a right to the head.
Torres tries to throw a body punch but Cabrera avoids it by throwing Torres back against the cage.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Cabrera.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torres.
Cabrera misses with the head strike.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera can't find room to land a body shot as Torres controls the action.
Cabrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torres blocks an uppercut.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Cabrera.
A short right from Torres.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cabrera lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Benji Torres has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cabrera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cabrera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrera throws a head punch that misses.
Torres tries to work over Cabrera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Torres misses with some punches.
Torres lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torres.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cabrera.
Torres lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torres's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabrera throws a head punch that misses.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrera throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torres lands with a light punch inside.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cabrera pushes Torres back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
Torres lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torres pushes Cabrera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torres makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Cabrera.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cabrera scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cabrera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cabrera misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Cabrera.
Cabrera has a couple of punches blocked by Torres.
Torres working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Cabrera.
Cabrera wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cabrera seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Torres can turn it around.
Torres misses with the head strike.
Cabrera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torres lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cabrera backwards.
Cabrera blocks an uppercut.
Torres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cabrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Torres breaks from the clinch.
Cabrera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torres jabs Cabrera right on the nose. Cabrera blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Hendrix Cabrera has been cut.
Cabrera throws the kick towards the body but Torres avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera tries a head kick but it misses.
Torres throws out a counter right but Cabrera avoids it with no problem.
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!
Cabrera scores with a jab. Torres acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torres ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
Torres let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Cabrera closes the distance and clinches.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cabrera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torres blocks an uppercut.
Cabrera tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Torres smiles and moves away.
Torres ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.

Cabrera instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabrera.
Cabrera is trying to pull guard but Torres has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hendrix Cabrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torres working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cabrera blocks an uppercut.
Cabrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Cabrera.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hendrix Cabrera will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Torres throws a body punch but Cabrera moves out of range.
Cabrera lands a head kick. Torres smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Torres swats away the attempt to clinch by Cabrera.
Cabrera scores with a hook.
A big right from Torres misses.
Cabrera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera misses with a leg kick
and Torres counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cabrera throws the kick towards the body but Torres avoids it.
Cabrera throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cabrera moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres misses with a looping right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cabrera. That's going to slow Torres down.
Cabrera scores with a jab to the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Cabrera finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cabrera throws a leg kick which misses Torres's front leg but catches the back leg as Torres tries to avoid it.
Cabrera defending well as Torres loads up on a big left hand.
Cabrera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hendrix Cabrera is winning the standup battle so far.

Cabrera closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Cabrera.
Torres blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
Cabrera lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Torres backwards.
Cabrera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
Torres misses with some punches.

Cabrera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Cabrera lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres misses with a looping left.
A big left from Torres misses.
It appears Cabrera was looking to counter with a kick there.
Torres avoids the body shot from Cabrera.
A nice side step and Torres releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Torres waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a nice head kick!
Torres walks into a stiff left hand from Cabrera.
Torres misses with a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Cabrera scores with a four punch combination!
Cabrera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera keeps Torres at a distance using the push kick.
Cabrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torres looks to land a left hand but Cabrera moved out of range nicely.
Cabrera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cabrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cabrera, as that shot connected.
Cabrera throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Torres throws a big shot that misses.
Cabrera connects with an inside leg kick.
Torres takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cabrera lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Cabrera darts in and clinches Torres up against the cage.
Torres misses with a punch on the inside.
Cabrera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cabrera throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hendrix Cabrera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Cabrera fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Torres struggles to land a body shot inside as Cabrera controls his hands.
Torres cracks Cabrera with a nice body shot.
Torres lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cabrera.
Torres blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Cabrera on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Torres scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
Torres working aggressively here.
Cabrera misses with a punch to the body.
Torres has Cabrera pressed against the cage, preventing Cabrera from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torres misses with a punch to the body.
Cabrera tries to pull guard but Torres holds him up against the cage and eventually Cabrera drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hendrix Cabrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Torres lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Torres - that landed with a thud.
Cabrera tries to pull guard but Torres holds him up against the cage and eventually Cabrera drops back down to his feet.
Torres tries to work over Cabrera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hendrix Cabrera dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Torres dodges the punch combination from Cabrera.
Torres takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Torres throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Torres gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a leg kick that misses.
Cabrera slips under a jab from Torres.
Cabrera lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cabrera throws a combination that misses
and Torres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres looks to land a right hand but Cabrera moved out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cabrera, as that shot connected.
Cabrera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cabrera throws a hook to the side of Torres's head but Torres sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Torres throws out a counter right but Cabrera avoids it with no problem.
Benji Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cabrera.
Jab from Cabrera.
Cabrera scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Torres misses.
Cabrera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cabrera connects with a solid leg kick.
Torres throws a hook but Cabrera avoids it easily.
As Torres backs away, Cabrera returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cabrera throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Torres throws a big shot that misses.

Cabrera drives through and clinches with Torres against the cage.
Cabrera tries to work over Torres's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
Torres misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Cabrera.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cabrera misses with a punch on the inside.
Torres stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cabrera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Cabrera.
Cabrera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cabrera blocks a body shot from Torres.
Torres blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torres.
Torres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torres misses with a punch on the inside.
Cabrera blocks an uppercut.
Cabrera has a couple of punches blocked by Torres.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cabrera lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Torres.
Cabrera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres throws a punch but it's blocked by Cabrera.

Cabrera jumps into guard, dragging Torres to the mat.
Torres won't allow Cabrera to sweep him here.
Cabrera trying to control the position.

Cabrera has an active guard here but Torres has managed to pass into half guard.

Cabrera actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cabrera actively working from the bottom here.
Cabrera tries to roll over but Torres keeps him under control.

Cabrera actively working from the bottom here.
Cabrera desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Torres seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hendrix Cabrera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cabrera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hendrix Cabrera!
Hendrix Cabrera decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.