PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frederick Cabrera (ranked 5082 p4p, 3011 weight class) and Bagomed Umarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bagomed Umarov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cabrera
vs
Umarov

150 cm
18
190
0 - 4 - 0

188 cm
24
185
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frederick Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bagomed Umarov!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umarov works over Cabrera's head and body with a nice combination.

Umarov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Cabrera is trying to escape back to his feet but Umarov uses the scramble to pass into side control.

Umarov has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Umarov lands with a slapping head kick.
Cabrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabrera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Umarov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cabrera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cabrera throws out a loose jab but Umarov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Umarov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cabrera's head.
Cabrera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Umarov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cabrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Umarov was well out of range. Poor timing from Cabrera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umarov connects with a high kick.
Umarov looks winded!
Umarov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cabrera throws a series of punches but Umarov moves out of range.
Umarov throws a head kick that Cabrera semi-blocks.
Cabrera swinging wildly here.
Umarov works over Cabrera's head and body with a nice combination.
Cabrera tries to bum rush Umarov with a series of wild strikes but Umarov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cabrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Umarov was well out of range. Poor timing from Cabrera.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabrera misses with a series of wild punches.
Cabrera fails to land with a series of punches.
Umarov avoids the body shot from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Umarov counters with a solid body kick.
Umarov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cabrera is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Umarov moves away.
Umarov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Cabrera does no damage.
Umarov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Umarov feints a jab promting Cabrera to slip. Umarov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cabrera slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Cabrera is looking to wear down Umarov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Umarov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bagomed Umarov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabrera takes a swing at Umarov's ribcage but misses.
Cabrera misses with a two punch combination.
Cabrera throws a right and a left that Umarov avoids nicely.
Umarov is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cabrera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cabrera throws a hook but Umarov blocks it.

Umarov instigates a clinch.
Cabrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cabrera misses with a body punch.
Cabrera looking to stall.
Umarov trying to control the position but instead, Cabrera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Umarov into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is trying to stall.
Cabrera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Umarov drags the fight down to the ground.
Cabrera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Umarov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Cabrera trying to control but Umarov postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabrera wants to improve his position but Umarov is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is trying to stand back up but Umarov is controlling him
Umarov is thwarting Cabrera's attempts to control the position.

Umarov decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
No joy there for Cabrera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Umarov rushes Cabrera and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bagomed Umarov dominated that round.
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.

Umarov goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cabrera steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Umarov. That one must have hurt.
Cabrera misses with the combination.

Umarov clinches.
Cabrera is trying to maintain a safe position but Umarov gets an underhook and turns Cabrera into the cage.

Umarov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Umarov moves into range and clinches up with Cabrera.
Cabrera is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cabrera looking to stall.
Maybe Cabrera would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Umarov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Umarov scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera throws a right hand that Umarov ducks under and follows up with a left that Umarov also avoids with ease.
Umarov is breathing heavily.
Cabrera throws a series of punches but Umarov moves out of range.
Umarov throws a nice head kick!

Umarov closes the distance and pushes Cabrera back into the cage.

Umarov has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Cabrera regains guard immediately.
Umarov preventing the sweep.
Cabrera not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cabrera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cabrera tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cabrera keeping full guard, as Umarov tries to pass.
Umarov won't allow Cabrera to sweep him here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cabrera working for a triangle but Umarov defends it easily.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Umarov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Umarov moves away.
A slow jab from Cabrera misses its intended target.
Umarov looks like he wants to counter punch here.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Cabrera enables Umarov to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cabrera manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabrera wants to stand and escape but Umarov is having none of it.
Cabrera is trying to keep Umarov in close.

Umarov gets to his feet - Cabrera follows without any prompting.
Cabrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera misses with a two punch combination.
Cabrera misses with a few strikes there.
Cabrera misses with a two punch combination.
Umarov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Umarov slips under a jab from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bagomed Umarov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Umarov moves away.
Umarov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cabrera misses with a wild body shot.
Umarov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cabrera.
A combination from Cabrera does no damage.
Umarov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Umarov connects with a high kick.
No joy there for Cabrera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Cabrera backs off Umarov throws a huge counter combo but Cabrera manages to avoid it all.
Cabrera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frederick Cabrera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cabrera swings for the body but Umarov moves out of range.

Umarov clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera is pushing Umarov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cabrera is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cabrera can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Cabrera misses with a body punch.

Umarov has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cabrera uses from the top position.
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!
Umarov wants to get back to his feet but Cabrera is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cabrera wants to control from the top but Umarov keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bagomed Umarov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Cabrera.

Umarov gets a double leg takedown into Cabrera's guard.

Cabrera had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Umarov defends it easily.
Cabrera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Umarov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Cabrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cabrera on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cabrera tries to get out of the position.
Cabrera has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Umarov has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera tries to control but Umarov manages to take his back.
Cabrera trying to control the action but Umarov just sinks the hooks in.

Umarov is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Cabrera wants to control his opponent's hands but Umarov gets his hands free.

Umarov looking for the choke from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera trying to control the hands but Umarov won't let him.
Umarov controlling well, preventing Cabrera from escaping the position.
Cabrera is working hard here to advance position.
Cabrera wants to control his opponent's hands but Umarov gets his hands free.
Cabrera tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Umarov on the ground.

Umarov is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Cabrera defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Umarov gets his hands free as Cabrera looks to control.
Cabrera trying to get back to his feet but Umarov is in full control for now.
Cabrera is keeping busy.
I really don't envy Cabrera right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Umarov has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Cabrera tries to break free.
Cabrera trying to get back to his feet but Umarov is in full control for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bagomed Umarov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Umarov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bagomed Umarov!