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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nino Cabreros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Wood will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nino Cabreros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Wood!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wood as he jumps to the side.
Cabreros blocks the body kick.
Cabreros misses with a hook.
Cabreros walks into a jab.
Wood feints and then cracks Cabreros's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cabreros down.
Cabreros has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wood avoids a series of strikes thrown by Cabreros.
Wood is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wood wants to try and get back to his feet.
Wood holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Cabreros tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Cabreros with the ground and pound from mount.
Wood wants to control but Cabreros is having none of it.
BOOM! Cabreros connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cabreros landing strikes from the mount and Wood is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood regains half guard.
Cabreros lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood wants to get back to his feet.
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cabreros.
Cabreros wants to take a breather but Wood is having none of it.
Cabreros is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Wood wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cabreros throwing strikes from guard but Wood blocks nicely.
Cabreros throwing strikes from guard but Wood blocks nicely.
Cabreros wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A left lands for Wood.
Wood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cabreros.
Cabreros closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nino Cabreros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabreros darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cabreros looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wood with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wood uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cabreros throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cabreros missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabreros throwing strikes from guard but Wood blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cabreros is fighting to break Wood's control of his arms but Wood is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cabreros.
Wood scrambles and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabreros doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Cabreros takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wood as he avoids it easily.
Cabreros tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood blocks a head kick by Cabreros.
Cabreros finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wood scores with a kick to the body.
Cabreros is breathing heavily.
Wood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kevin Wood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab lands there for Wood.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck for Cabreros with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nino Cabreros. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cabreros.
Wood slaps away a takedown attempt from Cabreros, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cabreros.
Wood jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wood throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cabreros.
Wood scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood lands an overhand right.
Cabreros fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice uppercut there from Wood.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wood is fending him off so far but Cabreros persists. Nope, Wood circles away and we're back to standing.
Wood is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Cabreros had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cabreros on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wood scores with a push kick.
Wood lands a head kick!
Wood connects with a nice looking jab.
Cabreros is rocked!
Cabreros takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood scores with a hook to the body. Cabreros takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cabreros stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wood.
Wood scores with a one two! Cabreros had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cabreros fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood throws a nice head kick!
Cabreros takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Oh Cabreros is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wood - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Wood dominated that round.
That's time! Cabreros's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wood drops Cabreros with a beautiful combination! Cabreros stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Wood is looking for the KO!
Wood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cabreros gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Wood makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab by Wood.
Wood throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cabreros seems to have got his legs back now.
Wood with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood scoring well with a low kick there.
Wood scores with a jab.
Cabreros takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wood connects with a nice looking jab.
Wood throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wood moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cabreros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wood thumps Cabreros with a low kick.
Cabreros will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wood lands a head shot.
Wood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wood lands a really nice looking cross but Cabreros seems unphased.
Wood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cabreros in his tracks.
Wood connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Cabreros 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wood cracks Cabreros with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kevin Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No luck for Cabreros with that takedown attempt.
Wood delivers a nice body kick.
Cabreros takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cabreros takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cabreros will feel that in the morning.
A punch lands to the side of Cabreros 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wood stalks Cabreros and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cabreros's face. Cabreros staggers backwards, shaken.
Cabreros takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cabreros is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wood lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabreros takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cabreros tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wood sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cabreros somewhat.
Wood throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wood but Wood pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nino Cabreros. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros shoots for a double leg takedown but Wood sprawls well. He's pushed Cabreros's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cabreros gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wood.
Wood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cabreros looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wood dips to his left and cracks Cabreros with an uppercut!
Wood throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cabreros with a poor takedown
and Wood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cabreros thinking.
Cabreros throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wood's waist but Wood gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cabreros off to one side.
Wood connects with a jab.
A jab from Wood does it's job there.
Cabreros takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cabreros takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wood throws a combination. Cabreros tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wood throws a leg kick which misses Cabreros's front leg but catches the back leg as Cabreros tries to avoid it.
Wood jabs at Cabreros's body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wood.
Wood scores with a head kick.
Wood moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cabreros takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wood misses with a wild combination.
Cabreros fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wood lands a jab to the head.
Cabreros takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Horrible takedown by Cabreros or perhaps it was just good defense by Wood which made him look bad.
Wood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cabreros doesn't seem bothered though.
Wood scores with a nice strike.
Cabreros throws a sloppy head kick
and Wood counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cabreros tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Wood counter with a right hand.
Cabreros gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wood counters with a straight right hand.
Wood scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood dips to his left and cracks Cabreros with an uppercut!
Cabreros closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wood circles away.
Cabreros takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cabreros tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wood sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cabreros somewhat.
Wood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cabreros on the side of the head.
Wood darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cabreros looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wood lands with a nice body kick.
Cabreros shoots for a takedown but Wood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
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!
Cabreros avoids the head kick by Wood.
Cabreros looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Wood as Cabreros shoots in.
Wood punishes Cabreros's body with a nice straight punch.
Wood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Wood 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Wood lands a jab to Cabreros's midsection.
Cabreros shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cabreros showed some decent athleticism there.
Ground and pound from Cabreros.
Wood slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wood is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cabreros is controlling him.
Cabreros in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wood uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cabreros on the side of the head.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood works the jab nicely.
Wood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cabreros shoots in and drives through. Wood sprawls well.
Wood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cabreros backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cabreros's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wood.
Cabreros drops his hands momentarily and Wood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cabreros on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cabreros. That did some damage!
Wood lands a jab to the nose.
Cabreros gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wood counters with a slapping leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cabreros.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nino Cabreros. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood works the jab nicely.
Cabreros will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cabreros takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wood scores with a hook.
Wood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wood scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wood lands a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wood duly obliges.
Wood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cabreros doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cabreros thinking.
Cabreros looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cabreros's hands.
Wood lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wood is working the combinations to good effect here.
No joy there for Wood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wood scores with a jab to the body.
Cabreros fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wood avoids it really well and circles away.
Wood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cabreros shoots for a double leg takedown but Wood sprawls well. He's pushed Cabreros's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wood scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cabreros steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wood. That one must have hurt.
Cabreros tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cabreros looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wood is fending him off so far but Cabreros persists. Nope, Wood circles away and we're back to standing.
Cabreros walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wood tries to avoid it but Cabreros manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wood to the ground. Wood escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wood scores with a body shot.
Wood connects with a high kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wood.
Cabreros fails to land the takedown.
Wood defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cabreros.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wood.
Wood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wood clobbers Cabreros with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab by Wood.
Cabreros is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wood lands a high kick!
Cabreros tries for a takedown but Wood circles away easily
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.
Wood throws a head kick that half lands.
Wood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cabreros scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nino Cabreros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood is pushing Cabreros's head away, looking to escape. Cabreros manages to hold on to the position though.
Cabreros lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wood down.
Wood manages to get back to half guard.
Wood looks like he's trying to stand up.
Cabreros tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wood knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wood can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cabreros.
Wood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cabreros.
Nino Cabreros overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cabreros slips a nice elbow through Wood's hands, connecting with Wood's forehead.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kevin Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cabreros has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wood finds it's way round the side to connect with Cabreros's head.
Cabreros tries to land a body kick
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.
Wood jabs Cabreros right on the nose. Cabreros blinks but takes it well.
Wood thuds a left hand into Cabreros's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wood winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Wood!
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