PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Celestino Caballero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Caballero
vs
Hernandez

171 cm
23
148 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

160 cm
18
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Koffin Inc.

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Celestino Caballero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caballero fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caballero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but Caballero is just out of range.
Hernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernandez jabs Caballero right on the nose. Caballero blinks but takes it well.
Caballero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Hernandez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Caballero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caballero throws an overhand right that lands on Hernandez's shoulder, as Hernandez tries to avoid the shot.
Caballero misses with a wild combination.
Dan Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez lands with a shot to the body.
Hernandez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Caballero sizes up Hernandez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caballero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hernandez.
Hernandez stalks Caballero and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Caballero's face. Caballero staggers backwards, shaken.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut. Caballero saw that one coming.
Hernandez catches Caballero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Caballero falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hernandez counters with a left and a right that stings Caballero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Caballero.
Caballero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hernandez.
Caballero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
A big right from Hernandez misses.
Caballero drops his hands momentarily and Hernandez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caballero takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Caballero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hernandez's hands.
Caballero jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A lazy left from Hernandez finds it's target.
Caballero defending well as Hernandez loads up on a big left hand.
Caballero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caballero moves out of range of the strikes.
Hernandez moves out of range as Caballero strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Caballero scores with a four punch combination!
Hernandez throws a good cross that connects.
Hernandez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Caballero counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hernandez's hands.
Hernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab by Hernandez.
Caballero misses the jab.
Hernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caballero.
Caballero misses with a series of wild punches.
Caballero looks to land a left hand but Hernandez moved out of range nicely.
Caballero displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hernandez throws out the jab.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that Caballero avoids nicely.
Hernandez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caballero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hernandez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hernandez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Caballero dodges the punch combination from Hernandez.
Caballero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Caballero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez lands the left hand.
Hernandez misses with a few strikes there.
Caballero lands a glancing blow to the side of Hernandez's head.
Caballero loads up on a big right hand but Hernandez slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Caballero.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Caballero to counter with a crisp jab.
Hernandez misses with a straight right.
Caballero is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Caballero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Caballero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Caballero cracks a nice hook into Hernandez's ribs.
Hernandez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Caballero stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Caballero lands a lovely overhand right.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caballero moves away.
Caballero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caballero misses with a double jab.
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hernandez misses the body punch
and Caballero counters with a three punch combo that has Hernandez backing up. Hernandez nods at Caballero to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a punch to the head.
No joy there for Hernandez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hernandez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hernandez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Caballero is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but Caballero is just out of range.
Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Caballero.
A left lands for Hernandez.
Danga de danga de dang - Hernandez scores with a four punch combination!
Caballero on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hernandez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caballero circles away quickly and effectively.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caballero scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hernandez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hernandez slips under a jab from Caballero.
Hernandez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Caballero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hernandez cracks Caballero with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hernandez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Caballero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Danga de danga de dang - Caballero scores with a four punch combination!
Caballero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Caballero throws a big shot that misses.
Hernandez takes a swing at Caballero's ribcage but misses.
Hernandez tries to bum rush Caballero with a series of wild strikes but Caballero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hernandez lands with a shot to the body.
Caballero moves forwards but Hernandez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jab from Hernandez.
Caballero moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernandez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Caballero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caballero misses the jab.
Caballero slips under a jab from Hernandez.
Caballero throws a hook but Hernandez blocks it.
Caballero paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Caballero.
Dan Hernandez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hernandez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Celestino Caballero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a right hand that Caballero ducks under and follows up with a left that Caballero also avoids with ease.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hernandez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caballero gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a right hand that Caballero ducks under and follows up with a left that Caballero also avoids with ease.
Hernandez throws a hook but Caballero blocks it.
Hernandez scores with a hook to the body. Caballero takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Caballero throws a series of strikes that have Hernandez backpedaling.
Hernandez dodges the punch combination from Caballero.
Caballero falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hernandez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Caballero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caballero takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hernandez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
A cross from Hernandez lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hernandez throws a jab when Caballero was well out of range.
Hernandez looks to land a right hand but Caballero moved out of range.
Caballero misses with a hook. Hernandez ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheers as Hernandez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Caballero doesn't seem phased though.
Hernandez clobbers Caballero with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hernandez loads up on a big right hand but Caballero slips the punch.
Hernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hernandez catches Caballero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Caballero.
Hernandez lands a nice hook to Caballero's body. Caballero takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Hernandez does it's job there.
Caballero misses with the combination.
Hernandez lands a jab to the head.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Caballero avoids it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Hernandez as he connects with a hook.
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Caballero in his tracks.
Hernandez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Caballero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A left and a right from Caballero both land. Nice combination.
Caballero dodges the punch combination from Hernandez.
Hernandez scores with a punch to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Hernandez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hernandez.
Caballero misses with a body shot.
Hernandez looks to land a left hand but Caballero moved out of range nicely.
Caballero avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with a double jab
and Caballero counters with a one-two to the body.
Hernandez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Caballero backs up against the cage.
Hernandez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Caballero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left and a right from Caballero both land. Nice combination.
Hernandez throws a shot to the body.
Hernandez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Caballero.
Caballero misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left lands for Hernandez.
Donk. Hernandez catches Caballero right on the button with a cross.
Caballero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hernandez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hernandez cracks Caballero with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jab, jab by Hernandez - just one landing.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.
Hernandez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hernandez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hernandez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Caballero counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Caballero.
Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caballero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hernandez throws a series of punches but Caballero moves out of range.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Caballero counters with a stiff right hand.
Hernandez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hernandez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caballero.
No joy there for Caballero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hernandez slips a jab from Caballero.
A swing and a miss from Hernandez.
Hernandez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Caballero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez misses with a straight right.
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right-left combo lands from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big left from Hernandez misses.
Caballero throws a lazy right hand but Hernandez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hernandez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caballero was well out of range. Poor timing from Hernandez.
Caballero jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caballero throws an overhand right that lands on Hernandez's shoulder, as Hernandez tries to avoid the shot.
Hernandez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caballero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Hernandez scores with a four punch combination!
Hernandez throws a one two combo.
Caballero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caballero scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Caballero has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hernandez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Caballero has time to react.
A nice combination there by Caballero.
Caballero looks to land a combination. Hernandez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hernandez throws a nice looking combination but Caballero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Caballero takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hernandez lunges at Caballero with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Caballero's hand.
Caballero slips under a jab.
Caballero connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hernandez momentarily.
Hernandez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hernandez missing with a left hand there. Caballero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caballero works over Hernandez's head and body with a nice combination.
Hernandez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Caballero displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hernandez throws out the jab.
Caballero scores with a punch to the head.
Caballero looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Caballero drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hernandez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Caballero throws out the jab.
Hernandez connects with a right hand. Caballero shakes it off.
Hernandez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Caballero counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Hernandez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Caballero takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hernandez slips under a jab.
Caballero lands with a shot to the body.
Caballero takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Caballero throws a right hand that Hernandez ducks under and follows up with a left that Hernandez also avoids with ease.
Hernandez scores with a jab.
Caballero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a punch to the head.
A punch combination from Hernandez misses.
Caballero throws a body punch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
Hernandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hernandez throws a combination. Caballero tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hernandez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Caballero punishes Hernandez's body with a nice straight punch.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
Caballero throws out a loose jab but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hernandez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caballero cracks Hernandez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Caballero dodges the punch combination from Hernandez.
Caballero misses with a combination
and Hernandez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Caballero moves out of range of the strikes.
Celestino Caballero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Caballero throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Caballero misses with a hook.
Caballero tries to move into range but Hernandez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hernandez shoots in but Caballero avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Caballero lands a nice shot to the body.
Caballero throws a big shot that misses.
Caballero misses with a looping right.
Hernandez cracks a nice hook into Caballero's ribs.
Caballero slips a straight right by Hernandez.
Hernandez's corner calls for a 1-2. Hernandez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Caballero backs up against the cage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hernandez, as that shot connected.
Dan Hernandez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hernandez slips under a jab from Caballero.
Caballero scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dan Hernandez.
Well Hernandez 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Hernandez!