PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felix Cardosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lick Myballs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cardosa
vs
Myballs

173 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Chem Labs

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Cardosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lick Myballs!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Myballs throws a looping overhand right but Cardosa ducks down to avoid it.
Cardosa lands a lovely overhand right.

Cardosa gets tackled into the cage by Myballs. Myballs maintains the clinch.
Cardosa taking a breather.

Myballs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Myballs moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cardosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Myballs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Myballs there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cardosa connects with the punch.

Myballs takes the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cardosa misses with the head strike.
Cardosa blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cardosa misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cardosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cardosa tries to throw a body punch but Myballs avoids it by throwing Cardosa back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Cardosa.
Cardosa misses with a body punch.
Cardosa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cardosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Myballs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cardosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cardosa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Myballs tries to throw a body punch but Cardosa avoids it by throwing Myballs back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cardosa is trying to break the clinch but Myballs has him pressed against the cage.
Myballs misses with a punch to the body.

Myballs breaks the clinch.

Myballs moves into the clinch.
Cardosa lands a left hand.
Cardosa is trying to break the clinch but Myballs has him pressed against the cage.
Myballs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cardosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maybe Cardosa would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A shot in the inside from Cardosa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myballs lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cardosa is pushing Myballs up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cardosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Myballs slips a jab and a cross from Cardosa.
Felix Cardosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Myballs looks to land a left hand but Cardosa moved out of range nicely.
Myballs takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Cardosa moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cardosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cardosa.
Cardosa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cardosa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Myballs has him pressed against the cage.
Cardosa wants to stall.
Cardosa misses with the head strike.
Myballs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cardosa tries to break the clinch but Myballs is controlling the position.
Cardosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardosa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cardosa tries a knee to the head but Myballs blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cardosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Myballs has double underhooks.
Cardosa is trying to break the clinch but Myballs has him pressed against the cage.
Myballs avoids a wild elbow strike from Cardosa.
Myballs lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cardosa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cardosa has a couple of punches blocked by Myballs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Myballs as Cardosa tries to tie him up.
Cardosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Cardosa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cardosa ducks under a wild hook from Myballs.
Cardosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Myballs.
Myballs looks to land a combination but Cardosa avoids it well.
Cardosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Myballs throws out the jab.

Cardosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Myballs, pushing him back against the cage.
Cardosa is trying to force a seperation but Myballs has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Cardosa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Felix Cardosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Cardosa.
Cardosa tries to work over Myballs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Myballs blocks an uppercut.
Cardosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Myballs backwards.
Cardosa is trying to stall.

Cardosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cardosa pushes Myballs up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myballs manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cardosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Myballs controls his hands.
Cardosa blocks a body shot from Myballs.
Myballs has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cardosa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Myballs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cardosa misses with some punches.
Cardosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Myballs's elbow.
Cardosa can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Myballs.
Cardosa is trying to break free.

Cardosa manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myballs moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Myballs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Myballs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cardosa jabs at Myballs's body.
Myballs throws a series of punches but Cardosa avoids them all with ease.
Cardosa staying out of range there.
Myballs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cardosa lands a head shot.
A slow jab from Myballs misses its intended target.
Cardosa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Myballs misses with a hook.
Myballs moves out of range of the strikes.
Cardosa lands an overhand right.
Cardosa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cardosa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Felix Cardosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myballs connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cardosa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Myballs gets a double leg takedown into Cardosa's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Myballs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cardosa is keeping the position for now.
Myballs slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Myballs stands and throws Cardosa's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Myballs tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Myballs has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

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!
Myballs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cardosa keeps working.
Myballs throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cardosa gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Cardosa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Myballs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lick Myballs will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cardosa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Felix Cardosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Myballs takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Myballs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Cardosa tries to keep at a distance but Myballs has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cardosa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cardosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cardosa wants to stall.
Cardosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardosa misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Myballs just leaning against Cardosa, taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cardosa.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cardosa here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Myballs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cardosa prevents a body shot from Myballs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Myballs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cardosa ducks under a wild hook from Myballs.
Myballs misses with a hook.
Cardosa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cardosa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cardosa.
Cardosa misses with a looping left.

Myballs looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cardosa!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myballs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myballs lands a big elbow.

Cardosa is rocked!
Myballs cracks Cardosa with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lick Myballs!
In his post fight interview, Lick Myballs started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.