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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hector Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastien Linne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabrera comes into the arena with Tarot - I Walk Forever blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Linne's choice of entrance music: Arcturus - The Chaos Path. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
40 - 21 - 0 |
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158 lbs
34 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
40 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hector Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebastien Linne!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linne throws a leg kick but Cabrera sees it coming and moves out of range.
Linne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Linne tries a head kick but it misses.
A cross from Linne lands.
Cabrera avoids the body shot from Linne.
Cabrera connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linne throws a jab when Cabrera was well out of range.
Cabrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linne throws a head kick that misses
and Cabrera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Linne tries to land a front kick but Cabrera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Linne misses with a leg kick
and Cabrera counters with a good low kick that Linne was not able to check.
Cabrera misses with a two punch combination.
Cabrera drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cabrera passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Linne!
Cabrera trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cabrera misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Linne is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linne sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cabrera trying to control from half guard but Linne is working away.
Linne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera wants to work for an arm triangle but Linne is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Linne wants to improve his position but Cabrera is controlling well.
Linne is trying is best to control the position here.
Linne is trying to get back to full guard.
Linne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cabrera trying to mount his opponent but Linne defends it.
Linne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Cabrera there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne is looking for a sweep. Cabrera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cabrera is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Linne is looking to control Cabrera's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Linne avoid being mounted?
Cabrera is just content to waste time from the top position. Linne takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Linne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Linne keeping moving, preventing Cabrera from controlling successfully.
Cabrera preventing the sweep.
Linne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cabrera defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linne looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cabrera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cabrera working some strikes from top position.
Cabrera content to stall in guard here.
Linne keeping moving, preventing Cabrera from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cabrera in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Cabrera dominated that round.
That's time! Cabrera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Linne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cabrera walks into a jab.
Cabrera clinches up with Linne and pushes him back against the cage.
Linne prevents a body shot from Cabrera.
Linne prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cabrera prevents a body shot from Linne.
Cabrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cabrera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cabrera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Linne drops Cabrera with a left right combo! Linne follows him down to the ground into side control.
Cabrera is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabrera can't do much from the bottom here.
Oh Cabrera is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Linne looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Linne trying to control the position but Cabrera is working away.
Cabrera seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera can't do much from the bottom here.
Linne trying to control the position but Cabrera is working away.
Linne postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ground and pound from Linne seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Cabrera is desperately trying to improve his position but Linne has a good base and remains in mount.
Linne avoids the attempt from Cabrera to control.
Linne wants to control the pace but Cabrera is squirming around nicely.
Linne lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne prevents Cabrera from getting the reversal.
Linne controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabrera tries to hold on but Linne pushes him away.
Cabrera keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linne content just to control the position here.
Cabrera tries to hold on but Linne postures up.
Linne unloads with some shots from mount but Cabrera bucks and avoids them well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cabrera regains half guard.
Cabrera is pressing down on Linne's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastien Linne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Cabrera throws a solid leg kick but Linne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cabrera.
Linne tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cabrera sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Linne somewhat.
A big right from Linne misses.
Linne lands a nice looking body shot.
Cabrera wants to slow Linne down by chopping away at his legs.
Cabrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Linne misses with a low kick as Cabrera jumps back.
Linne misses with a jab to the body
and Cabrera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A low kick from Linne misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linne slips under a jab from Cabrera.
Linne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cabrera.
Linne blocks a jab.
Linne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Linne.
Cabrera misses with a hook
and Linne counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Linne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabrera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Linne finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Cabrera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Linne connects with a solid leg kick.
Cabrera throws a head kick but Linne moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linne misses with a few strikes there.
Cabrera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Linne defends it nicely.
Linne moves out of range as Cabrera strikes.
Linne throws a shot from downtown. Cabrera moves away and avoids it.
Linne throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cabrera.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Cabrera misses.
Linne throws a head kick that misses
and Cabrera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Linne misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Cabrera.
Linne misses with a body shot.
Linne jabs Cabrera to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cabrera turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sebastien Linne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cabrera thows a leg kick but Linne checks it
and Linne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cabrera is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cabrera takes a swing at Linne's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Horrible takedown by Cabrera or perhaps it was just good defense by Linne which made him look bad.
Linne throws a front kick that sends Cabrera stumbling back into the cage.
Linne wants to slow Cabrera down by chopping away at his legs.
Cabrera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hector Cabrera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linne trying to hold on to Cabrera's head to control him but Cabrera postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cabrera looks to land a strike but Linne avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hector Cabrera.
I think Cabrera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sebastien Linne!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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