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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Helix Cabrera (ranked 882 p4p, 87 weight class) and Manuel La Bor (ranked 573 p4p, 62 weight class). Cabrera comes to the cage accompanied by Security! Mean muggin Helix is about to assault the whole opposing camp!. The crowd seem to be enjoying La Bor's choice of entrance music: Centuries. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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152 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class 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
32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Helix Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Manuel La Bor!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Bor misses with a left hand
and Cabrera counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice jab there from Cabrera.
A slow jab from Cabrera misses its intended target.
La Bor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabrera.
We've been hearing reports that Cabrera has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
La Bor throws a shot from downtown. Cabrera moves away and avoids it.
La Bor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cabrera throws a big shot that misses.
La Bor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cabrera lands a slapping body shot.
Cabrera loads up on a big right hand but La Bor slips the punch.
La Bor blocks a jab.
Cabrera sets himself, and La Bor steps forward looking for the clinch! Cabrera avoids it this time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cabrera. La Bor does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Bor slips a straight right by Cabrera.
La Bor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cabrera thows a left - swing and a miss!
La Bor tries to counter with a clinch but Cabrera shakes him off and moves away.
Cabrera loads up on a big right hand but La Bor slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Bor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor swings for the body but Cabrera moves out of range.
Cabrera swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cabrera tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera slips under a jab from La Bor.
Cabrera misses with a low kick.
La Bor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabrera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Bor tries to counter with a clinch but Cabrera shakes him off and moves away.
Cabrera dives in and grabs La Bor's left leg, looking for a takedown. La Bor pushes down on Cabrera's head and hops out.
La Bor slips under a jab from Cabrera.
Cabrera backing away here, and La Bor unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cabrera is really struggling to find his range with his punches. La Bor's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Cabrera connects with a right hand. La Bor shakes it off.
Cabrera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Bor.
Cabrera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting La Bor counter with a right hand.
La Bor blocks a leg kick.
Cabrera throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting La Bor counter with a right hand.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
Cabrera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cabrera dives in for a single leg takedown but La Bor sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
La Bor has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor throws a jab but it's blocked by Cabrera.
Cabrera is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabrera looks to land a left hand but La Bor moved out of range nicely.
La Bor throws out a counter right but Cabrera avoids it with no problem.
Cabrera throws a sloppy body shot
enabling La Bor to counter with a crisp jab.
La Bor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cabrera.
Cabrera motions for La Bor to come forward. Cabrera throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La Bor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cabrera looks to throw the jab but La Bor is out of range.
Cabrera staying out of range there.
La Bor throws a poor cross that misses
and Cabrera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La Bor thuds a left hand into Cabrera's body.
Cabrera misses with a straight left.
La Bor tries to land a front kick but Cabrera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cabrera tries to counter with a takedown but La Bor is quick to defend against it.
La Bor throws a hook but Cabrera avoids it easily.
A big left from La Bor misses.
La Bor moves out of range of the leg kick from Cabrera.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La Bor checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera 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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Bor moves away.
La Bor throws out a counter right but Cabrera avoids it with no problem.
Manuel La Bor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La Bor connects with a nice looking jab.
Cabrera takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La Bor misses with a straight left.
Cabrera throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
Cabrera throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
Cabrera drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
La Bor is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cabrera creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabrera wants to control but La Bor is keeping him busy.
La Bor taking a bit of punishment here - Cabrera scoring with strikes.
La Bor tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cabrera wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cabrera trying to control the action but La Bor is working from the bottom.
La Bor sneaks back into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
La Bor is trying to get back to full guard.
Cabrera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks La Bor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cabrera is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
La Bor flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Cabrera slips a nice elbow through La Bor's hands, connecting with La Bor's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
La Bor wants to get back to full guard.
Cabrera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
La Bor taking some punishment here, with Cabrera in his half guard.
Cabrera wants to lay and pray for a moment but La Bor keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helix Cabrera dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
La Bor moves out of range as Cabrera strikes.
La Bor misses with an attempted mid kick.
La Bor slips a straight right by Cabrera.
La Bor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cabrera throws a hook but La Bor avoids it easily.
La Bor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cabrera's calf.
Helix Cabrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Bor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La Bor slips a jab from Cabrera.
La Bor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
La Bor cracks Cabrera with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
La Bor tries to move into range but Cabrera moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cabrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A shot to the liver by Cabrera. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor blocks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cabrera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A leg kick checked by Cabrera.
A cross from La Bor lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Bor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cabrera.
A swing and a miss from Cabrera.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La Bor! But no joy.
A big left from Cabrera misses.
La Bor throws a low kick but Cabrera avoids it.
Cabrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Bor moves away.
La Bor throws a right hand that Cabrera ducks under and follows up with a left that Cabrera also avoids with ease.
Cabrera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling La Bor to counter with a crisp jab.
A punch combination from Cabrera misses.
Cabrera misses with a jab, cross combination.
La Bor scores with a jab.
La Bor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cabrera throws a big shot that misses.
Cabrera moves out of range of the leg kick from La Bor.
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!
Cabrera with a nice cross.
La Bor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabrera manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as La Bor blocks the low kick.
Cabrera throws a lazy right hand but La Bor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La Bor! But no joy.
Cabrera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cabrera blocks a leg kick.
Cabrera shoots in and drives through. La Bor sprawls well.
La Bor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cabrera was well out of range. Poor timing from La Bor.
Cabrera tries to counter with a takedown but La Bor is quick to defend against it.
Cabrera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La Bor misses with an uppercut.
Cabrera throws a big shot that misses.
Cabrera throws a leg kick but La Bor checks it.
La Bor wants to land a leg kick but Cabrera is out of range.
Cabrera lands a glancing blow to the side of La Bor's head.
La Bor throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cabrera counters with a single leg into guard. La Bor didn't expect that.
The fighters are working up against the cage. La Bor manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Cabrera presses La Bor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cabrera tries to pull guard but La Bor forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
La Bor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Bor scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cabrera blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabrera.
Cabrera tries to circle away but La Bor has him pinned against the cage.
Cabrera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cabrera throws a leg kick which misses La Bor's front leg but catches the back leg as La Bor tries to avoid it.
Cabrera bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
La Bor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La Bor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Bor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cabrera throws a poor cross that misses
and Cabrera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cabrera tries to work over La Bor's front leg with a kick but La Bor checks it.
La Bor is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Cabrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cabrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Bor was well out of range. Poor timing from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a chopping leg kick but La Bor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La Bor appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
La Bor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cabrera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La Bor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cabrera in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Cabrera.
Cabrera misses with a looping left.
Cabrera throws a lazy right hand but La Bor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Bor checks a leg kick.
La Bor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cabrera. Cabrera obviously looking to wear him down.
Cabrera on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Bor. La Bor obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Cabrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cabrera slips a straight right by La Bor.
Cabrera connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La Bor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Manuel La Bor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
La Bor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a low kick but La Bor moves out of range easily.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. La Bor saw that one coming.
La Bor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Helix Cabrera is winning the standup battle so far.
Cabrera scores with a punch to the head.
La Bor throws a leg kick
and Cabrera counters with a single leg into guard. La Bor didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabrera trying to control but La Bor is working from the bottom.
Cabrera prevents La Bor from getting back to his feet.
La Bor looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cabrera puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Cabrera with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor has hold of Cabrera's hands but Cabrera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cabrera in particular looking to stall.
La Bor looks like he's trying to stand up.
La Bor manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cabrera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. La Bor is keeping the position for now.
Cabrera is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cabrera trying to control but La Bor is working from the bottom.
La Bor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
La Bor wants to stand and escape but Cabrera is having none of it.
Cabrera distracts La Bor with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
La Bor wants to sweep but no luck.
La Bor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cabrera wants to control from the top but La Bor keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor 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 is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cabrera makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cabrera.
Cabrera had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La Bor defends it easily.
Cabrera lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Cabrera cracks La Bor with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor wants to stand up but Cabrera is controlling him.
Helix Cabrera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cabrera cracks La Bor with a solid left hand.
La Bor wants to sweep but no luck.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cabrera's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cabrera with a nice head shot there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now La Bor is on top in guard.
Cabrera working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. La Bor doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. La Bor manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cabrera keeping moving, preventing La Bor from controlling successfully.
Cabrera wants to sweep here but La Bor controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cabrera is on top in guard.
Cabrera trying to control but La Bor is working from the bottom.
Cabrera chips away with some ground and pound.
Cabrera chips away with some ground and pound.
Cabrera is in close to La Bor's body, working some short punches and elbows.
La Bor is trying to control the position but Cabrera postures up.
Cabrera preventing the sweep.
Cabrera scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cabrera wants to pass the guard but La Bor is keeping the position.
Cabrera scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cabrera working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cabrera is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that's the end of the fight!
Helix Cabrera showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Helix Cabrera!
In his post fight interview, Helix Cabrera started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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