PREFIGHT
Lacierva enters first in a colorful robe that looks like it was made out of Christmas tinsel. Caballero enters next looking confident as he dances and sings in the ring.

ROUND 1
Caballero works his long jab and lands a right cross over the top. Lacierva very defensive to start the fight. WOOOOOO....BIG left hook lands for Lacierva and Caballero holds on. Caballero lands a jab and swings wildly, but misses to the body. Lacierva misses with a wild left hook. Caballero lands a right to the body. Lacierva lands a 1-2. Lacierva working the jab now and lands a right. Lacierva lands an uppercut on the inside and a right hand upstairs. They clinch and Caballero lands some illegal right hands to the back of Lacierva's head to end the round. Round to Lacierva for landing the more telling shots.

Lacierva 10 Caballero 9

ROUND 2
Caballero lands a jab and Lacierva lands a 1-2. Caballero lands a right, but Lacierva answers back with two hooks upstairs. Caballero doesn't like it and tries to rough him up with some forearms on the inside. Lacierva lands another nice 1-2 upstairs. They trade jabs. Caballero sticks a stiff jab in Lacierva's face. Lacierva lands a 1-2 that pushes Caballero back. Both men swinging and missing with wild punches. Caballero lands a right hand over the top. Uppercut and 1-2 lands for Lacierva. They trade jabs. Round to Lacierva.

Lacierva 20 Caballero 18

ROUND 3
Caballero lands a jab and Lacierva lands two hooks to the body. Caballero lands another jab and Lacierva charges in and lands a nice four punch combo. Lacierva stepping up the pace. Caballero roughs him up on the inside with some hard shots to the body. Lacierva buries his head in Caballero's chest and lands some overhand rights over the top. Caballero lands a left. Lacierva lands another nice four punch combo. Caballero motions as though he's unfazed by those punches, but he's definitely getting outworked right now. Lacierva lands a nice left and a right hook upstairs while Caballero was talking smack. A nasty staredown and a push at the end of the round. Round to Lacierva...and Caballero's corner agrees as they advice their man that they're losing the fight.

Lacierva 30 Caballero 27

ROUND 4
Caballero sticks the jab in Lacierva's face. Lacierva retreats. 1-2 to the body lands for Lacierva. Caballero lands a couple of jabs. Another jab lands for Caballero. Lacierva lands two hooks to the body. Caballero backhanding with his jab a bit. Lacierva lands a right over the top. Another right hand lands for Lacierva. Uppercut lands for Caballero and a right to the body. Nice right hand upstairs lands for Caballero. Best round of the night so far for Caballero. I thought he did enough with the jab to win the round.

Lacierva 39 Caballero 37

ROUND 5
Caballero works the jab. Lacierva lands a left hook. Caballero walking him down and lands a quick 1-2. More roughhousing on the inside. The ref warns both men for pushing off. Caballero lands a jab. Lacierva lands three right hands as Caballero tries to hold onto him. Caballero digs some hooks to the body of Lacierva. They trade on the inside and Lacierva gets the better work done. Caballero lands a stiff jab. Lacierva lands a 1-2. Left hook lands for Lacierva. Caballero lands an uppercut. They trade punches as the bell rings and both men take some late swings at each other. It's getting ugly in there. Round to Lacierva who's simply outworking Caballero at this point.

Lacierva 49 Caballero 46

ROUND 6
Both men jump on each other to start the round. Caballero firing four jabs in a row. Lacierva retreats. Caballero lands two overhand rights. Lacierva lands a jab. Caballero lands a left hook. Jab and a 1-2 lands for Caballero. They clinch and roughhouse on the inside. Caballero landing the jab. Two left hooks to the body land for Caballero. They clinch and roughhouse some more on the inside. Caballero stepping up his workrate now. Lacierva retaliates with a headbutt. The ref catches it and deducts a point. Caballero lands a hard right hand and a left hook when the action resumes. Another hard right hand lands for Caballero. Round to Caballero.

Lacierva 57 Caballero 56

NOTE: Regarding the main event, a slight argument is occuring about the gloves as Rafael Marquez was threatening not to fight due to Israel Vazquez's camp skinning the gloves.

ROUND 7
Caballero back to sticking the jab in Lacierva's face. Lacierva lands a 1-2. Caballero gets a warning for throwing a forearm. Lacierva lands a left and a big right hand upstairs. Caballero lands a hard right hand to the body and an uppercut. Lacierva lands a left hook upstairs. Caballero lands a nice right hand. Caballero lands a jab and a right hand. Lacierva lands a right hand. Lacierva lets his hands go and lands another nice 1-2 as Caballero turns his back. And a left hook lands for Lacierva. Now Caballero lets his hands go and lands a nice three puch combo. Good action at the end of the round. Round to Lacierva.

Lacierva 67 Caballero 65

ROUND 8
Caballero back to stalking and working the jab. Hard left hand followed by a right lands for Caballero. Crushing right hand to the body lands for Caballero. Lacierva lands a right. Caballero lands a right to the body. Jab landing at will now for Caballero as Lacierva content to retreat. Caballero tripling up with the jab. Three jabs in a row land for Caballero. Lacierva not doing much of anything right now. Caballero up on his toes and outboxing Lacierva. Caballero lands a 1-2. Round to Caballero.

Lacierva 76 Caballero 75

ROUND 9
Caballero lands his jab again and Lacierva lands a left hook upstairs. Caballero lands another left hook. They trade jabs. Caballero lands a jab and two nice hooks to the body. Lacierva lands a jumping left hook. Caballero lands an uppercut. Lacierva on the retreat as Caballero stalks him. Lacierva lands a right hook. Quick left hook lands for Lacierva. Uppercut and right hook to the body lands for Caballero to end the round. Close round, but I thought Caballero controlled most of it while Lacierva tried to steal it in the last couple of seconds.

Lacierva 85 Caballero 85

ROUND 10
Lacierva misses with a wild left hook and Caballero makes him pay for it with a left hook of his own. Caballero pushes Lacierva to the ground while they're in a clinch. The ref warns him that one more time and he's taking a point. Caballero lands a big uppercut that snaps Lacierva's head back. Both men holding and roughing each other up on the inside. Left and a right lands for Caballero. More roughhousing as they clinch again. Caballero lands a right hand that backs Lacierva up. Lacierva looks a little tired now. Left and a right hand upstairs lands for Caballero to end the round. Round to Caballero.

Lacierva 94 Caballero 95

ROUND 11
Caballero firing the jab. Both men trade jabs and Caballero lands a right hand. 1-2 lands for Caballero. Lacierva doing a lot of holding now...looking real tired. Caballero stalking...lands a 1-2. Caballero lands a hard right hand to the body. Two jabs, a right and a left to the body lands for Caballero. Lacierva getting outworked with a minute left in the round. Lacierva lands a jab, but Caballero lands a harder right hand. Lacierva just dancing away on the outside. Caballero lands a hard right hand to the body. Round to Caballero.

Lacierva 103 Caballero 105

ROUND 12
Caballero firing the jab. Lacierva fires his own jab. Lacierva lands a nice 1-2. And a right hook upstairs lands for Lacierva. Caballero lands a right to the body. Another right hand to the body lands for Caballero. Hard right hand lands for Caballero. Caballero lands a jab. Right hook upstairs lands for Caballero. Both men clinch. Hard uppercut lands for Caballero. Lacierva misses with a wild left hook. Caballero lands a right and tries to work the body as they clinch. Caballero lands another right to the body as they clinch. Round to Caballero.

Laciervao 112 Caballero 115

Official judges scorecards: 115-112, 116-111, 116-110

The winner by unanimous decision...

AND STILL WBA SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD...

CELESTINO CABALLERO

POSTFIGHT
Caballero says that Lacierva was a dirty fighter. He said it was hard for him to get on track because Lacierva was fighting so dirty. Lacierva says that Caballero was fighitng dirty...holding, hitting in the back of the head, throwing forearms. He says that he doesn't understand why the ref didn't take a point away from him.