PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Babyara (ranked 1009 p4p, 125 weight class) and Matt Dammon (ranked 1110 p4p, 138 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Babyara
vs
Dammon

208 cm
31
270 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

196 cm
59
269 lbs
37 - 17 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Francisco Babyara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Dammon!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babyara misses with an uppercut. Dammon saw that one coming.
Babyara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dammon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Babyara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dammon scrambles back to his feet.
Babyara thuds a left hand into Dammon's body.
Babyara scores with a jab.
Babyara slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babyara misses with a body shot.
Babyara throws a right and a left that Dammon avoids nicely.
Dammon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Babyara.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babyara throws a body shot but no joy.
Babyara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dammon manages to avoid it.
Babyara throws an overhand right that lands on Dammon's shoulder, as Dammon tries to avoid the shot.
Babyara misses with a wild body shot.
Babyara throws a lazy right hand but Dammon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Francisco Babyara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Babyara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Dammon tries to counter it with a takedown but Babyara pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dammon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Babyara.
Dammon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Babyara swings for the body but Dammon moves out of range.
Dammon blocks a jab.
Babyara throws a right hand that Dammon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dammon also avoids with ease.
Babyara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dammon moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara throws a jab but it's blocked by Dammon.
Dammon with the counter takedown but Babyara avoids it easily.
Dammon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Babyara.
Dammon ducks under a wild hook from Babyara.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Babyara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Babyara lands a nice shot to the body.
Babyara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Babyara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dammon manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babyara throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dammon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Babyara is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Babyara throws a series of punches but Dammon moves out of range.
Dammon feints the counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Babyara.
Babyara fails to land with a series of punches.
Dammon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Babyara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Babyara throws a jab but it's blocked by Dammon.
Dammon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Babyara to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco Babyara dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Babyara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sloppy strikes from Babyara. Those never looked like landing.
Dammon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dammon is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Babyara tries to bum rush Dammon with a series of wild strikes but Dammon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dammon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Francisco Babyara is winning the standup battle so far.
Babyara bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dammon's head.
Dammon avoids the body shot from Babyara.
Dammon feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babyara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dammon moves away.
Dammon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Babyara.
Dammon feints the counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babyara scores with a sloppy right hand. Dammon should have avoided that one.
Babyara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dammon can do to turn this around?
Dammon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babyara.
Dammon avoids the body shot from Babyara.
Dammon with the counter takedown but Babyara avoids it easily.
Babyara misses with a wild combination.
And Dammon tries to counter it with a takedown but Babyara pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Babyara tries to bum rush Dammon with a series of wild strikes but Dammon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dammon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Babyara defends it well.
Babyara throws a series of punches but Dammon avoids them all with ease.
A decent looking cross lands there for Babyara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dammon feints the counter takedown.
Babyara looks to score with a jab to the body but Dammon is just out of range.
Babyara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Babyara misses with a body shot.
Babyara just misses with a punch to the body.
Babyara throws a right and a left that Dammon avoids nicely.
Dammon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Babyara looks to score with a jab to the body but Dammon is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara misses with an uppercut.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Babyara throws a nice looking combination but Dammon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dammon with the counter takedown but Babyara avoids it easily.
Babyara misses with a body shot.
Babyara misses with a double jab.
Babyara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Francisco Babyara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Babyara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babyara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Babyara jabs Dammon right on the nose. Dammon blinks but takes it well.
Babyara is looking to wear down Dammon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Babyara thuds his right hand into Dammon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Babyara scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Babyara just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babyara throws a looping overhand right but Dammon ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco Babyara dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Dammon slips under a jab.
Babyara lands a body shot.
Babyara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dammon was well out of range. Poor timing from Babyara.
Dammon changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Babyara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Babyara misses with a body shot.
Babyara connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babyara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Dammon tries to counter it with a takedown but Babyara pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dammon moves out of range of the strikes.
And Dammon tries to counter it with a takedown but Babyara pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babyara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dammon circles away quickly and effectively.
Babyara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dammon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Babyara does no damage.
Dammon is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dammon walks into a left hand.
Babyara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babyara misses with a hook. Dammon ducked under it nicely.
Babyara throws a body punch but Dammon moves out of range.
Babyara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dammon with the counter takedown but Babyara avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara misses with a looping right.
Babyara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dammon.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Babyara throws a body punch but Dammon moves out of range.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dammon blocks a jab.
Babyara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dammon with the counter takedown but Babyara avoids it easily.
Babyara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dammon is trying desperately to land a takedown but Babyara is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Dammon.
Babyara misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara misses with a body shot.
Dammon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Babyara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babyara looks to land a combination but Dammon avoids it well.
Dammon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dammon feints the counter takedown.
Babyara fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dammon on the side of the head.
Babyara throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dammon.
Babyara scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Babyara fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dammon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dammon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babyara.
Babyara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Dammon tries to counter it with a takedown but Babyara pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Babyara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Babyara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Babyara missing with a left hand there. Dammon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dammon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Babyara defends it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Babyara throws a looping overhand right but Dammon ducks down to avoid it.
Dammon with the counter takedown but Babyara avoids it easily.
Francisco Babyara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babyara throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francisco Babyara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Babyara has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francisco Babyara!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Francisco Babyara waved his t-shirt featuring Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear's logo in front of the cameras.