PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Babinski (ranked 31 p4p, 1 weight class) and Kilo Maluga (ranked 6 p4p, 1 weight class). Maluga has chosen JUNGLE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Babinski
vs
Maluga

189 cm
30
259
23 - 8 - 0

197 cm
33
263
39 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

SynCity Fightwear
Voodoo Nutrition

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Babinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kilo Maluga!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babinski throws a looping overhand right but Maluga ducks down to avoid it.
Babinski misses with a right hand
letting Maluga counter with a right hand.
Babinski misses with a kick to the body
and Maluga counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maluga lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maluga throws a hook to the side of Babinski's head but Babinski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maluga missing with a left hand there. Babinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maluga throws a lazy head kick
and Babinski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Kilo Maluga has been cut.
Maluga 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.
Babinski throws a poor cross that misses
and Maluga counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Babinski thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babinski takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Babinski is breathing heavily.
Maluga looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Babinski misses with a body shot.

Maluga clinches up against the cage.
Maluga prevents a body shot from Babinski.
Maluga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maluga prevents Babinski from breaking the clinch.
Maluga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maluga tries to land knees in the clinch but Babinski avoids the damage to the body.
Maluga blocks a body shot from Babinski.
Babinski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Babinski misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maluga.
Maluga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Babinski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maluga landing knees to the body.
I was talking to Babinski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maluga missing with knees to the body.
Maluga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Babinski avoids it.
Babinski has a couple of punches blocked by Maluga.
Maluga putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Babinski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maluga lands a left hand.
Maluga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maluga.
Maluga lands with a left to the head.
Babinski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maluga working Babinski over with knees to the body.
Maluga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Babinski avoiding damage as Maluga throws knees to the body.
Maluga crunches a lovely knee into Babinski's ribcage.
Maluga lands a nice knee to the body.
Maluga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maluga lands a hook that snaps the head of Babinski backwards.
A hook to the body from Maluga.
Maluga lands a knee to the body.
Maluga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maluga lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Maluga as the two fighters clinch.
Maluga lands with a left to the head.
Babinski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maluga lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Maluga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maluga unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maluga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Babinskis head.
Maluga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Babinski.
Maluga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Babinski backwards.
Maluga tries to land knees in the clinch but Babinski avoids the damage to the body.
Maluga using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Maluga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Viktor Babinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babinski looks to land a right hand but Maluga moved out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maluga lands a jab to the nose.

Maluga drops Babinski with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Babinski looks back up at him and smiles so Maluga waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Babinski is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maluga.
Oh Babinski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maluga fakes the body blow, causing Babinski to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Babinski goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kilo Maluga!
Kilo Maluga decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.