PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duke Babaganush (ranked 2350 p4p, 2299 weight class) and Horus Egyptian (ranked 309 p4p, 303 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Babaganush
vs
Egyptian

177 cm
23
166
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
23
165
5 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Babaganush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Horus Egyptian!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babaganush connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Babaganush throws a big shot that misses.
Babaganush jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Egyptian throws a hook but Babaganush blocks it.
Babaganush moves out of range as Egyptian strikes.
Egyptian throws a low kick but Babaganush moves out of range easily.
Babaganush takes one to the chin there.
A bone on bone clash there as Babaganush blocks the leg kick.
Egyptian throws a chopping leg kick but Babaganush manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Egyptian closes the distance and pushes Babaganush back into the cage.
Babaganush is trying to break free.
Egyptian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babaganush is defending well for now.
Egyptian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Egyptian misses with a knee to the head.

Babaganush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush scores with a jab.
Egyptian connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babaganush takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Babaganush misses with a straight left.
Babaganush takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Babaganush misses with a straight left.
Babaganush shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Egyptian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Egyptian throws a leg kick which misses Babaganush's front leg but catches the back leg as Babaganush tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Babaganush - just one landing.
Babaganush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Egyptian tries a quick counter leg kick but Babaganush is wise to it.
A punch lands to the side of Babaganush 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Babaganush on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Egyptian. Egyptian obviously looking to wear him down.
Egyptian misses the jab.
Babaganush has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Egyptian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Babaganush moves out of range of the strikes.
Egyptian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Babaganush walks forward, straight into a front kick from Egyptian.
Egyptian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Egyptian takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Babaganush misses with a hook.
Egyptian lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egyptian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Babaganush throws out the jab.
Babaganush with a jab.
Babaganush throws a body punch but Egyptian moves out of range.
Babaganush misses with a straight right.
Egyptian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Egyptian lands with a nice body punch.
A slow jab from Egyptian misses its intended target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian avoids the body shot from Babaganush.
Egyptian has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Babaganush throws a jab when Egyptian was well out of range.
Babaganush looks to throw the jab but Egyptian is out of range.
Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babaganush.
Egyptian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babaganush.
Egyptian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Babaganush throws an off balance right hand
and Egyptian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Babaganush throws a right hand that Egyptian ducks under and follows up with a left that Egyptian also avoids with ease.
Babaganush throws a hook to the side of Egyptian's head but Egyptian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Egyptian thuds a left hand into Babaganush's body.
Babaganush connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Egyptian's hands.
Egyptian throws a push kick but Babaganush slaps the foot to one side.
Egyptian misses with a head kick.
Egyptian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babaganush swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babaganush is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Egyptian. Babaganush does a little dance to reset his feet.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Babaganush.
Egyptian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Babaganush with a body shot.
Horus Egyptian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Egyptian defending well as Babaganush loads up on a big left hand.
Egyptian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Babaganush lands with a hook. Egyptian tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babaganush uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Egyptian has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Babaganush steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Egyptian.
Babaganush throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duke Babaganush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Egyptian gets a clinch.

Babaganush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Babaganush misses.
Babaganush throws a body shot but no joy.
Egyptian feints and then cracks Babaganush's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Babaganush down.
Babaganush is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Babaganush missing with a left hand there. Egyptian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Babaganush.
Babaganush lands with a good body shot.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Babaganush.
Egyptian moves out of range of the strikes.
A cross from Babaganush lands.
Babaganush throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Egyptian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babaganush misses with a hook.
Egyptian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Egyptian lands with an uppercut that bounces Babaganush off the cage and back into range.
Babaganush misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Babaganush throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Egyptian was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babaganush will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Babaganush checks the leg kick.
Egyptian throws a shot to the body.
Egyptian with the inside leg kick.
Babaganush is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Egyptian cracks a nice hook into Babaganush's ribs.
Babaganush tries a head kick but it misses.
Babaganush ducks under a wild hook from Egyptian.
Egyptian with the inside leg kick.
Egyptian misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Babaganush misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Egyptian.
Babaganush scoring well with a low kick there.
Egyptian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babaganush moves away.
Egyptian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Babaganush looks to land a combination but Egyptian avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egyptian is looking to score with low kicks.
Babaganush blocks a jab.
Babaganush takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Egyptian staying out of range there.
Babaganush throws a chopping leg kick but Egyptian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Horus Egyptian will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Egyptian blocks a jab.
Babaganush looks to land a left hand but Egyptian moved out of range nicely.
Egyptian takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Egyptian misses with a knee strike.
Egyptian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Egyptian.
Babaganush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Babaganush is looking to break free of the clinch but Egyptian has double underhooks.
Babaganush is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Egyptian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Egyptian scores with a hook to the body.
Egyptian crunches a lovely knee into Babaganush's ribcage.
Babaganush is trying to break the clinch but Egyptian is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Duke Babaganush has been cut.
Egyptian lands an uppercut.
Egyptian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Egyptian tries to land knees in the clinch but Babaganush avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Babaganush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Egyptian with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Babaganush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian fails to land with a series of punches.
Babaganush throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Babaganush.
Babaganush slips a straight right by Egyptian.
Egyptian throws a head kick but Babaganush moves out of range.
Babaganush dips to his left and cracks Egyptian with an uppercut!
Egyptian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Babaganush's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Egyptian misses the target.
Babaganush just misses with a punch to the body.
Egyptian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Egyptian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Egyptian defending well as Babaganush loads up on a big left hand.
Egyptian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Egyptian thumps Babaganush with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Egyptian. That's going to slow Babaganush down.
Babaganush pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Egyptian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Babaganush throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Egyptian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice leg kick from Egyptian, right into the meat of the thigh.
Babaganush scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egyptian is looking to slow Babaganush down with leg kicks.
A solid body kick from Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
Egyptian takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Babaganush throws out a loose jab but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Egyptian throws a solid leg kick but Babaganush takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Egyptian.
Egyptian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Egyptian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Babaganush has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Egyptian stuns Babaganush with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Egyptian feints and then cracks Babaganush's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Babaganush down.
Babaganush fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Egyptian moves into the clinch.
Babaganush takes a shot to the head.

Babaganush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters circling a little - Egyptian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Babaganush throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.
Babaganush thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babaganush misses with a straight right.
Egyptian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Babaganush throws out the jab.
Babaganush tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Egyptian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Babaganush tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Babaganush waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egyptian.
Egyptian wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.
Babaganush wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Babaganush looks to throw the jab but Egyptian is out of range.
Babaganush throws out a loose jab but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Babaganush thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babaganush throws a jab when Egyptian was well out of range.
Egyptian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babaganush.
Egyptian slips under a jab.
Egyptian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Duke Babaganush is winning the standup battle so far.

Egyptian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Egyptian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Egyptian lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Egyptian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush moves out of range as Egyptian throws a body kick.
Babaganush ducks under a wild hook from Egyptian.
Babaganush looks to land a combination but Egyptian avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Egyptian misses.
Babaganush looks to land a right hand but Egyptian moved out of range.
Babaganush throws a shot from downtown. Egyptian moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Egyptian.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Egyptian! But no joy.
Babaganush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Babaganush throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.
Egyptian misses with a body kick.
A jab from Babaganush misses.
Egyptian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Egyptian clinches up with Babaganush and pushes him back against the cage.
Babaganush takes a knee right on the jaw!
Egyptian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Babaganush tries to pull guard but Egyptian forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Babaganush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Egyptian breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Babaganush lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick misses from Babaganush.
Babaganush is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Egyptian.
Egyptian wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.

Egyptian gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Horus Egyptian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Duke Babaganush's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! 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.

Babaganush throws a front kick aimed at Egyptian's knee but Egyptian avoids it well.
Egyptian lands a head shot.
Egyptian misses with a hook.
Egyptian bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Babaganush throws out a loose jab but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Babaganush defending well as Egyptian loads up on a big left hand.
Egyptian blocks a jab.
Egyptian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Babaganush with a jab.
Egyptian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babaganush moves away.
No joy there for Babaganush, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Egyptian finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It looked like Babaganush wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Egyptian moves out of range as Babaganush strikes.
Babaganush waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egyptian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babaganush checks a low kick from Egyptian.
Babaganush lands a jab to Egyptian's midsection.
Babaganush misses with a hook.
Babaganush throws a body punch but Egyptian moves out of range.
Egyptian moves away from the strike by Babaganush.
It seemed like Egyptian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Babaganush fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babaganush lands a jab to the nose.
Babaganush defending well as Egyptian loads up on a big left hand.
Egyptian misses with a wild body shot.
Babaganush throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Babaganush misses with a hook. Egyptian ducked under it nicely.
Babaganush throws a looping overhand right but Egyptian ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Egyptian! But no joy.
Babaganush misses with a straight right.
Egyptian needs to keep his hands up - Babaganush had a free shot at his head there.
Babaganush ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Babaganush checks a leg kick.
Egyptian throws a sloppy head kick and Babaganush moves out of range easily.
Babaganush throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.
Egyptian throws a leg kick which misses Babaganush's front leg but catches the back leg as Babaganush tries to avoid it.
Babaganush misses with an attempted mid kick.

Egyptian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Egyptian lands a knee to the head.
Egyptian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babaganush wants to break free but Egyptian has control.
Egyptian prevents Babaganush from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Babaganush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Egyptian is looking to clinch but Babaganush is avoiding it.
Babaganush misses with a looping right.
Babaganush catches Egyptian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Babaganush throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Egyptian on the side of the head.
Egyptian feints and then cracks Babaganush's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Babaganush down.
Babaganush throws a shot from downtown. Egyptian moves away and avoids it.
Babaganush looks to land a left hand but Egyptian moved out of range nicely.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Babaganush.
Babaganush throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Egyptian takes a swing at Babaganush's ribcage but misses.
Babaganush throws a right and a left that both miss.
Egyptian lands with an uppercut that bounces Babaganush off the cage and back into range.
Babaganush looks to land a right hand but Egyptian moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Egyptian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Egyptian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Egyptian throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Egyptian takes one to the side of the head.
Babaganush misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babaganush looks to throw the jab but Egyptian is out of range.
Egyptian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babaganush swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Egyptian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Egyptian throws an overhand right that lands on Babaganush's shoulder, as Babaganush tries to avoid the shot.
Egyptian misses with a wild body shot.
Babaganush throws a leg kick but Egyptian checks it.
Babaganush lands the left hand.
Egyptian moves out of range of the leg kick from Babaganush.
Egyptian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Egyptian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Egyptian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Babaganush throws out the jab.
Good exchange - Egyptian coming out on top.
Egyptian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Egyptian lands a slapping body shot.
Egyptian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Babaganush takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Egyptian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Babaganush throws out the jab.
Egyptian staying out of range there.
Egyptian moves out of range as Babaganush strikes.
Babaganush throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Babaganush waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Egyptian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babaganush takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babaganush moves out of range as Egyptian throws a body kick.
Babaganush uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egyptian.
Egyptian slips a straight right by Babaganush.
Egyptian ducks under a wild hook from Babaganush.
Egyptian flicks out a counter leg kick but Babaganush steps away.
Babaganush throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egyptian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Babaganush misses with an uppercut.
Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Egyptian releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Egyptian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Babaganush keeps the fight on the outside.
Horus Egyptian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Babaganush pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Egyptian tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Egyptian throws a body shot but no joy.
Egyptian looks to land a right hand but Babaganush moved out of range.
Babaganush takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Egyptian tries a quick counter leg kick but Babaganush is wise to it.
Egyptian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Babaganush doesn't seem bothered though.
Egyptian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Babaganush.
Duke Babaganush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A leg kick checked by Babaganush.

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 Duke Babaganush.
I think Egyptian has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!