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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jim Babcock (ranked 71 p4p, 62 weight class) and Spider Monkey (ranked 9 p4p, 8 weight class). Babcock comes to the cage accompanied by San Francisco Live Medley. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Babcock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spider Monkey!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babcock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Monkey. That did some damage!
Monkey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Monkey lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Babcock.
Monkey is trying to maintain a safe position but Babcock gets an underhook and turns Monkey into the cage.
A short left from Monkey.
Babcock lands with a left to the head.
Babcock misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Babcock's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Monkey misses with a punch on the inside.
Monkey struggles to land a body shot inside as Babcock controls his hands.
Monkey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Babcock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babcock lands a nice shot to the body.
Jim Babcock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monkey throws a leg kick
and Babcock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Monkey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Babcocks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Babcock throws a push kick but Monkey slaps the foot to one side.
Monkey takes the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Monkey stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey has Babcock pressed against the cage.
Monkey misses with a punch on the inside.
Babcock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Babcock slows down the pace here.
Monkey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Come on Monkey - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Monkey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Monkey.
Babcock misses with the head strike.
Babcock lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Monkey.
Babcock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Babcock.
Monkey is trying to maintain a safe position but Babcock gets an underhook and turns Monkey into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Monkey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monkey blocks a body shot from Babcock.
Babcock taking a breather.
Monkey has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Babcock seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Monkey can turn it around.
Monkey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Monkey throws a punch but it's blocked by Babcock.
Monkey misses with a body punch.
Babcock breaks the clinch.
Monkey takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Babcock pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Babcock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Monkey looks for the body kick but Babcock saw that one coming.
That kick from Babcock tenderised Monkey's leg. Monkey is trying to keep his angry face on.
Monkey bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
An inside leg kick from Monkey misses.
Babcock with a nice calf kick.
Babcock throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monkey misses with a straight right.
Babcock moves out of range of the strikes.
Babcock looks to land a combination but Monkey avoids it well.
Monkey uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Babcock has time to react.
Babcock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Babcock misses with a looping left.
Monkey has taken the fight to the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Monkey.
Monkey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Babcock displaying some good clinch control by pressing Monkey up against the cage.
Monkey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Babcock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Babcock tries a body shot but Monkey blocks it.
Babcock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babcock trying to control the position but instead, Monkey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Babcock into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babcock lands a shot to the body.
Monkey scores with a shoulder strike.
Monkey lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Babcock.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Monkey throws a punch but it's blocked by Babcock.
Monkey tries to throw a body punch but Babcock avoids it by throwing Monkey back against the cage.
Monkey swings wildly with an uppercut but Babcock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monkey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Monkey misses with a punch to the body.
Monkey has a couple of punches blocked by Babcock.
Babcock prevents a body shot from Monkey.
Monkey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Monkey lands an uppercut.
Babcock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Babcock tries a body shot but Monkey blocks it.
Babcock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Monkey throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spider Monkey dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Babcock throws a body punch but Monkey moves out of range.
Babcock misses with a body kick.
Monkey on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Monkey throws a hook but Babcock blocks it.
Monkey throws a shot from downtown. Babcock moves away and avoids it.
Monkey takes the fight into the clinch.
Monkey working aggressively here.
Babcock stalling in the clinch but Monkey improves position.
Babcock blocks an uppercut.
Babcock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Monkey backwards.
Babcock works on Monkey's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monkey throws a punch but it's blocked by Babcock.
Monkey misses with some punches.
Monkey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babcock breaks from the clinch.
Babcock misses with a hook. Monkey ducked under it nicely.
Monkey misses with a leg kick
and Babcock counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Monkey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Babcock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babcock tried to counter with a leg kick but Monkey avoided it.
Monkey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Babcock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Monkey drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Monkey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Babcock lands a jab to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Monkey as he connects with a hook.
Babcock jabs Monkey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Monkey clinches.
Babcock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Babcock struggles to land a body shot inside as Monkey controls his hands.
Babcock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Monkey tries a body shot but Babcock blocks it.
Babcock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Monkey or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Monkey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Babcock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Babcock lands a nice uppercut.
Monkey blocks a body shot from Babcock.
Monkey letting Babcock take a breather here.
Babcock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spider Monkey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Monkey lands with a light punch inside.
Monkey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Babcock backwards.
Monkey digs a right hand underneath Babcock's ribcage. Babcock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Monkey trying to control the position but instead, Babcock has worked for underhooks and has pushed Monkey into the cage.
Babcock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Monkey lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Monkey.
A hook to the body from Babcock.
Monkey prevents a body shot from Babcock.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Babcock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Monkey rushes Babcock and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Babcock misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Babcock.
Babcock taking a breather.
A short right from Monkey on the inside.
Monkey tries a body shot but Babcock blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Monkey.
Babcock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Monkey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Babcock misses with a punch to the body.
Monkey works on Babcock's body with a couple of short punches.
Babcock lands a nice uppercut.
Babcock lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Monkey.
Babcock prevents a body shot from Monkey.
Monkey lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babcock can't find room to land a body shot as Monkey controls the action.
A short uppercut from Monkey.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Monkey tries a body shot but Babcock blocks it.
Babcock breaks from the clinch.
Jim Babcock is winning the standup battle so far.
Babcock takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Babcock swats away the attempt to clinch by Monkey.
Babcock defending well as Monkey loads up on a big left hand.
Monkey lands a body shot.
Monkey motions for Babcock to come forward. Monkey throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Babcock lands a leg kick that knocks Monkey off balance momentarily.
Babcock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Monkey. That did some damage!
Babcock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Monkey.
Monkey lands with a nice body punch.
Babcock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Monkey throws out the jab.
A lazy left from Babcock finds it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Spider Monkey will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Monkey checks a low kick from Babcock.
Jim Babcock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Monkey avoids the body shot from Babcock.
Babcock punishes Monkey's body with a nice straight punch.
Babcock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Monkey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Babcock connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Babcock misses with a leg kick.
Monkey tries to counter by closing the distance.
Babcock throws a front kick aimed at Monkey's knee but Monkey avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Babcock. Those never looked like landing.
Monkey throws a big shot that misses.
Babcock slips under a jab.
Babcock misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monkey wants to land a leg kick but Babcock is out of range.
Monkey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Babcock.
Babcock connects with a solid leg kick.
Monkey tries to clinch up.
Babcock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Monkey's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Babcock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Monkey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Babcock on the side of the head.
It looks like Jim Babcock has been cut.
Monkey throws a jab but it's blocked by Babcock.
Monkey just misses with a punch to the body.
Monkey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Babcock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Monkey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Babcock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Monkey misses with a low kick.
Monkey missing with a left hand there. Babcock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Babcock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Monkey is able to avoid easily.
Babcock throws a leg kick which misses Monkey's front leg but catches the back leg as Monkey tries to avoid it.
A cross from Babcock lands.
Babcock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Monkeys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Monkey is looking to clinch but Babcock is avoiding it.
Babcock half committed to a counter leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Monkey misses.
Monkey jabs Babcock right on the nose. Babcock blinks but takes it well.
Babcock smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Babcock misses.
Monkey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Monkey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Babcock is rocked!
Monkey throws a wild body kick that Babcock sees coming a mile off.
Monkey scores with a nice strike.
Oh Babcock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Monkey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babcock.
Babcock misses with a leg kick.
Monkey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Babcock seems to have got his legs back now.
Babcock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Monkey. That did some damage!
Babcock tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Babcock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babcock will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Monkey misses with a looping left.
Monkey tries to clinch but Babcock moves out of range.
Babcock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Babcock swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Monkey.
Monkey keeps Babcock at a distance using the push kick.
Monkey moves out of range of the leg kick from Babcock.
Babcock misses the body punch
and Monkey counters with a nice uppercut.
Monkey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babcock.
Monkey cracks Babcock with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Babcock looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Monkey finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monkey steps in with a hook that catches Babcock right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Monkey follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Babcock looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spider Monkey!
A relieved looking Spider Monkey thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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