PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oskar Derek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danik Babuckiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babuckiy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Сhoke Slam Time. Danik Babuckiy told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Derek
vs
Babuckiy

193 cm
20
162 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
20
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oskar Derek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danik Babuckiy!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek is having none of it.
Babuckiy wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Derek keeps the fight on the outside.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek is having none of it.
Babuckiy wants to clinch.
Danik Babuckiy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babuckiy wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babuckiy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch but Derek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Derek lands with a good body shot.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Derek keeps the fight on the outside.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch but Derek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek is having none of it.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Derek displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch but Derek is avoiding it.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek is having none of it.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch but Derek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Derek swats away the attempt to clinch by Babuckiy.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Babuckiy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babuckiy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Derek.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch but Derek is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Derek keeps the fight on the outside.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Derek's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Derek duly obliges.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Derek lands a nice hook to Babuckiy's body. Babuckiy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babuckiy wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.
Derek really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A right-left combo lands from Derek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar Derek dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Babuckiy wants to clinch.
Babuckiy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Derek lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Babuckiy wants to clinch.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch but Derek is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Babuckiy wants to clinch.
Babuckiy fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch but Derek is avoiding it.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek is having none of it.
Derek looks for the body kick but Babuckiy saw that one coming.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch.
Babuckiy wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.
Babuckiy tries to clinch there but Derek circles away.
Babuckiy tries to clinch there but Derek circles away.
Derek thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Babuckiy if he has to take too many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Babuckiy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oskar Derek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derek lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Derek.
Babuckiy tries to clinch there but Derek circles away.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Babuckiy blocks the body kick.
Babuckiy tries to clinch up.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Derek swats away the attempt to clinch by Babuckiy.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Derek here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch.
Derek throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babuckiy tries to clinch there but Derek circles away.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derek lands a jab-cross combination.
Derek chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Derek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babuckiy wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.
Babuckiy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Derek.
Derek thumps Babuckiy with a low kick.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch.
Derek lands with a nice combination. Babuckiy backs away looking to recover.
Babuckiy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Babuckiy is breathing heavily.
Derek lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Derek.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Babuckiy moves in looking to clinch but Derek pushes him off.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar Derek dominated that second round.
That's time! Derek's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Derek works over Babuckiy's head and body with a nice combination.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Derek is working the combinations to good effect here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babuckiy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Derek is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Derek looks to land a combination. Babuckiy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Babuckiy fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babuckiy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Babuckiy tries to clinch up.
Derek works over Babuckiy's head and body with a nice combination.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derek looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Derek keeps the fight on the outside.
Babuckiy tries to clinch up but Derek circles away and keeps his distance.
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babuckiy tries to clinch there but Derek circles away.
Derek lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Derek.
Babuckiy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Derek.
Babuckiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Babuckiy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Babuckiy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Derek throws a push kick but Babuckiy slaps the foot to one side.
Nice cross by Derek.
Babuckiy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Babuckiy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Derek.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derek lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Babuckiy tries to clinch there but Derek circles away.
Babuckiy is looking to clinch but Derek is avoiding it.
Babuckiy wants to clinch.
Babuckiy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babuckiy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Derek throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Babuckiy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Babuckiy moves in looking to clinch but Derek pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuckiy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babuckiy tries to clinch up.
Derek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Babuckiy tries to clinch up.
Derek lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Danik Babuckiy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oskar Derek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Derek blocks a head kick by Babuckiy.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Derek. Babuckiy shrugs it off though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Derek lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Derek lands a nice looking body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oskar Derek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Derek 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oskar Derek!