PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Babeshin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blaze
vs
Babeshin

190 cm
23
210 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

194 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dutch Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Aleksander Babeshin!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze jabs Babeshin right on the nose. Babeshin blinks but takes it well.
Blaze throws a right hand that Babeshin ducks under and follows up with a left that Babeshin also avoids with ease.
Blaze fails to land with a series of punches.
Babeshin ducks right into an uppercut from Blaze.
Babeshin tries to clinch but Blaze moves out of range.
Babeshin wants to clinch up but Blaze keeps it at a distance.
Blaze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Babeshin closes the distance and pushes Blaze back into the cage.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but Babeshin is controlling him.
Blaze drops down looking for an ankle pick but Babeshin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Blaze swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Babeshin moves into the clinch.
Blaze has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Babeshin after a bit of a struggle.
Blaze is trying to drag Babeshin to the mat but Babeshin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dutch Blaze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Babeshin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babeshin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Babeshin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Babeshin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Babeshin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blaze, pushing him back against the cage.
Blaze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Babeshin smiles and moves away.
Blaze misses the jab.
Blaze connects with a nice looking jab.
Babeshin tries to close the distance and clinch but Blaze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blaze.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Blaze misses.
Blaze misses with a wild combination.

Babeshin has managed to clinch.
Babeshin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Blaze up against the cage.
Babeshin missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babeshin lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Dutch Blaze has been cut.
Babeshin scores a nice knee to the body.
Babeshin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaze is defending well for now.
Babeshin scores a nice knee to the body.
Blaze is breathing heavily.
Babeshin trying to land knees to the body.
Blaze takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babeshin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Babeshin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Babeshin landing knees to the head.
Babeshin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Babeshin lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babeshin.
Babeshin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Babeshin with a knee to the head.
Blaze is working for takedown but Babeshin is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babeshin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Babeshin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blaze lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Babeshin landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babeshin.
Blaze takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Babeshin.
Babeshin with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Babeshin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babeshin struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaze controls his hands.
Babeshin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Babeshin landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babeshin.

Dutch Blaze's cut is getting worse.
Babeshin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babeshin lands a knee to the body.
Babeshin landing knees to the body.
Babeshin lands a knee to the body.
Babeshin scores a nice knee to the body.
Babeshin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blaze's face.

Blaze is rocked!
Babeshin lands a knee to the head.
Oh Blaze is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Babeshin maintains plum control as Blaze tries to back straight out! Babeshin connects with one knee! Two knees! Three, four, five, six...seven unasnwered knees! Blaze blocks the eight but eats the ninth - then collapses! Oh the brutality!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knees). Aleksander Babeshin!
During a confident post fight interview, Aleksander Babeshin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.