PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marek Jebut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravi Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marek Jebut has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jebut
vs
Singh

177 cm
23
193 lbs
6 - 0 - 1

188 cm
22
193 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Marek Jebut!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ravi Singh!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jebut misses with a hook. Singh ducked under it nicely.
Marek Jebut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jebut throws a lazy uppercut
and Singh makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jebut throws a jab but it's blocked by Singh.
Singh punishes Jebut's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Singh. Jebut does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jebut slips a straight right by Singh.
Singh moves out of range of the strikes.
Singh slips a straight right by Jebut.
Singh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jebut manages to avoid it.
Jebut throws a hook to the side of Singh's head but Singh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jebut doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Singh misses with a straight right.

Jebut scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh dodges the ground and pound from Jebut.
Singh is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jebut throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Singh works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Singh is positioning himself well to prevent Jebut advancing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jebut wants to control but Singh is keeping him busy.
Jebut working Singh over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jebut trying to control from Singh's half guard. Singh has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Jebut with a flurry of punches that miss.
Singh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Singh has his hands on Jebut's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jebut postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jebut throwing strikes from guard but Singh blocks nicely.
Jebut tries to free his leg and advance position but Singh is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jebut.
Jebut wants to control from the top but Singh keeps moving.
Jebut has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Singh is trying to control the position but Jebut postures up.
Singh keeping moving, preventing Jebut from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Singh moves out of range of the strikes.
Ravi Singh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Singh scores with a nice right hand.
Jebut throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jebut ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jebut throws a lazy right hand but Singh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Singh misses with a straight left.
Singh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Jebut closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Singh did well to prevent Jebut getting side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jebut is trying to control. Singh wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jebut seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Singh wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jebut is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Singh still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Singh has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

Singh tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marek Jebut will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Singh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jebut.
Jebut on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Singh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Singh lands a glancing blow to the side of Jebut's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Singh throws a body punch but Jebut moves out of range.
Singh looks to score with a jab to the body but Jebut is just out of range.
A jab from Singh does it's job there.
Singh leaves Jebut with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jebut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Singh is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jebut rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jebut takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Singh has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jebut gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Jebut is rocked!
Ravi Singh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
BAM! Singh delivers a spinning backfist that drops Jebut like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Ravi Singh!
Ravi Singh is the new middleweight champion!
After the big win, Ravi Singh made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors CEC Nutrition Q160 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.