PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joeli Babitu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Ottosson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ottosson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best. 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.

Babitu
vs
Ottosson

188 cm
26
180 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

168 cm
32
186 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

No Contest Clothing

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joeli Babitu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andreas Ottosson!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babitu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Babitu throws out a loose jab but Ottosson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Babitu lands a front kick.
Babitu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ottosson throws a hook but Babitu blocks it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Babitu slips a jab from Ottosson.
Ottosson throws a good cross that connects.
Ottosson throws a hook to the side of Babitu's head but Babitu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Babitu slips under a jab from Ottosson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ottosson digs a good hook to Babitu's body.
Babitu lands a body shot.
Ottosson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Babitu pinned against the cage. Babitu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ottosson.
Babitu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ottosson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Babitu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ottosson connects with a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ottosson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Babitu is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ottosson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Babitu is avoiding damage well.
Ottosson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ottosson landing a few strikes.
Ottosson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ottosson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Babitu sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ottosson trying to control the action but Babitu is working from the bottom.
Babitu defending against the ground and pound.
Ottosson cracks Babitu with a big right hand but Babitu just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babitu parries the strikes from Ottosson easily there. Ottosson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Babitu to escape.
Ottosson advances to full mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ottosson throws some wild stikes that Babitu manages to avoid easily.
Babitu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ottosson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Ottosson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ottosson punching from mount but Babitu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ottosson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ottosson breaks from Babitu's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson with a couple of short strikes.
Ottosson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ottosson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Babitu is rocked!
Ottosson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Babitu in real trouble here! The ref calls for Babitu to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andreas Ottosson!
Our winner, Andreas Ottosson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.