PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Showhey Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Sendoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Akira Sendoh enters the cage!

Baba
vs
Sendoh

206 cm
34
275 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

185 cm
30
245 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Showhey Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Sendoh!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sendoh misses with an uppercut. Baba saw that one coming.

Sendoh moves into the clinch.

Sendoh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baba misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Sendoh misses.
Baba throws a series of punches but Sendoh moves out of range.
Baba misses with a hook. Sendoh ducked under it nicely.
Baba needs to keep his hands up - Sendoh had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Showhey Baba has been cut.
Baba throws a series of punches but Sendoh moves out of range.
Baba fails to land with a series of punches.
Sendoh throws a right hand that Baba ducks under and follows up with a left that Baba also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baba throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sendoh.

It looks like Akira Sendoh has been cut.
Sendoh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baba on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sendoh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baba manages to avoid it.
Sendoh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sendoh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baba looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sendoh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baba has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Baba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sendoh throws a body punch but Baba moves out of range.
Baba scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Sendoh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baba, pushing him back against the cage.
Baba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Sendoh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sendoh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sendoh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Sendoh gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sendoh misses with a knee to the head.
Sendoh stalling the fight.

Sendoh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Baba gets tackled into the cage by Sendoh. Sendoh maintains the clinch.
Baba's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sendoh just leaning against Baba, taking a breather.
Baba prevents a body shot from Sendoh.
Sendoh displaying some good clinch control by pressing Baba up against the cage.
Sendoh lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sendoh taking a breather.
Baba is looking to control Sendoh's arms but Sendoh gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baba has his back to the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sendoh.

Sendoh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sendoh connects with a right hand. Baba shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baba lands a left and a right that send Sendoh crashing to the mat, dazed. Baba thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sendoh is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baba feints a jab and as Sendoh dips his head, Baba unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Sendoh right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Sendoh falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Baba smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Showhey Baba!
Showhey Baba managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158, into his post fight interview.