PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Babcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares has chosen Devour the Day - Get Out of My Way as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Babcock
vs
Tavares

175 cm
26
213 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

195 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Babcock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babcock lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tavares backs up against the cage.
Babcock jabs Tavares to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Babcock tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tavares sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Babcock somewhat.

Babcock clinches up with Tavares and pushes him back against the cage.
Tavares looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Babcock prevents Tavares from breaking the clinch.
Babcock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tavares's elbow.
Babcock tries to work over Tavares's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Babcock can't find room to land a body shot as Tavares controls the action.
Babcock'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.
Tavares wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tavares looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock tries to throw a body punch but Tavares avoids it by throwing Babcock back against the cage.
Babcock tries to work over Tavares's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Babcock prevents Tavares from breaking the clinch.
Babcock has Tavares pressed against the cage, preventing Tavares from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Babcock content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tavares is trying to break the clinch but Babcock has him pressed against the cage.
Babcock stalling the fight.
Tavares blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tavares blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Tavares breaks the clinch.
Babcock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tavares swings for the body but Babcock moves out of range.
Babcock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavares scores with a jab.

It looks like Kyle Babcock has been cut.
Tavares staying out of range there.
Babcock misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tavares counters with a stiff right hand.
Tavares displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Babcock.
Babcock misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Babcock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Babcock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tavares scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Babcock doesn't seem bothered though.
Babcock looks to land a right hand but Tavares moved out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Babcock darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Babcock slips a straight right by Tavares.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tavares.
Some wild striking there from Tavares.

Tavares cracks Babcock with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Babcock looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Tavares finish him?

Babcock is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Babcock.
Babcock dodges the punch combination from Tavares.
Tavares misses with a jab, cross combination.
Babcock throws a looping overhand right but Tavares ducks down to avoid it.

Oooooh!!! Tavares has knocked Babcock down with a huge combo! Tavares steps away and waves a wobbly Babcock back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Oh Babcock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babcock fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tavares avoids it really well and circles away.
Tavares swings for the body but Babcock moves out of range.
Babcock throws a jab but it's blocked by Tavares.
Babcock seems to have got his legs back now.
Tavares lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Babcock at a distance.
Tavares misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavares tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babcock was well out of range. Poor timing from Tavares.

Babcock closes the distance and clinches.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Babcock. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Babcock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tavares can't break the clinch.
Babcock keeps control of Tavares as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Babcock misses with a punch to the body.
Tavares prevents a body shot from Babcock.

Tavares's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Babcock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kyle Babcock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tavares throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babcock counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tavares falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babcock counters with a two punch combo.
Babcock dodges the punch combination from Tavares.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrique Tavares dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Babcock's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tavares swinging wildly here.
Tavares lands a nice shot that snaps Babcock's head back.
Tavares lands a nice shot to the body.
Babcock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tavares shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Babcock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tavares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tavares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babcock.
Kyle Babcock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Babcock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tavares throws a body shot but no joy.
Tavares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babcock is looking to clinch but Tavares is avoiding it.
Tavares is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tavares throws a nice looking combination but Babcock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tavares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babcock goes for a double leg but Tavares avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tavares continues to drive forward.
Babcock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Babcock wants a takedown but no success here.
Tavares tries to circle away but Babcock has him pinned against the cage.
Babcock tries to stall but Tavares uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Babcock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Babcock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tavares is looking to break free of the clinch but Babcock has double underhooks.
Babcock trying to stall but Tavares improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babcock has a couple of punches blocked by Tavares.
Tavares has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tavares letting Babcock take a breather here.
Babcock is looking to control Tavares's arms but Tavares gets an underhook and turns him. Now Babcock has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kyle Babcock.
Tavares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Babcock misses with a body shot.
Tavares misses the jab.
Babcock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tavares swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock just misses with a punch to the body.
Tavares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tavares scores with a shot to the body.
Babcock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tavares manages to avoid it.
Babcock wants to clinch
and Tavares counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henrique Tavares is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Babcock misses with the combination.
Donk. Babcock catches Tavares right on the button with a cross.
Babcock throws a series of punches but Tavares moves out of range.
Tavares misses with the combination.
Tavares misses with a wild combination.
Tavares cracks Babcock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavares looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tavares throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Babcock on the side of the head.
Tavares showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Babcock.
Tavares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tavares has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tavares ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tavares wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Babcock swings for the body but Tavares moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Tavares as Babcock shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Babcock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the body from Babcock misses
and Tavares connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Kyle Babcock's cut is getting worse.
Babcock tries to clinch but Tavares is having none of it.

Babcock closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrique Tavares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kyle Babcock's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Babcock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tavares ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babcock moves away.

Babcock changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tavares looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tavares tries to escape but Babcock is in control.
Babcock in side control lands a decent elbow.
Tavares is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Babcock asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Tavares bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Babcock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Babcock throws a looping overhand right but Tavares ducks down to avoid it.
Tavares scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babcock scores with the left hand. Tavares knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock throws a body shot but no joy.
Tavares connects with a nice looking jab.
Babcock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tavares was well out of range. Poor timing from Babcock.
Tavares connects with a superb combination that knocks Babcock out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Tavares before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Babcock!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Henrique Tavares!
A very excited looking Henrique Tavares rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.