PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalid Albabba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jefferson
vs
Albabba

179 cm
20
193 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

181 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derrick Jefferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khalid Albabba!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Albabba drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jefferson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jefferson is looking for a sweep. Albabba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jefferson wants to get back to his feet.
Albabba working Jefferson over with strikes.
Albabba controlling the action here.
Albabba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albabba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Albabba prevents Jefferson from standing back up.
Jefferson won't allow Albabba to pass to mount.
Albabba wants to control but Jefferson is keeping him busy.
Albabba not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albabba is pressing down on Jefferson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jefferson is holding on for now.
Albabba is trying to control the action in half guard but Jefferson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jefferson is trying to control but can't.
Jefferson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Albabba scores with a couple of nice shots.
Albabba controlling the pace.
Albabba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Albabba really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jefferson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Albabba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Albabba working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jefferson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Albabba distracts Jefferson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Albabba controlling from the top position.
Albabba's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Jefferson preventing the sweep.
Albabba has control of Jefferson's left arm, preventing Jefferson from doing any damage.
Jefferson trying to control but Albabba is working from the bottom.
Albabba is controlling Jefferson's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albabba bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jefferson's guard.

Albabba lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jefferson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Albabba is one step ahead there.
Albabba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Albabba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jefferson keeping moving, preventing Albabba from controlling successfully.
Albabba slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson keeping moving, preventing Albabba from controlling successfully.
Albabba works over Jefferson with some ground and pound from guard.
Albabba not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jefferson trying to keep a closed guard but Albabba is proving a slippery customer.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Albabba!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Albabba darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Albabba slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khalid Albabba dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jefferson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Albabba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Jefferson backs off Albabba throws a huge counter combo but Jefferson manages to avoid it all.
Jefferson tries to clinch there but Albabba circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Albabba.

Jefferson is rocked!
Khalid Albabba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Albabba dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Jefferson has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Khalid Albabba!