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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joeli Babitu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metallica Enter Sandman. 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.
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179 lbs
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188 cm
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180 lbs
27 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
36 - 16 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Holden Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joeli Babitu!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babitu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Babitu as he connects with a hook.
Gracie takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gracie connects with a high kick.
Babitu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joeli Babitu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babitu tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Gracie on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Babitu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Babitu throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gracie darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Babitu jabs Gracie right on the nose. Gracie blinks but takes it well.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babitu.
Babitu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Babitu throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Gracie on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Babitu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babitu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Babitu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Babitu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie 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.
Babitu throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babitu.
Nice defenses there by Babitu.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie is looking for a counter combo.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Babitu.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babitu.
Babitu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Babitu digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Gracie misses with the body kick
and Babitu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gracie's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a head kick that Babitu semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babitu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gracie on the side of the head.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babitu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gracie under the eye.
Babitu looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Babitu's head backwards.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
As Babitu looks to move away, Gracie throws a big counter combo bu Babitu just gets out of the way.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Babitu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Babitu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Babitu forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
Babitu throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Babitu swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Babitu misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Babitu misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Babitu.
Babitu lands a body punch.
Babitu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Babitu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Babitu.
Babitu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Babitu throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Babitu has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Babitu throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
With the fighters up against the cage, Babitu throws an elbow but misses.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Babitu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Babitu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gracie tries a body shot but Babitu blocks it.
Come on Gracie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babitu has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Babitu lands a nice shot to the body.
Babitu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Babitu misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Babitu lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babitu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gracie lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Babitu misses with an elbow over the top.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joeli Babitu dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Babitu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Babitu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Babitu feints a counter leg kick.
Babitu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Babitu ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Babitu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Babitu moves out of range of the strikes.
Babitu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Babitu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babitu.
Gracie lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Babitu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Babitu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Babitu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lunges at Babitu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Babitu's hand.
Babitu throws out a leg kick but Gracie moves out of range and Babitu only half commits.
Gracie falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Babitu to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by Gracie as he checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Babitu.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Babitu lands a jab to the head.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Babitu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Babitu connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babitu throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
Babitu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Babitu.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Babitu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Babitu.
Babitu throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Babitu avoids it.
Babitu throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Babitu needs to keep his hands up - Gracie had a free shot at his head there.
An inside leg kick from Babitu misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Babitu's head backwards.
The fighters circle momentarily. Babitu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Babitu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie catches Babitu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Babitu misses with a leg kick.
Babitu misses with a looping left.
Gracie is looking to counter with head kicks.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Joeli Babitu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Babitu.
Babitu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babitu moves away.
Babitu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Holden Gracie has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babitu misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Babitu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Babitu lands the left hand.
That kick from Babitu tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Babitu walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
Babitu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
Gracie throws a head kick but Babitu moves out of range.
Babitu scores with a punch to the head.
Babitu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Babitu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie tests Babitu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Babitu lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joeli Babitu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Babitu.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Babitu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Babitu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Babitu throws a combination that misses
and Gracie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab from Babitu.
Babitu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gracie on the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Gracie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Babitu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Nice body punch from Babitu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babitu slips a jab from Gracie.
An inside leg kick lands from Babitu.
Gracie slips a straight right by Babitu.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Babitu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A low kick from Babitu misses
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Gracie lands a head kick!
Babitu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
A jab from Babitu finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
Gracie misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Babitu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Babitu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie scores with a punch to the head.
Gracie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Babitu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
Gracie throws a right hand that Babitu ducks under and follows up with a left that Babitu also avoids with ease.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Babitu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Babitu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Babitu.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Babitu.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Babitu to score with a decent uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a head shot.
Babitu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Babitu is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Babitu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Babitu moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Babitu tries a quick counter leg kick but Gracie is wise to it.
Gracie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Babitu in his tracks.
Babitu misses with a straight right.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Holden Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Babitu moved out of range nicely.
Babitu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie defending well as Babitu loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Babitu lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Babitu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Babitu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babitu avoids the head kick by Gracie.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Babitu dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
A little jabbing left from Babitu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Babitu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Babitu.
It seemed like Babitu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Babitu misses with a leg kick.
Babitu works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Babitu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Babitu wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Babitu.
Babitu scores with a spinning back kick!
Babitu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joeli Babitu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Babitu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joeli Babitu!
Joeli Babitu bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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