PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raymundo Mathis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chaka Babatunde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Mathis
vs
Babatunde

162 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raymundo Mathis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chaka Babatunde!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babatunde.

Babatunde clinches with his opponent.
Babatunde softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mathis tries to pull guard but Babatunde holds him up against the cage and eventually Mathis drops back down to his feet.
Mathis jumps guard but Babatunde turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mathis is trying to break free.

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

Babatunde gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mathis breaks the clinch.
Mathis swings widly with a right hand
and Babatunde counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Babatunde closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babatunde lands a nice uppercut.
Babatunde lands a body shot.
Mathis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Babatunde just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymundo Mathis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Babatunde.
Babatunde lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mathis backwards.

It looks like Raymundo Mathis has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babatunde can't break the clinch.
Mathis really is a fat lump.
Babatunde scores with a shoulder strike.
Babatunde unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Mathis! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Babatunde is unloading with more strikes now! Mathis drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chaka Babatunde!