PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Babbitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elijah Judah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Babbitt
vs
Judah

175 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raymond Babbitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elijah Judah!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babbitt scores with a hook to the body. Judah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Babbitt misses with a lunging right hand
and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Raymond Babbitt has been cut.
Babbitt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Judah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Raymond Babbitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babbitt throws a hook to the side of Judah's head but Judah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Judah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Babbitt.
Judah misses with a straight left.
Babbitt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Judah stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Babbitt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Judah on the side of the head.
Judah misses with a double jab
and Babbitt counters with a straight right hand.
Babbitt ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Babbitt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Judah doesn't seem bothered though.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babbitt.
Judah lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbitt digs a good hook to Judah's body.
Babbitt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Judah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Judah scores with a sloppy right hand. Babbitt should have avoided that one.
Judah just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Babbitt misses the target.
Babbitt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Babbitt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Judah doesn't seem bothered though.
Judah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Judah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Judah looks to land a right hand but Babbitt moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Babbitt misses the target.
Babbitt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.
Babbitt lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Babbitt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Judah scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Babbitt. That snapped Judah's head back.
Babbitt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.
Judah blocks a jab.
Judah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Judah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Judah misses with a lunging right hand
and Babbitt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Babbitt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judah.
Babbitt misses with a body shot.
Babbitt lands a nice hook to Judah's body. Judah takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Babbitt throws a shot from downtown. Judah moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah lands a right hook to the body.
Babbitt misses with a hook
and Judah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Babbitt is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Judah bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Babbitt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Babbitt lands with a shot to the body.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judah slips under a jab.
Babbitt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Babbitt looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Judah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Babbitt misses with a looping left.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Babbitt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babbitt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Babbitt swings for the body but Judah moves out of range.
Babbitt moves away from the strike by Judah.
Judah has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Babbitt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babbitt slips a jab and a cross from Judah.
Babbitt throws a body punch but Judah moves out of range.
Babbitt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judah unleashes a big counter combination but Babbitt bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Judah slips under a jab from Babbitt.
Judah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Babbitt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Judah takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Judah uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babbitt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Raymond Babbitt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raymond Babbitt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Judah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Judah misses with a looping right.
Judah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Babbitt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Babbitt tries to bum rush Judah with a series of wild strikes but Judah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babbitt.
Babbitt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babbitt ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Babbitt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babbitt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babbitt connects with a crisp jab.
Babbitt misses with a jab to the body
and Judah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Judah.
A telegraphed right hand from Judah misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Babbitt.
Judah cracks a nice hook into Babbitt's ribs.
Judah cracks Babbitt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Babbitt is rocked!
Babbitt misses with a straight right.
Oh Babbitt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Babbitt walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Judah swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Elijah Judah!
A very excited looking Elijah Judah made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.