PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Bugaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raine Babe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babe has chosen The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. David Bugaev has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bugaev
vs
Babe

185 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

192 cm
27
222 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sydney Fight Gear
Russian Bears Nutrition

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Bugaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raine Babe!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babe's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bugaev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Babe scrambles back to his feet.
We've been hearing reports that Bugaev has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Babe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Bugaev counters by moving into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bugaev - that landed with a thud.
Bugaev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Bugaev - that landed with a thud.
Bugaev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bugaev lands a left hand.
Babe tries to pull guard but Bugaev forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bugaev.
Bugaev is working Babe over against the cage.
Babe working aggressively here.
A short right from Bugaev.
Bugaev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bugaev lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bugaev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bugaev lands a jab to Babe's midsection.
Raine Babe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babe lands with an uppercut that bounces Bugaev off the cage and back into range.
A cross from Bugaev lands.
Babe ducks right into an uppercut from Bugaev.
Babe loads up on a big right hand but Bugaev slips the punch.
Bugaev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Babe throws a right hand that misses
and Bugaev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Babe thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bugaev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Babe throws a lazy right hand but Bugaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bugaev lands with a good body shot.
Babe's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bugaev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Babe scrambles back to his feet.

Babe is rocked!
Babe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bugaev counters with a right hand from hell and Babe is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Bugaev!
Raine Babe spoke after the fight, saying 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.