PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Joseph Babidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Page has chosen Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Babidi
vs
Page

175 cm
22
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

180 cm
22
168 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Powerful

M.O. Fight Wear

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 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Babidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Page!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Babidi coming out on top.
A good leg kick by Babidi.
Babidi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Babidi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Babidi thumps Page with a low kick.
Babidi tries to clinch there but Page circles away.
Babidi dips to his left and cracks Page with an uppercut!
Page loads up on a big right hand but Babidi slips the punch.
Page buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Page closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Page has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Babidi.
Page misses with a low kick.
Page throws a wild body kick that Babidi sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Page.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babidi blocks the body kick.
Babidi blocks a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Babidi blocks the leg kick.
Page throws out a loose jab but Babidi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Babidi.
We've been told by Babidi's head coaches at MMA School that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Page instigates a clinch.
Babidi crunches a lovely knee into Page's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Babidi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Page's brow.
Page prevents a body shot from Babidi.
Babidi tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Page lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Babidi avoiding damage as Page throws knees to the body.
Babidi tries to land knees in the clinch but Page avoids the damage to the body.
Babidi avoids a wild elbow strike from Page.
Page lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Babidi on the inside.
Page tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Babidi avoids it.
Babidi misses with a punch to the body.
Babidi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Page is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babidi is defending well for now.
Babidi misses with a hook to the ribs.

Page escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babidi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Page's head.

It looks like Jimmy Page has been cut.

Page gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Page misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babidi can't find room to land a body shot as Page controls the action.
Babidi trying to land knees to the body.
Page working hard to break the clinch.
Babidi digs a right hand underneath Page's ribcage. Page let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Page blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Babidi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Page takes a knee right on the jaw!
Babidi blocks an uppercut.
Babidi avoiding damage as Page throws knees to the body.
Babidi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Page or not.
Good body shot from Page.
Babidi blocks an elbow strike from Page.
Babidi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Page is defending well for now.
Babidi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Babidi lands a nice uppercut.
Babidi landing knees to the head.

Page is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page trying to land knees to the body.
Page is still on wobbly legs! Can Babidi finish him?
Babidi lands a damaging elbow.
Babidi breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Page with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Page looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Page get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joseph Babidi!
Our winner, Joseph Babidi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.