PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Babidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nichi Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hong's choice of entrance music: Hong Entrance Song. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Babidi
vs
Hong

172 cm
27
153 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
41
156 lbs
23 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lorenzo Babidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nichi Hong!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babidi lands with an overhand left.

Babidi takes the fight into the clinch.
Babidi misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hong.
Still in the clinch, Babidi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Babidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Babidi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Babidi.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Hong is blocking nicely.
Babidi lands a damaging elbow.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Hong misses with some punches.
Babidi missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Hong.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Hong misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Babidi landing knees to the head.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Babidi fails to land.
Babidi blocks an uppercut.
Hong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Babidi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Babidi backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Babidi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hong's brow.
Babidi misses with a knee strike.
Babidi blocking some punches.
Babidi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Babidi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Babidi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babidi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babidi lands a left hand.
Babidi misses with a punch to the body.
Hong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Babidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Babidi lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Babidi backwards.
Hong misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babidi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Babidi working aggressively here.
Hong blocks a body shot from Babidi.
Hong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Babidi backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hong.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Hong is blocking nicely.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babidi.
Babidi landing knees to the body.
Hong tries to land knees in the clinch but Babidi avoids the damage to the body.
Babidi prevents a body shot from Hong.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babidi.
Babidi lands a nice elbow.
Babidi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
Hong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Babidi lands a hook that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Babidi misses with the head strike.
Babidi lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babidi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Hong is blocking nicely.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Babidi controls his hands.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Babidi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hong blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babidi.
Hong lands with a short shot to the head.
Babidi misses with an elbow over the top.
Babidi misses with the head strike.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Hong.
Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Babidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Babidi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hong takes a shot to the head.
Hong managing to block the knees to the body from Babidi.
Hong has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babidi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hong missing with knees to the body.
Babidi blocking some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Babidi misses with the head strike.
Babidi can't find room to land a body shot as Hong controls the action.
Hong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Babidi controls his hands.
Babidi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Babidi tries to land a knee to the head but Hong blocks with his arms.
A short right from Hong on the inside.
Babidi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hong misses with the head strike.
A short right from Babidi.
Hong takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Babidi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Babidi with a knee to the head.
Babidi with a knee to the head.
Babidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Hong.
Hong gets through Babidi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Babidi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Babidi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hong throws a leg kick that misses.
Hong misses with a head kick.
Babidi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Babidi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hong throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Babidi. Hong does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babidi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Hong. Those never looked like landing.
Babidi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Babidi misses the shot to the body.
Hong blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babidi throws out a loose jab but Hong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hong lands a nice shot that snaps Babidi's head back.
Good shot there by Babidi.
Babidi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lorenzo Babidi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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!
Hong tries a head kick but it misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Babidi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hongs head.
Babidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babidi tries a knee to the head but Hong blocks it.
Babidi scores with a shot to the side of Hong's head.
Babidi crunches a lovely knee into Hong's ribcage.
Babidi gets through Hong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Babidi.
Babidi tries a knee to the head but Hong blocks it.
Babidi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Babidi lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babidi.

Hong is rocked!
A short left from Babidi.
Hong is still on wobbly legs! Can Babidi finish him?
Babidi lands with a right to the head.
Babidi lands a damaging elbow.
Babidi lands a damaging elbow.
Babidi creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Hong with a big uppercut! Hong tries to clinch up but Babidi pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Hong to the mat! Hong covers up and Babidi unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lorenzo Babidi!
During a confident post fight interview, Lorenzo Babidi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Nichi Hong was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you for all the sponsors, to the org, and everyone who supported me. I dont know how long my body can go through this anymore but I want to give my all to the fans and the org '.