PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Babyara (ranked 1182 p4p, 148 weight class) and Yarny Trueblood (ranked 2141 p4p, 223 weight class). Francisco Babyara has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Babyara
vs
Trueblood

208 cm
30
270 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

207 cm
22
240 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Francisco Babyara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yarny Trueblood!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trueblood closes the distance looking to clinch

and Babyara counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Babyara postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Trueblood has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Babyara is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Babyara blocks an uppercut.
Trueblood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Babyara has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Good body shot from Babyara.
Trueblood throws a head punch that misses.
Trueblood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trueblood letting Babyara take a breather here.
Trueblood working aggressively here.
Trueblood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trueblood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trueblood misses with a hook from the clinch.

Babyara has hold of one of Trueblood's legs. Trueblood is fighting the takedown attempt but Babyara gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Trueblood manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Babyara tightens his grip and picks Trueblood up, before dumping him to the ground. Trueblood manages to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trueblood is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Babyara is controlling him.

Trueblood pushes Babyara off and gets back to his feet.
Trueblood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Yarny Trueblood has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Babyara. Those never looked like landing.

Trueblood moves into the clinch successfully.
Babyara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trueblood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trueblood lands with a left to the head.
Babyara blocking some punches.

Babyara has clasped his hands together around Trueblood's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Trueblood throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Trueblood has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Babyara decides to pull guard.

Trueblood decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Babyara, up you get!
Trueblood swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Babyara just misses with a punch to the body.
Babyara misses with a two punch combination.
Trueblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trueblood lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Trueblood has taken the fight to the clinch.

Babyara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babyara misses with a straight left.
Trueblood throws a combination that misses
and Babyara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Trueblood tries to clinch
and Babyara counters with a left to the body.
Babyara keeps the fight on the outside.
Babyara went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Trueblood closes the distance but Babyara moves to the side
and Babyara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Babyara throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara throws a series of punches but Trueblood moves out of range.
Trueblood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trueblood tries to clinch but Babyara is having none of it.
Babyara drops down looking for a counter takedown but Trueblood sprawls and moves away.
Trueblood tries to clinch there but Babyara circles away.
Babyara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Trueblood.
Babyara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Trueblood counters with a left to the body.
Trueblood tries to clinch up but Babyara circles away and keeps his distance.
Trueblood tries to clinch
and Babyara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Babyara misses the shot to the body.
Trueblood doesn't manage to clinch there - Babyara circles away.

Trueblood rushes Babyara and presses him up against the cage.
Trueblood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babyara tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Trueblood just stands there and leans against the cage.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babyara jabs Trueblood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trueblood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babyara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babyara appears to be looking for a big counter.
Trueblood closes the distance but Babyara moves to the side
and Babyara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trueblood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Babyara.
Trueblood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trueblood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babyara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Babyara was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Babyara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Babyara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trueblood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Babyara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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 Francisco Babyara will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yarny Trueblood's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Trueblood tries to clinch but Babyara is having none of it.
Babyara keeps the fight on the outside.
Yarny Trueblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babyara scores with a hook.
Trueblood moves in looking to clinch but Babyara pushes him off.
Babyara attempts a counter takedown but Trueblood avoids it well and moves away.
Babyara swats away the attempt to clinch by Trueblood.
Babyara attempts a counter takedown but Trueblood avoids it well and moves away.
Babyara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trueblood wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trueblood tries to close the distance and clinch but Babyara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Babyara is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Babyara lands with a nice body punch.
Trueblood tries to clinch up but Babyara circles away and keeps his distance.
Trueblood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Babyara counters with a right hand to the body.
Babyara is looking to wear down Trueblood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trueblood tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Babyara counters with a nice double leg into side control. Trueblood won't be happy with that.
Sloppy strikes there by Babyara.
Trueblood pushes Babyara away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Babyara gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Babyara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trueblood can do to turn this around?
An elbow from Babyara crashes against the mat.
Trueblood wants to get back to his feet.
Babyara tries to stand but Trueblood is controlling his head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trueblood is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Babyara has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Babyara tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

Trueblood throws Babyara to one side and escapes!
Trueblood takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trueblood tries to clinch up.
Babyara keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trueblood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trueblood wants to clinch up but Babyara keeps it at a distance.
Trueblood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babyara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Babyara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trueblood throws a jab but it's blocked by Babyara.
Babyara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babyara tries to bum rush Trueblood with a series of wild strikes but Trueblood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Trueblood tries to clinch there but Babyara circles away.
Trueblood is looking to clinch but Babyara is avoiding it.
Babyara on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Trueblood. Trueblood obviously looking to wear him down.
Babyara throws a series of punches but Trueblood avoids them all with ease.
Trueblood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Babyara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trueblood fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trueblood was well out of range. Poor timing from Babyara.
A combination from Babyara does no damage.
Trueblood is looking to clinch.
Babyara seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Trueblood rushes Babyara and presses him up against the cage.
Babyara tries to pull guard but Trueblood holds him up against the cage and eventually Babyara drops back down to his feet.
Trueblood misses with some punches.
Babyara goes for a takedown attempt but Trueblood pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Trueblood misses with a series of wild punches.
Trueblood moves in looking to clinch but Babyara pushes him off.
Babyara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trueblood circles away quickly and effectively.
Francisco Babyara is winning the standup battle so far.
Babyara misses with a double jab.
Trueblood feints a counter leg kick.
Babyara keeps the fight on the outside.
As Trueblood looks to move away, Babyara throws a big counter combo but Trueblood just gets out of the way.
Trueblood misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trueblood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babyara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trueblood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trueblood tries to close the distance and clinch but Babyara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trueblood is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Babyara.

That has opened up Yarny Trueblood's cut even more.
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!
Trueblood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babyara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trueblood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Babyara counters with a two punch combo.
Babyara thuds a left hand into Trueblood's body.
Trueblood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trueblood misses with a leg kick

and Babyara counters by moving into the clinch.
Trueblood throws a punch but it's blocked by Babyara.
Trueblood misses with the head strike.
Trueblood swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Babyara jumps into guard, dragging Trueblood to the mat.

Trueblood gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco Babyara dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yarny Trueblood's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Trueblood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big right from Babyara misses.
Babyara lands a glancing blow to the side of Trueblood's head.
Babyara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babyara keeps the fight on the outside.
Trueblood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Babyara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trueblood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babyara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trueblood is looking to clinch but Babyara is avoiding it.
Babyara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babyara scores with a one two! Trueblood had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Trueblood tries to clinch there but Babyara circles away.
Trueblood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babyara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trueblood tries to score with a low kick but Babyara moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trueblood tries to clinch up but Babyara circles away and keeps his distance.

Trueblood closes the distance and clinches.

Babyara gets control of Trueblood's arms and successfully pulls guard. Babyara will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Trueblood decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Babyara, up you get!
Trueblood tries to clinch but Babyara moves out of range.
Babyara half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Trueblood doesn't manage to clinch there - Babyara circles away.
Babyara drops down looking for a counter takedown but Trueblood sprawls and moves away.
Trueblood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babyara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Babyara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Babyara changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Trueblood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trueblood tries to clinch but Babyara is having none of it.
Trueblood tries to clinch up.
Babyara swats away the attempt to clinch by Trueblood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Babyara counter with a right hand.

The cut above Yarny Trueblood's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Babyara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trueblood manages to avoid it.
Babyara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trueblood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trueblood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Babyara checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Babyara drops down looking for a counter takedown but Trueblood sprawls and moves away.
Some wild striking there from Babyara.
Babyara swats away the attempt to clinch by Trueblood.
Babyara works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trueblood darts in trying to clinch
and Babyara counters with a left and a right that stings Trueblood.

Trueblood moves into the clinch.
Babyara drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Trueblood gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Trueblood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trueblood has a couple of punches blocked by Babyara.
Trueblood swings wildly with an uppercut but Babyara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trueblood misses with some punches.
Babyara pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trueblood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trueblood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Babyara is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Trueblood pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Trueblood misses with the head strike.
Babyara tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Trueblood just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francisco Babyara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trueblood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Babyara blocking some punches.

Babyara manages to break the clinch.
Trueblood tries to clinch but Babyara is having none of it.
Babyara connects with a jab.

Trueblood moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Babyara works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Trueblood is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Babyara presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

Babyara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babyara lands with a nice combination. Trueblood backs away looking to recover.
Yarny Trueblood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Francisco Babyara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Yarny Trueblood's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Trueblood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francisco Babyara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Babyara, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francisco Babyara!
Francisco Babyara gave a mention to Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).