PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Cruz Jr (ranked 136 p4p, 115 weight class) and Alexei Babinski (ranked 26 p4p, 22 weight class). Babinski has chosen Raining Blood - Slayer as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Cruz Jr
vs
Babinski

209 cm
35
245
32 - 18 - 0

204 cm
30
254
23 - 9 - 0

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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 32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Babinski!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz Jr moves out of range of the body kick from Babinski.
Cruz Jr seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Babinski connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Jorge Cruz Jr has been cut.
Babinski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Babinski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Babinski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz Jr misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Babinski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cruz Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Babinski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Babinski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz Jr.
Babinski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz Jr appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cruz Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Babinski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cruz Jr's head.

Babinski drops Cruz Jr with a left right combo! Babinski follows him down to the ground into side control.

Cruz Jr is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Babinski tries for a kimura but Cruz Jr is defending well.

Babinski goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Cruz Jr rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Babinski's guard! Nice work there by Cruz Jr!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr wanted to stand there but Babinski had control of the position.
Babinski is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Babinski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cruz Jr tries to stand but Babinski is controlling from the bottom.
Babinski working a defensive guard here.
Cruz Jr wants to get up but he can't break Babinski's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babinski pulls Cruz Jr in close to prevent any damage.

Cruz Jr gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cruz Jr slips a jab from Babinski.
Cruz Jr throwing a counter right hand but Babinski manages to avoid it.
Cruz Jr walks into a jab.
Cruz Jr throws a looping overhand right but Babinski ducks down to avoid it.
Babinski looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Babinski. Babinski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Babinski moves forwards but Cruz Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cruz Jr throws a hook but Babinski blocks it.
Babinski throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Babinski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cruz Jr defending well as Babinski loads up on a big left hand.
Cruz Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexei Babinski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Cruz Jr's cut.
That's time! Cruz Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cruz Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babinski.
Cruz Jr slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Cruz Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Babinski lands a jab to Cruz Jr's midsection.
A swing and a miss from Babinski.
Cruz Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Babinski throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Babinski on the side of the head.
Cruz Jr lands with a hook. Babinski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Babinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cruz Jr throws a big counter combination but Babinski scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Alexei Babinski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babinski tries a head kick but it misses.
Cruz Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Babinski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Babinski.
Babinski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cruz Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cruz Jr appears to be looking for a big counter.
Babinski throws a right hand that misses
enabling Cruz Jr to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Alexei Babinski has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babinski is looking to clinch but Cruz Jr is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Cruz Jr misses the target.
Babinski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cruz Jr.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Babinski! But no joy.
Cruz Jr looks to land a combination but Babinski avoids it well.
Babinski scores with a nice strike.
Babinski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Babinski throws a combination that misses
and Cruz Jr counters with a series of strikes. Babinski will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babinski misses with an uppercut
enabling Cruz Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz Jr misses with the combination.
Babinski loads up on a big right hand but Cruz Jr slips the punch.
Cruz Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cruz Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Cruz Jr finds it's way through Babinski's defenses.
Alexei Babinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babinski.
A little feinted left hand from Cruz Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cruz Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cruz Jr misses with a right hand

and Babinski lands a stunning uppercut that sends Cruz Jr to the mat!

Jorge Cruz Jr's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Babinski seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Cruz Jr has recovered full guard.
Cruz Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Babinski is controlling him.
Babinski wants to control from the top but Cruz Jr keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alexei Babinski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Babinski lands with a right hand.
Babinski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cruz Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cruz Jr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Cruz Jr misses with a head kick.
Babinski throws out a counter right but Cruz Jr avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Babinski and Cruz Jr goes tumbling to the canvas! Babinski follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Babinski prevents Cruz Jr from standing back up.

Babinski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Babinski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cruz Jr is trying to stand back up but Babinski is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Babinski is working for a submission of some sort.
Cruz Jr is trying to stand.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Babinski is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Cruz Jr to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Babinski trying to control but Cruz Jr is working from the bottom.
Babinski stops Cruz Jr from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babinski trying to control but Cruz Jr is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Babinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cruz Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Babinski's shoulder, as Babinski tries to avoid the shot.
Cruz Jr clobbers Babinski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Babinski lands with a cross.
Cruz Jr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Babinski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jorge Cruz Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babinski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz Jr tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Babinski just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Cruz Jr fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Cruz Jr pulls guard.
Babinski looking to sit in guard and control but Cruz Jr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Babinski seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babinski wants to stand but Cruz Jr is controlling the position.
Babinski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Babinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Babinski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz Jr.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexei Babinski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Babinski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexei Babinski!
Alexei Babinski thanked the fans post fight for their support.