PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Babinski (ranked 434 p4p, 372 weight class) and Ross Kemp (ranked 62 p4p, 49 weight class). Babinski comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood - Slayer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Babinski
vs
Kemp

204 cm
29
254
20 - 8 - 0

202 cm
33
279
25 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Savage Fightwear
Conviction

Grunge Nutrition

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 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Babinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ross Kemp!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babinski throws an overhand right that lands on Kemp's shoulder, as Kemp tries to avoid the shot.
Babinski is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from Kemp misses its intended target.
Babinski appears to be looking for a big counter.
Babinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kemp tries to score with a low kick but Babinski moves his leg out of the way.
Nice jab there from Kemp.
Kemp scores with a jab to the head.
Babinski seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kemp uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Babinski.
Ross Kemp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babinski tries to land a front kick but Kemp steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Babinski throws a hook to the side of Kemp's head but Kemp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've been informed that Kemp has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babinski.
Kemp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kemp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kemp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babinski.
It seemed like Kemp was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Babinski loads up on a big right hand but Kemp slips the punch.
Babinski scores with a nice body kick.
Babinski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kemp.
Kemp missing with a left hand there. Babinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Babinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It seemed like Kemp was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babinski misses with a kick to the body
and Babinski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Alexei Babinski has been cut.
Babinski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Babinski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It appears Babinski was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kemp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babinski was well out of range. Poor timing from Kemp.
Kemp moves out of range of the body kick from Babinski.
Babinski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kemp takes a step back to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babinski scores with a hook to the body. Kemp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A solid body kick from Babinski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kemp. Babinski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Babinski is looking for a counter combo.
Kemp throws a hook but Babinski avoids it easily.
Kemp ducks right into an uppercut from Babinski.
Kemp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Babinski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Babinski misses its target.
A big left from Kemp misses.
It looked like Babinski wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Oooooh!!! Babinski has knocked Kemp down with a huge combo! Babinski steps away and waves a wobbly Kemp back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Kemp is rocked!

It looks like Ross Kemp has been cut.
Babinski finds Kemp's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Kemp flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Babinski lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Kemp will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexei Babinski!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexei Babinski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.