PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between TyQuinton Babers (ranked 5490 p4p, 5141 weight class) and Demitri Bosco (ranked 592 p4p, 574 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Babers
vs
Bosco

192 cm
25
219
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
212
0 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
KO power

Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, TyQuinton Babers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Demitri Bosco!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babers scores with a head kick.
Bosco gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bosco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Babers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bosco walks into a straight right hand from Babers.
Bosco avoids a kick to the body.

Bosco takes the fight into the clinch.

Bosco manages to break the clinch.

Babers clinches with his opponent.
Babers tries to work over Bosco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Babers tries to throw a body punch but Bosco avoids it by throwing Babers back against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Babers has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

Bosco breaks from the clinch.
Babers moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Babers has Bosco up against the ropes in a clinch.
Babers lands with a right to the head.
Babers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bosco takes an elbow to the temple.
Bosco blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Babers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bosco's defenses.

It looks like Demitri Bosco has been cut.
Babers tries to throw a body punch but Bosco avoids it by throwing Babers back against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Babers as Bosco tries to tie him up.
Babers lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Babers.
Babers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Babers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Babers as the two fighters clinch.
Babers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bosco blocks a body shot from Babers.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Babers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bosco's brow.
Bosco avoids a wild elbow strike from Babers.
A frustrated look appears on Bosco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bosco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Babers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosco working hard to break the clinch.
Babers tries to throw a body punch but Bosco avoids it by throwing Babers back against the ropes.
Bosco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Babers avoids a wild elbow strike from Bosco.
Babers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Babers.
Babers lands an elbow just above Bosco 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Babers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Babers scores with a hook to the body.
Bosco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Babers prevents Bosco from breaking the clinch.
Bosco stalling the fight.
Babers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bosco's defenses.

That has opened up Demitri Bosco's cut even more.
Babers tries a body shot but Bosco blocks it.
Babers lands an elbow inside that Bosco shrugs off.
Babers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Babers.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

TyQuinton Babers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demitri Bosco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Babers has closed the distance and engaged Bosco in a clinch.
Babers throws an elbow but it misses.
Babers lands a body punch.
Bosco looking to stall.
Babers is trying to stall.
Babers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Babers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bosco's elbow.
Babers can't find room to land a body shot as Bosco controls the action.
TyQuinton Babers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Babers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bosco tries to break free but Babers pushes him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babers blocks an uppercut.
Bosco is trying to break free.
Babers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Babers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Babers.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Babers as Bosco tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosco trying to stall but Babers improves his position.
Bosco wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bosco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Bosco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bosco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Babers, pushing him back against the ropes.
Bosco misses with a punch to the body.

Bosco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babers jabs at Bosco's body.

Bosco rushes Babers and presses him up against the ropes.
Bosco displaying some good clinch control by pressing Babers up against the ropes.
Bosco prevents a body shot from Babers.
Babers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bosco blocks a body shot from Babers.
Nice elbow from Babers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babers lands an elbow just above Bosco 's eye.

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

Bosco clinches up against the ropes.
Babers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Babers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Demitri Bosco's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bosco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good shot there by Bosco.
Babers connects with the punch.

Demitri Bosco's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
An inside leg kick lands from Babers.
Babers misses with a head kick.
Bosco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babers.

Bosco has closed the distance and engaged Babers in a clinch.
Babers lands a nice uppercut.
Babers scores with a shoulder strike.

Bosco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bosco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Babers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bosco can do to turn this around?

Babers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

TyQuinton Babers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Demitri Bosco's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bosco moves into the clinch successfully.
Babers lands a nice elbow.
Babers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Babers lands with a left to the head.
Babers cracks Bosco with a nice body shot.
Babers lands an elbow just above Bosco 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Demitri Bosco's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). TyQuinton Babers!
TyQuinton Babers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.