PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yago Steve (ranked 284 p4p, 237 weight class) and Alexei Babinski (ranked 3 p4p, 35 weight class). Babinski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Raining Blood - Slayer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steve
vs
Babinski

200 cm
30
251
15 - 3 - 0

204 cm
29
254
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

Savage Fightwear
Conviction

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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yago Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Babinski!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve scores with a punch to the head.
Steve throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Steve throws a body punch but Babinski moves out of range.
Babinski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steve.
Steve lands a nice shot that snaps Babinski's head back.
Babinski takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Babinski blocks the body kick.
Steve lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Steve cracks Babinski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steve throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steve is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Babinski misses its intended target.
Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A good leg kick by Steve.
Babinski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steve.
A shot to the body from Steve misses
and Babinski counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Steve throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Babinski lands a glancing blow to the side of Steve's head.
Steve missing with a left hand there. Babinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Babinski raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Steve looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Steve lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Steve looks to land a body kick but Babinski moved away.
Yago Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steve lands a leg kick that knocks Babinski off balance momentarily.
Steve connects with a crisp jab.
Steve throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Steve's corner calls for a 1-2. Steve obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Babinski throws a head kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babinski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Babinski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve throws an off balance right hand
and Babinski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A cross from Babinski lands.
Steve tries to work over Babinski's front leg with a kick but Babinski checks it.
Babinski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Steve at a distance.
Steve lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab lands there for Steve.
Steve misses with a hook
and Babinski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A thudding body kick lands there by Steve!
Babinski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A swing and a miss from Steve.
Babinski blocks a jab.
Babinski throws a fast counter high kick but Steve manages to duck under it in time.
Steve throws a hook but Babinski blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve lands a front kick.
Steve lands with a right hand.
A good leg kick by Steve.
Babinski drops his hands momentarily and Steve takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Steve misses with a kick to the body
and Babinski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Babinski.
Babinski looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Steve tests Babinski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Babinski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Steve throws a poor cross that misses
and Babinski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steve thinking.
Babinski walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babinski blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab from Steve.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babinski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Babinski takes one on the button.
Steve is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Steve drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Steve throws a low kick but Babinski avoids it.
Steve throws a hook to the side of Babinski's head but Babinski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steve connects with a leg kick.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Babinski is just out of range.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Babinski! But no joy.
Steve throws the left hand but Babinski avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steve throws a leg kick but Babinski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Babinski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steve feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Babinskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab from Babinski does it's job there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yago Steve dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Steve loads up on a big right hand but Babinski slips the punch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Babinski might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Steve has got the better of the exchanges.
Steve tests Babinski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab lands there for Steve.
Steve misses with an uppercut
letting Babinski counter with a right hand.

It looks like Yago Steve has been cut.
Steve loads up on a big right hand but Babinski slips the punch.
Babinski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steve connects with a good right hand that stumbles Babinski. Babinski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yago Steve is winning the standup battle so far.
Steve misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Babinski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babinski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steve scores with a shot to the body.
Babinski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little jabbing left from Babinski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice body punch from Steve.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve misses with a straight right.
Despite the aggression on Babinski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Steve throws an off balance right hand
enabling Babinski to counter with a crisp jab.
Steve is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Babinski can do to turn this around?
Babinski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Babinski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Steve with a body shot.
Steve lands a nice leg kick that just misses Babinski's sensitive parts.
Babinski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little jabbing left from Babinski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Steve misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Babinski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Steve misses with a hook. Babinski ducked under it nicely.
Babinski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steve.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Babinski throws out a counter right but Steve avoids it with no problem.
Steve throws a sloppy head kick and Babinski moves out of range easily.
Babinski checks a low kick from Steve.
Steve finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It seemed like Babinski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Babinski manages to avoid it.
Steve lands with an uppercut that bounces Babinski off the cage and back into range.
Steve misses with a lunging right hand
and Babinski counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve throws a jab but it's blocked by Babinski.
Babinski might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Babinski looks to land a right hand but Steve moved out of range.
Steve feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Babinski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Babinski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Steve can pounce on him.
Steve gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steve moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Steve throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Babinski counters with a nice right hand that sends Steve toppling to the canvas! Steve scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Babinski finish him?!

Steve is rocked!
Steve is looking to land body kicks.
Oh Steve is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Steve does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Steve seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Steve.
Steve throws a leg kick
and Babinski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Babinski slips a straight right by Steve.
Steve lands a nice looking body kick.
Steve lands with a nice body kick.
Babinski is breathing heavily.
Steve misses with a body shot
and Babinski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Babinski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steve lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Steve connects with an inside leg kick.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Babinski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Babinski throws a head kick that misses
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steve misses the body punch
and Babinski counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Steve. Beautiful body shot.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Babinski is just out of range.
Steve throws a sloppy head kick
and Babinski counters with a nice uppercut.
Steve misses with a leg kick
enabling Babinski to counter with a crisp jab.
Steve throws a push kick but Babinski slaps the foot to one side.
Babinski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steve swings for the body but Babinski moves out of range.
Steve connects with a solid leg kick.
Steve lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A leg kick checked by Babinski.
Babinski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Babinski blocks a head kick by Steve.
Babinski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yago Steve will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yago Steve'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!

Steve misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steve staying out of range there.
Babinski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crunch! Steve slams his shin into Babinski's torso.
Babinski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steve to score with a decent uppercut.
Steve throws a leg kick but Babinski moved away.
Babinski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steve.
Babinski moves away from the strike by Steve.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Steve.
Babinski lands a two punch combo.
Steve takes a swing at Babinski's ribcage but misses.
Babinski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Steve uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Babinski.
Steve bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Babinski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Steve with the inside leg kick.
Babinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Steve on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Steve changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve misses with a looping right.
Steve punishes Babinski's body with a nice straight punch.
Babinski has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Steve.
Steve connects with a leg kick.
Steve lands with a cross.
No joy there for Steve, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steve misses with a hook. Babinski ducked under it nicely.
Babinski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Alexei Babinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve lands with a nice body kick.
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!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Steve throws a good cross that connects.
Babinski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Good shot there by Steve.
Babinski lands a glancing blow to the side of Steve's head.
Steve works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steve darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Babinski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Babinski is rocked!
Steve feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Babinskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Babinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Steve finish him?
BAM! Steve delivers a spinning backfist that drops Babinski like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Yago Steve!
After the fight, Yago Steve was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.