PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abelardo De Leon (ranked 4317 p4p, 4308 weight class) and Nik Ghafar Baba (ranked 502 p4p, 500 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

De Leon
vs
Ghafar Baba

197 cm
18
263
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abelardo De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nik Ghafar Baba!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ghafar Baba instigates a clinch.

De Leon jumps into guard, dragging Ghafar Baba to the mat.
De Leon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ghafar Baba is controlling him.
Ghafar Baba being controlled here momentarily.
De Leon is trying to control the position but Ghafar Baba postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Leon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

De Leon working for a triangle but Ghafar Baba defends it easily.
De Leon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Leon has a closed guard, preventing Ghafar Baba from standing up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
De Leon shoots in and drives through. Ghafar Baba sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Leon.
De Leon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abelardo De Leon. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ghafar Baba gets a takedown into half guard.
Ghafar Baba content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghafar Baba is thwarting De Leon's attempts to control the position.
Ghafar Baba slows the pace down in half guard.
De Leon is looking for a sweep. Ghafar Baba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Ghafar Baba is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, De Leon has managed to free his arm - good work.
De Leon is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nik Ghafar Baba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ghafar Baba has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Nik Ghafar Baba!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Nik Ghafar Baba!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Nik Ghafar Baba!

Nik Ghafar Baba wins by unanimous decision!
Nik Ghafar Baba tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.