PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badass Babalu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Rourke
vs
Babalu

186 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mickey Rourke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Badass Babalu!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Rourke misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babalu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rourke tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rourke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Rourke drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rourke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rourke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rourke working some strikes from top position.
Rourke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babalu looking for a sweep. Not yet Babalu, not yet.

Babalu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Babalu is trying to keep Rourke in close.
Rourke landing some decent shots from guard.
Babalu looks gassed!
Rourke preventing the sweep.
Rourke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rourke cracks Babalu with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke passes Babalu's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rourke slips a nice elbow through Babalu's hands, connecting with Babalu's forehead.
Rourke looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Babalu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rourke drops an elbow to the side of Babalu's head.

Babalu is rocked!
Rourke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Babalu is still in real trouble! Can Rourke finish him?
Rourke winds up and cracks Babalu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rourke is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rourke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Babalu knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rourke connects with a nice short shot to Babalu's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rourke lands a nice short elbow.
Rourke looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Babalu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rourke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Babalu manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Babalu has his foot on Rourke's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rourke works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rourke throws and elbow that misses. Babalu uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rourke's guard. Nice move by Babalu!
Babalu seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rourke 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.
Babalu would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Babalu won't allow Rourke to sweep him here.
Rourke is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Babalu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Babalu moves into full guard.
Rourke cracks Babalu with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke trying to control the position from guard on top but Babalu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rourke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rourke postures up and lands a big shot to Babalu's brow.
Babalu keeping full guard, as Rourke tries to pass.
Rourke working some strikes from top position.
Rourke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rourke slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rourke landing a few strikes.
Rourke creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rourke blocks the strikes from Babalu.
Rourke lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Babalu down.
Rourke working the ground and pound but Babalu is defending the strikes.
Rourke lands a nice forearm strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke misses with the ground and pound.
Babalu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rourke misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Babalu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rourke off and has taken his back!
Babalu is hanging on to Rourke's back as he tries to escape.

Rourke preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Babalu.
Babalu is landing with strikes from the back.
Rourke wants to escape the position.
Rourke is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rourke manages to reverse the position and now he's in Babalu's guard. Nice work there by Rourke.
Rourke stopping the sweep attempt from Babalu.
Rourke forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Rourke dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rourke circles away from the clinch attempt.

Rourke scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Babalu keeping hold of Rourke's head, controlling as best he can.
Babalu has hold of Rourke's hands but Rourke slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Babalu is pressing down on Rourke's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rourke is in close to Babalu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Babalu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Babalu 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.
Rourke postures up.
Rourke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rourke trying to control the position from guard on top but Babalu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rourke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Babalu is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rourke is looking to work some ground and pound but Babalu has wrist control.
Rourke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Babalu working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rourke's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rourke lands a couple of elbows.
Rourke advances to half guard.
Rourke working Babalu over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rourke connects with a nice short shot to Babalu's temple.
Rourke looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Babalu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Babalu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rourke trying to pass the guard but Babalu defending well.

Babalu looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babalu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Rourke there.
Babalu taking some punishment here, with Rourke in his half guard.
Rourke lands with a punch from half guard.
Babalu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rourke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mickey Rourke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rourke winds up and cracks Babalu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Babalu is looking to improve his position.
Rourke working over Babalu with some ground and pound. Babalu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rourke lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rourke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rourke not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rourke throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Babalu is trying to stand up here but Rourke is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babalu wants to control but Rourke is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Rourke looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rourke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rourke preventing the sweep.
Babalu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rourke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rourke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Babalu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rourke's guard.
Babalu won't allow Rourke to sweep him here.
Babalu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rourke lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Babalu!
Rourke dominating with strikes here.

It looks like Badass Babalu has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke lands with some strikes.

That has opened up Badass Babalu's cut even more.
Rourke working Babalu over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rourke lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

The cut above Badass Babalu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mickey Rourke!