PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danik Babuckiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babuckiy comes to the cage accompanied by Сhoke Slam Time. Danik Babuckiy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Babuckiy
vs
Morgan

193 cm
20
171 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danik Babuckiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babuckiy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Babuckiy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Babuckiy.

Babuckiy has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Morgan uses from the top position.
Morgan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Babuckiy working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babuckiy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Babuckiy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Babuckiy is really struggling to control Morgan but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Morgan content to stall in guard here.
Babuckiy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morgan looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuckiy looking to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morgan scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Danik Babuckiy has been cut.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan fails with the takedown

and Babuckiy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Morgan pulls Babuckiy into guard.
Babuckiy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Babuckiy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morgan wants to stand and escape but Babuckiy is having none of it.
Babuckiy stays in close to Morgan's body and controls the position.
Babuckiy trying to control but Morgan is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babuckiy trying to move into half guard but instead Morgan has managed to sweep!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Babuckiy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morgan with a nice head shot there.
Morgan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Babuckiy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morgan is one step ahead there.
Babuckiy is breathing heavily.
Morgan connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Babuckiy is keeping the position for now.
Babuckiy trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Morgan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Babuckiy darts in trying to clinch
and Morgan counters with a head kick. That will keep Babuckiy thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Babuckiy tries to clinch but Morgan moves away

and Morgan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morgan.
Babuckiy keeping moving, preventing Morgan from controlling successfully.
Morgan won't allow Babuckiy to sweep him here.
Morgan slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet.
Babuckiy is not content to let Morgan control the position.
Morgan is nestled in close to Babuckiy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morgan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Babuckiy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Babuckiy tries to clinch up

and Morgan counters by moving into the clinch.
Babuckiy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morgan smiles and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danik Babuckiy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Babuckiy gets a clinch.
Babuckiy tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Babuckiy drops back down to his feet.
Morgan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Babuckiy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Babuckiy closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side

and Morgan counters by clinching up.
Morgan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Babuckiy tightens his grip and picks Morgan up, before dumping him to the ground. Morgan manages to land in guard.
Morgan working a defensive guard here.
Babuckiy throwing strikes but missing.
Babuckiy trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuckiy trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babuckiy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Babuckiy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morgan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Babuckiy counters by moving into the clinch.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morgan tries to stall but Babuckiy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Babuckiy tries to pull guard but Morgan holds him up against the cage and eventually Babuckiy drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A nice left hand lands by Morgan.
Morgan tries to circle away but Babuckiy has him pinned against the cage.
Babuckiy jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Babuckiy around his waist. Babuckiy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danik Babuckiy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Babuckiy has Morgan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morgan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Babuckiy's waist but Babuckiy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morgan off to one side.
Babuckiy tries to clinch

and Morgan counters with a shoot takedown. Babuckiy fights it but they end up in guard.
Babuckiy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Babuckiy striking off his back but it's not causing Morgan any problems.

Babuckiy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morgan defends well.
Babuckiy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to control from the top but Babuckiy keeps moving.
Babuckiy looking to control.
Morgan is looking to stand up but Babuckiy won't let him.
Morgan trying to control but Babuckiy is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morgan looks to clinch

and Babuckiy counters by moving into the clinch.

Babuckiy jumps guard and drags Morgan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Morgan controlling from the top position.
Babuckiy working a defensive guard but Morgan manages to pass into side control anyway.
Babuckiy tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Babuckiy tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Morgan easily slips into full mount!
Babuckiy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Babuckiy tries to lock up and control but Morgan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morgan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morgan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morgan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Babuckiy's face.
Babuckiy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Morgan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Babuckiy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Robert Morgan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Danik Babuckiy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Babuckiy closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side

and Morgan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Babuckiy!
Babuckiy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Babuckiy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morgan blocks Babuckiy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Babuckiy wants to control but Morgan is having none of it.

Morgan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Babuckiy manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Babuckiy is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuckiy struggling a bit here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Morgan gets the takedown into side control.

Morgan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Babuckiy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morgan trying to control the action but Babuckiy is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morgan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Morgan is looking to take a break and control but Babuckiy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Babuckiy is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morgan has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Morgan moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Morgan working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Babuckiy takes the fight into the clinch.

Morgan manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Babuckiy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Babuckiy postures up.

Babuckiy gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morgan with a poor takedown

and Babuckiy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Babuckiy manages to pull guard.
Babuckiy is pulling down on Morgan's head to control his posture.
Babuckiy keeping full guard, as Morgan tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babuckiy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Babuckiy is working hard here to advance position.
Babuckiy lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Danik Babuckiy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Babuckiy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Babuckiy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Babuckiy darts in trying to clinch

and Morgan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Babuckiy's guard now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morgan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Morgan!