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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Franzen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tijani Babangida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babangida has chosen ini - the life i live as his entrance music. Tijani Babangida is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sean Franzen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tijani Babangida!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Babangida.
Franzen swinging wildly here.
Franzen connects with a crisp jab.
Babangida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Franzen is out of range.
Franzen misses with a few strikes there.
Franzen misses with a series of wild punches.
Babangida dodges the punch combination from Franzen.
Franzen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babangida misses with a two punch combination.
Babangida lands a head kick!
A punch combination from Babangida misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babangida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Babangida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Babangida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Franzen counters with a series of strikes. Babangida will be more careful next time no doubt.
Franzen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babangida was well out of range. Poor timing from Franzen.
Babangida ducks under a wild hook from Franzen.
Franzen scores with a shot to the body.
Babangida takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Franzen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Babangida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Franzen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Babangida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franzen circles away quickly and effectively.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franzen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a two punch combo.
Babangida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a thumping low kick.
A combination from Babangida does no damage.
Babangida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franzen's sensitive parts.
Babangida throws a right and a left that Franzen avoids nicely.
Babangida lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Franzen backs up against the cage.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with an inside leg kick.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babangida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franzen circles away quickly and effectively.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Babangida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Franzen.
Babangida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babangida counters with a one-two to the body.
Franzen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Babangida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Franzen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Babangida counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franzen misses the shot to the body.
Franzen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Babangida lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Babangida.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Babangida to counter with a crisp jab.
Franzen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Babangida throws a series of strikes that have Franzen backpedaling.
Babangida fails to land with a series of punches.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
letting Babangida counter with a right hand.
Babangida throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Babangida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franzen circles away quickly and effectively.
Franzen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Babangida throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tijani Babangida dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a three punch combo that has Franzen backing up. Franzen nods at Babangida to acknowledge the strikes.
Sean Franzen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a series of strikes. Franzen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Babangida counter with a right hand.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Babangida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Babangida throws a chopping leg kick but Franzen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a series of strikes. Franzen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Babangida lands a two punch combo.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babangida counters with a two punch combo.
Babangida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Franzen is out of range.
Franzen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Franzen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Babangida counters with a series of strikes. Franzen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Franzen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a three punch combo that has Franzen backing up. Franzen nods at Babangida to acknowledge the strikes.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Franzen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babangida counters with a straight right hand.
Babangida is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babangida throws a big shot that misses.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a three punch combo that has Franzen backing up. Franzen nods at Babangida to acknowledge the strikes.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a leg kick.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Babangida misses with a wild combination.
Franzen misses with a combination
enabling Babangida to counter with a crisp jab.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a two punch combo.
Tijani Babangida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franzen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Babangida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Franzen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franzen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Babangida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franzen.
Franzen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Babangida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Franzen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Babangida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a three punch combo that has Franzen backing up. Franzen nods at Babangida to acknowledge the strikes.
Sean Franzen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franzen tries to move into range but Babangida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Babangida scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Babangida is working the combinations to good effect here.
Babangida moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Babangida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babangida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Franzen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babangida was well out of range. Poor timing from Franzen.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Franzen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Babangida. Babangida obviously looking to wear him down.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a body kick.
Babangida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Franzen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a big head kick but Franzen shrugs it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Franzen missing with a left hand there. Babangida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tijani Babangida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Franzen blocks a leg kick.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babangida counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Franzen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Babangida tries to bum rush Franzen with a series of wild strikes but Franzen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Babangida ducks under a wild hook from Franzen.
Franzen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Babangida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a head kick. That will keep Franzen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babangida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Franzen's head backwards.
A punch combination from Babangida misses.
Babangida looks to throw the jab but Franzen is out of range.
Babangida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Franzen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a nice leg kick.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a one-two to the body.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a nice uppercut.
Babangida goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a one-two to the body.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a one-two to the body.
Babangida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Franzen to counter with a crisp jab.
Franzen dodges the punch combination from Babangida.
Babangida throws a nice looking combination but Franzen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
Babangida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a one-two to the body.
A left and a right from Babangida both land. Nice combination.
Franzen throws a shot from downtown. Babangida moves away and avoids it.
Babangida walks into a jab.
Babangida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Franzen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Babangida has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Franzen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Babangida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franzen throws a hook but Babangida blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Babangida scores with a four punch combination!
Jab by Babangida.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Babangida throws a nice looking combination but Franzen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Babangida avoids the body shot from Franzen.
Babangida cracks Franzen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sean Franzen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Franzen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Franzen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Babangida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a nice body shot.
Franzen misses with a double jab
and Babangida counters with a left and a right that stings Franzen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Babangida. That's going to slow Franzen down.
Franzen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babangida counters with an inside leg kick.
Babangida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a leg kick.
Franzen throws a combination that misses
and Babangida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Babangida throws a combination. Franzen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Franzen misses with a combination
and Babangida counters with a good low kick that Franzen was not able to check.
Franzen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babangida counters with a three punch combo that has Franzen backing up. Franzen nods at Babangida to acknowledge the strikes.
Franzen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babangida counters with a three punch combo that has Franzen backing up. Franzen nods at Babangida to acknowledge the strikes.
Tijani Babangida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franzen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Babangida counters with a series of strikes. Franzen will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tijani Babangida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Babangida 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tijani Babangida!
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