PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Babcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Commodore Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Babcock has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Babcock
vs
Perry

180 cm
26
170 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

185 cm
21
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Babcock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Commodore Perry!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Babcock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perry throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Babcock counters with a takedown into side control.
Perry tries to improve position but can't.
Babcock tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Babcock is trying to ground and pound but Perry uses the momentary lack of control by Babcock to regain half guard.
Babcock has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Babcock not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babcock working over Perry with some ground and pound. Perry looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Babcock trying to pass the guard but Perry defending well.
Perry wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Babcock seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Perry does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Babcock wants to free his trapped foot but Perry is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Babcock sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Perry defending well though.
Perry is looking to control Babcock's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Perry avoid being mounted?
Babcock wants to pass the guard but Perry is defending well.
Perry is looking for a sweep. Babcock is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Babcock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perry is looking to control Babcock's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Perry avoid being mounted?

That's two 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.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Babcock passes the guard and advances to mount!
Perry can't escape the position.
Babcock throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Perry because Babcock loaded up on that one.
Babcock throws some wild stikes that Perry manages to avoid easily.
Babcock throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Perry because Babcock loaded up on that one.
Perry wants to control but Babcock is having none of it.
Babcock trying to control but Perry is having none of it.
Babcock throws some wild stikes that Perry manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry is trying to escape the mount.
Babcock sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Babcock prevents Perry from getting the reversal.
Babcock looking to ground and pound but Perry is blocking nicely.
Babcock wants to control the pace but Perry is squirming around nicely.
Babcock is really struggling to control Perry but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Babcock avoids the attempt from Perry to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Babcock in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Babcock is landing with some decent strikes but Perry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Babcock wants to control the pace but Perry is squirming around nicely.
Perry tries to hold on but Babcock pushes him away.
Babcock looking to control and managing it successfully.
Perry is wriggling around trying to escape.
Babcock throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Babcock dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Babcock misses the shot to the body.
Perry doesn't manage to clinch there - Babcock circles away.
Babcock motions for Perry to come forward. Babcock throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perry dips to his left and cracks Babcock with an uppercut!
Babcock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Perry has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Babcock fails to land.
Babcock misses with a punch on the inside.
Perry prevents Babcock from breaking the clinch.
Perry content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Babcock wants to break free but Perry has control.
Perry lands an elbow that stopped Babcock in his tracks for a moment.
Perry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perry is leaning against Babcock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Perry.

Perry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babcock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perry misses with a shot to the body

and Babcock counters with a shoot takedown. Perry fights it but they end up in guard.
Babcock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Perry is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry controlling the position.
Babcock looking to pass the guard.
Babcock trying to control the position from guard on top but Perry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babcock postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babcock postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Perry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Perry prevents Babcock from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Babcock is working hard here to advance position.
Perry sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Babcock tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Perry controlling his opponent.
Perry wants to control but instead Babcock manages to regain half guard.

Perry decides to stand and escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perry.
Perry throws a hook but Babcock avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Perry. Beautiful body shot.
Perry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perry is looking to clinch.
Perry is looking to clinch.
Perry closes the distance looking to clinch
and Babcock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Perry throws a body punch but Babcock moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Perry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Babcock throws a jab when Perry was well out of range.
Perry misses with a head kick.
Perry throws a hook but Babcock avoids it easily.
Babcock looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Perry is fending him off so far but Babcock persists. Nope, Perry circles away and we're back to standing.
Perry wants to clinch but Babcock slips to the side
and Babcock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Babcock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perry misses with a left hand
and Perry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Babcock misses

and Perry counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Babcock wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perry.
Perry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Perry.
Perry scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perry blocking some punches.
Perry prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Perry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Commodore Perry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Perry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babcock.
Perry connects with a body shot that sends Babcock's belly button to the back.
Babcock misses with a straight right.
Babcock swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut.
Babcock takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Perry looks to land a right hand but Babcock moved out of range.
Commodore Perry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perry throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Perry closes the distance looking to clinch
and Babcock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Perry finds it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Perry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perry doesn't manage to clinch there - Babcock circles away.
Babcock throws a jab when Perry was well out of range.
Perry throws a poor cross that misses
and Babcock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perry lands a slapping body shot.
Perry tries to clinch but Babcock moves away
and Babcock counters with a straight right hand.
Perry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Babcock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice straight punches there by Perry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Perry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Commodore Perry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Babcock avoids the head kick by Perry.
Perry slips a jab and a cross from Babcock.
Babcock is looking to wear down Perry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perry misses with a right hand
and Perry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Babcock.

Babcock looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Babcock missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Babcock in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Perry tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Babcock!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Babcock!