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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bebe Sabie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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225 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
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192 cm
33
263 lbs
16 - 19 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bebe Sabie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Flores!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabie slips under a jab from Flores.
Sabie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flores.
Nice shot lands for Sabie.
Flores throws a combination. Sabie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Bebe Sabie has been cut.
Flores pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sabie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Flores misses with an uppercut
and Sabie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flores throws a hook but Sabie avoids it easily.
Sabie moves in looking to clinch but Flores pushes him off.
Sabie is looking to clinch.
Flores fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Flores chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sabie can pounce on him.
Flores circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Flores swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sabie counters by clinching up.
Flores breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flores swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Flores plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Flores takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sabie blocks a jab.
Sabie slips a jab and a cross from Flores.
Sabie avoids the body shot from Flores.
Sabie throws a right and a left that Flores avoids nicely.
Sabie moves in looking to clinch but Flores pushes him off.
Flores swats away the attempt to clinch by Sabie.
Flores defending well as Sabie loads up on a big left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flores connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Flores misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Sabie scores with a four punch combination!
Sabie wants to clinch
and Flores counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Flores misses with a lunging right hand
and Sabie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sabie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flores.
Flores pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sabie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sabie clinches.
Flores breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sabie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sabie drops Flores with a beautiful combination! Flores stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sabie is looking for the KO!
Flores is rocked!
It looks like Gabriel Flores has been cut.
Sabie sizes up Flores with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores thows a body kick. Sabie tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Flores dips to his left and cracks Sabie with an uppercut!
Flores swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sabie catches Flores with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sabie wants to clinch up but Flores keeps it at a distance.
Sabie misses with a series of wild punches.
Sabie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Flores is trying to push Sabie away but Sabie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Flores wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sabie has him pressed against the cage.
Sabie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sabie working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabie tries to land a knee to the head but Flores blocks with his arms.
Flores's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flores throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sabie misses with the combination.
Sabie tries to close the distance and clinch but Flores swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sabie misses with a double jab.
Flores slips under a jab from Sabie.
Sabie moves into range and clinches up with Flores.
Sabie being controlled against the cage.
Sabie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flores avoids it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Flores trying to control the position but instead, Sabie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Flores into the cage.
Flores's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sabie tries to clinch but Flores moves out of range.
Flores misses with the body kick
and Sabie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flores digs a good hook to Sabie's body.
Sabie closes the distance looking to clinch
and Flores counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sabie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Flores lands.
Bebe Sabie's cut is getting worse.
Sabie swinging wildly here.
Sabie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabie clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for Sabie to work.
Flores manages to break the clinch.
Flores misses with a series of wild punches.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Flores throws a head kick but Sabie moves out of range.
Sabie tries to close the distance and clinch but Flores swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Sabie misses.
Flores throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sabie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Flores misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flores throws a head kick that misses
enabling Sabie to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Flores.
Flores getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Left hook, right uppercut from Flores.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabie moves in looking to clinch but Flores pushes him off.
Good exchange - Flores coming out on top.
Flores throws a jab when Sabie was well out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sabie dodges the punch combination from Flores.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabie tries to clinch but Flores is having none of it.
A combination from Flores does no damage.
Flores connects with a body shot.
Flores dodges the punch combination from Sabie.
Sabie closes the distance looking to clinch
and Flores counters with a body kick.
Sabie tries to clinch but Flores moves out of range.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sabie clinches.
Sabie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Flores manages to break the clinch.
Sabie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sabie tries to clinch but Flores moves out of range.
Sabie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Flores misses with a few strikes there.
Flores swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabie connects with a nice looking jab.
Sabie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Flores manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sabie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flores.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bebe Sabie will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sabie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sabie tries to clinch up
and Flores counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Flores circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sabie moves in looking to clinch but Flores pushes him off.
Flores throws a head kick that misses.
Flores tests Sabie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bebe Sabie's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sabie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sabie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Flores tries to keep at a distance but Sabie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sabie content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Flores looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Flores breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sabie takes one to the chin there.
Sabie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Flores misses.
Nice defenses there by Sabie.
Flores looks to throw the jab but Sabie is out of range.
Sabie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Flores manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sabie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sabie closes the distance and pushes Flores back into the cage.
Sabie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sabie has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sabie tries to stall but Flores uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A frustrated look appears on Flores's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Flores is trying to push Sabie away but Sabie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The referee calls for Flores to work.
Sabie managing to block the knees to the body from Flores.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Come on Sabie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sabie pushes off an throws an elbow but Flores leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flores blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sabie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sabie misses with the head strike.
Flores creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sabie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Flores is breathing heavily.
Sabie pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores wants to get back to striking at distance but Sabie won't allow it.
Sabie gets through Flores's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sabie has Flores pressed against the cage.
Sabie has Flores pressed against the cage, preventing Flores from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sabie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Flores's brow.
Sabie is pushing Flores up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bebe Sabie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Flores is trying to break the clinch but Sabie has him pressed against the cage.
Flores scores with a knee to the head.
Sabie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Flores up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bebe Sabie.
Sabie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Flores stalks Sabie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sabie's face. Sabie staggers backwards, shaken.
Sabie tries to clinch but Flores is having none of it.
Flores keeps the fight on the outside.
Sabie moves to clinch but Flores breaks away
and Sabie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jeez, Bebe Sabie's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabie doesn't manage to clinch there - Flores circles away.
Flores swats away the attempt to clinch by Sabie.
Flores throws a chopping leg kick but Sabie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Flores misses with a two punch combination.
Flores paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bebe Sabie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gabriel Flores!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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