PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gogu Babicu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Sturmpruegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Babicu
vs
Sturmpruegel

190 cm
28
214 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
206 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

KAISER
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gogu Babicu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Sturmpruegel!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babicu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Sturmpruegel pushes Babicu up against the cage in a clinch.
Babicu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sturmpruegel lands with a short shot to the head.
Sturmpruegel lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Sturmpruegel.
Babicu tries to circle away but Sturmpruegel has him pinned against the cage.
Sturmpruegel lands a body shot.
Babicu throws an elbow but it misses.
Sturmpruegel scores with a shot to the side of Babicu's head.
Babicu trying to control the position but instead, Sturmpruegel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Babicu into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sturmpruegel.
A shot in the inside from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Babicu backwards.
A body shot lands from Sturmpruegel.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturmpruegel pushes Babicu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel lands a left hand.
Sturmpruegel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Sturmpruegel - that landed with a thud.
Babicu is breathing heavily.
Sturmpruegel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sturmpruegel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sturmpruegel scores with a shot to the side of Babicu's head.
Sturmpruegel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sturmpruegel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Babicu or not.
Sturmpruegel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sturmpruegel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sturmpruegel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Babicu or not.
Sturmpruegel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sturmpruegel digs a right hand underneath Babicu's ribcage. Babicu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sturmpruegel pushes Babicu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel pushes Babicu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sturmpruegel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sturmpruegel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sturmpruegel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sturmpruegel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Babicu backwards.

Babicu is rocked!
Sturmpruegel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Babicu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sturmpruegel lands a big right hand that drops Babicu! The killer instinct kicks in and Sturmpruegel finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sturmpruegel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Sturmpruegel!
After winning the bout, Roberto Sturmpruegel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.