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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Pierre Babin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babin comes into the arena with Nutshot - Team Headkick blaring out of the sound system. Gray comes into a darkened arena with his song building. make love not war baby kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.
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193 lbs
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193 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Pierre Babin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Mr Gray!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray moves out of range as Babin strikes.
Gray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gray misses the jab.
Gray blocks a low kick nicely.
Gray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Babin throws a body punch but Gray moves out of range.
A slow jab from Babin misses its intended target.
Gray blocks the body kick.
Gray scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gray not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Babin is trying to get back to full guard.
Babin gets back to full guard.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Babin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gray.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray throwing strikes from guard but Babin blocks nicely.
Babin trying to keep a closed guard but Gray is proving a slippery customer.
Babin wants to sweep here but Gray controlling him for the moment.
Gray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Babin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Babin keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
Babin wants to sweep but no luck.
Babin keeping full guard, as Gray tries to pass.
Babin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babin looking for a sweep. Not yet Babin, not yet.
Babin looking to control.
Gray works over Babin with some ground and pound from guard.
Gray tries to free his leg and advance position but Babin is retaining full guard.
Gray throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Babin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gray postures up in Babin's guard and throws a big left but Babin blocks it.
Gray is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Babin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gray throws a strike but Babin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gray is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Babin wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray is looking for a triangle but Babin pushes his legs off easily.
Babin controlling from the top position.
Gray is trying to hold Babin in close to prevent damage but Babin has managed to pass into half guard.
Gray is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Babin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Babin's back!
Babin avoids the strikes from Gray.
Gray missing with strikes from the back.
Babin trying to control the hands but Gray breaks the grip.
Gray throwing damaging strikes from the back! Babin could be in trouble here!
Gray connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Babin to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Gray missing with strikes.
Babin covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Babin holding on to Gray's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Gray lands punches and elbows.
Babin looking very determined here, making life difficult for Gray.
Babin trying to control the hands but Gray breaks the grip.
Gray thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Babin tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gray breaks from Babin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Babin tries to lock up and control but Gray gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Babin is working to get back to half guard.
Gray throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Babin because Gray loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Gray dominated that round.
That's time! Babin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Babin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Babin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gray can pounce on him.
Gray tries to clinch there but Babin circles away.
Babin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Babin looks for the body kick but Gray saw that one coming.
Babin throws a leg kick which misses Gray's front leg but catches the back leg as Gray tries to avoid it.
Gray throws a sloppy head kick and Babin moves out of range easily.
Babin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gray is looking to clinch.
Gray tries to clinch but Babin is having none of it.
Good leg kick by Babin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Babin throws a push kick but Gray slaps the foot to one side.
Gray lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Babin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gray was well out of range. Poor timing from Babin.
Babin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gray tries to clinch but Babin is having none of it.
Gray tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gray tries to clinch there but Babin circles away.
Gray doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Babin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crunch! Babin slams his shin into Gray's torso.
Babin feints and then cracks Gray's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gray down.
Good shot there by Gray.
Gray wants to clinch up but Babin keeps it at a distance.
Gray throws a low kick but Babin avoids it.
Babin throws a series of punches but Gray avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babin circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babin swings widly with a right hand
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Babin.
Gray drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Babin throws a leg kick
and Gray counters with a nice body kick.
Gray misses with a straight right.
Babin tries to score with a low kick but Gray moves his leg out of the way.
Babin tries to score with a low kick but Gray moves his leg out of the way.
Babin gets tackled into the cage by Gray. Gray maintains the clinch.
Gray jumps guard but Babin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Babin has a couple of punches blocked by Gray.
Gray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Babin backwards.
Gray's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gray lands a hook that snaps the head of Babin backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Babin.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but Babin has double underhooks.
Babin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Babin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gray backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray misses with a body punch.
Babin cracks Gray with a nice body shot.
Gray lands a left hand.
Babin is pressed up against the cage. Gray has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Babin down to the mat. Babin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch but Babin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gray tries to clinch but Babin is having none of it.
Babin throws a front kick aimed at Gray's knee but Gray avoids it well.
Gray has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Babin finds it's way round the side to connect with Gray's head.
Gray wants to clinch up but Babin keeps it at a distance.
Gray wants to clinch.
Gray doesn't manage to clinch there - Babin circles away.
Gray shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Babin sprawls well. Babin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gray gets slowly back to his feet.
Jean Pierre Babin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Gray.
Babin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gray is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
Babin swats away the attempt to clinch by Gray.
A bone on bone clash there as Gray blocks the leg kick.
Babin lands a lovely overhand right.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gray checks a leg kick.
Babin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gray counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Babin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Babin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Babin pushes Gray away with a front kick.
Babin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Pierre Babin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gray shoots in and drives through. Babin sprawls well.
Babin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Babin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gray checks it well.
Babin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babin misses with a wild body shot.
Babin jabs at Gray's body.
Gray stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Babin.
Nice uppercut there from Babin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babin misses with a straight right.
Babin swats away the attempt to clinch by Gray.
Gray shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Babin defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Babin is pawing at Gray, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Gray's nose. Gray is badly hurt! Babin pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Gray tries desperately to hold on but Babin is relentless in his assault! As Gray receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Babin away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Pierre Babin!
Jean Pierre Babin retains his middleweight title!
In his post fight interview, Jean Pierre Babin gave a big smile as he said 'You go away now huggy guy. You give Jean Pierre ze creeps.'.
Mr Gray was interviewed post fight and said 'Jean Pierre thinks he will leave this org now. Too many creepy huggers.'.
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