PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Showhey Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Sendoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akira Sendoh acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Baba
vs
Sendoh

206 cm
34
275 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

185 cm
30
245 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Showhey Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Sendoh!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sendoh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baba is defending well for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sendoh lands a nice shot to the body.

Baba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sendoh rushes Baba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sendoh lands a good knee to the midsection. Baba won't want to take too many of those.

Sendoh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sendoh fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sendoh scores with a hook to the body. Baba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Baba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sendoh jabs Baba to the body, keeping him at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baba has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sendoh leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sendoh misses with a knee to the head.

Sendoh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sendoh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Sendoh pushes Baba up against the cage in a clinch.
Sendoh tries to work over Baba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sendoh struggles to land a body shot inside as Baba controls his hands.
Good body shot from Baba.
Baba slows down the pace here.
A bit of stalling here from Sendoh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba has Sendoh pushed against the cage.
Baba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sendoh effectively controlling the action here.
Baba has had enough of the clinch but Sendoh keeps him there for the moment.
Sendoh tries to land a knee to the head but Baba blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sendoh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Sendoh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sendoh misses with a lunging right hand

and Baba decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sendoh's guard.
Baba stays in close to Sendoh's body and controls the position.
Sendoh keeping moving, preventing Baba from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

We're going to have a standup here because Showhey Baba wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A big left from Sendoh misses.
Showhey Baba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sendoh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh is looking to clinch.
Baba dodges the punch combination from Sendoh.
Baba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baba fails to land with a series of punches.
Sendoh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sendoh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Sendoh rushes Baba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sendoh is trying to break the clinch but Baba has him pressed against the cage.
Sendoh lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baba tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sendoh's elbow.
Baba keeps control of Sendoh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sendoh misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Sendoh dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sendoh moves into range and clinches up with Baba.
Sendoh has Baba pressed against the cage, preventing Baba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short left from Sendoh.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sendoh. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Baba wants to get back to striking at distance but Sendoh won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sendoh as Baba tries to tie him up.
Sendoh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baba's face.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sendoh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sendoh misses with a punch to the body.
Baba avoiding damage as Sendoh throws knees to the body.
Sendoh misses with a body punch.
Baba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sendoh holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba trying to stall but Sendoh improves his position.
Baba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sendoh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baba backwards.
Sendoh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sendoh controlling the action here for a moment.
Baba drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sendoh gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sendoh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baba.
Sendoh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baba avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sendoh.
Sendoh stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sendoh.
Sendoh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Sendoh breaks from the clinch.

Sendoh drives through and clinches with Baba against the cage.
Sendoh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baba is defending well for now.
Sendoh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sendoh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baba looking for a takedown.
Sendoh slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Sendoh's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Sendoh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Baba looking to stall.

Sendoh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baba closes the distance but Sendoh moves to the side
and Sendoh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Sendoh rushes Baba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Baba breaks from the clinch.

Baba lands a left and a right that send Sendoh crashing to the mat, dazed. Baba thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baba throws a shot from downtown. Sendoh moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendoh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sendoh tries to close the distance and clinch but Baba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baba throws a series of punches but Sendoh avoids them all with ease.
Baba throws a nice looking combination but Sendoh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sendoh tries to bum rush Baba with a series of wild strikes but Baba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sendoh counters with a nice uppercut.
Baba doesn't manage to clinch there - Sendoh circles away.
Baba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sendoh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baba moves in looking to clinch but Sendoh pushes him off.
Sendoh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Akira Sendoh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sendoh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Showhey Baba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Baba clinches up with Sendoh and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sendoh.
Sendoh wants to get back to striking at distance but Baba won't allow it.

Sendoh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Akira Sendoh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. And we move into the final round!

Baba lands a big head kick that sends Sendoh tumbling to the mat! Baba takes a step backwards and waves Sendoh back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sendoh is looking to clinch.
Sendoh connects with the punch.
Sendoh scores with a shot to the body.
Baba cracks Sendoh's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Sendoh slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Baba can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Showhey Baba!
Showhey Baba really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Ultra Fight Gear(Launder 85%) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.