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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joeli Babitu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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180 lbs
20 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
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184 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Dangerous knees
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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
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joeli Babitu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Davies!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babitu.
Davies fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davies walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Babitu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Babitu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davies on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Babitu. Babitu obviously looking to wear him down.
Babitu thows a body shot but no joy.
Davies takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Babitu throws a leg kick but Davies checks it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Babitu. That's going to slow Davies down.
Davies moves into the clinch.
Davies's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Davies is rocked!
Babitu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davies is still on wobbly legs! Can Babitu finish him?
Babitu stops a takedown attempt from Davies.
Babitu throws a head punch that misses.
Babitu misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Babitu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Babitu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Davies is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Babitu pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Babitu throws a punch but it's blocked by Davies.
Babitu presses Davies against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Davies looks winded!
Babitu has a couple of punches blocked by Davies.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davies.
Babitu throws a punch but it's blocked by Davies.
Babitu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Babitu working aggressively here.
Babitu misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Babitu.
Babitu misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davies.
Babitu working aggressively here.
Babitu has a couple of punches blocked by Davies.
Babitu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davies blocking some punches.
Babitu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Babitu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davies seems to have recovered his senses.
Babitu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davies is trying to push Babitu away but Babitu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Babitu misses with a body punch.
Babitu misses with the head strike.
Babitu tries a body shot but Davies blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Babitu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Babitu on the inside.
Babitu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davies prevents a body shot from Babitu.
Davies blocks a body shot from Babitu.
Davies tries for a takedown. No joy.
Joeli Babitu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Davies.
Davies throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Babitu blocks it with crossed arms.
Babitu throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davies.
Davies has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Babitu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Davies can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babitu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davies's elbow.
Babitu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Babitu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Davies to his knees! Babitu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joeli Babitu!
Joeli Babitu bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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