PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Djimon Babayega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doctor Rockso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Djimon Babayega has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Babayega
vs
Rockso

190 cm
18
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Urban Fighter
Sully's Bar & Grill

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Djimon Babayega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Doctor Rockso!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockso takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Rockso forces Babayega back against the cage and clinches.
Babayega working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Babayega struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockso controls his hands.
Babayega definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Babayega tries a body shot but Rockso blocks it.
Rockso is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Babayega gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Babayega misses with a punch on the inside.

Babayega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rockso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Babayega scores with a body shot.
Babayega connects with a looping right hand.
Rockso tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babayega manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Babayega throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Rockso throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Babayega was covering up waiting for the punch and Rockso finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Babayega is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockso slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rockso throwing strikes from guard but Babayega blocks nicely.
Babayega controls Rockso momentarily but Rockso frees himself.
Babayega being controlled here, momentarily.
Babayega trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rockso scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rockso passes Babayega's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rockso takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rockso is pressing down on Babayega's thigh, looking to free his foot. Babayega is holding on for now.
Rockso passes to side control.
Rockso fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockso in side control, throwing shots but Babayega defends.
Rockso has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Babayega tries to lock up and control but Rockso gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rockso lands a heavy elbow.
Rockso landing strikes from the mount.
Rockso lands a couple of good shots and Babayega has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Rockso biding his time, controlling Babayega.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockso lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Babayega knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rockso on the ground.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rockso misses with a punch to the head.
Rockso punches Babayega on the ear.
Rockso scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Babayega is looking for a way out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rockso gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Rockso punches Babayega on the ear.
Rockso has Babayega flattened out and is raining down punches.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Rockso controlling the positon.
Rockso connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Babayega to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doctor Rockso dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rockso walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Babayega dips to his left and cracks Rockso with an uppercut!
Rockso takes one on the button.

Rockso clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Babayega creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Babayega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Babayega working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Babayega breaks the clinch.
Rockso shoots and misses
and Babayega counters with a nice uppercut.

Rockso gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Babayega pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babayega scores with a shot to the body.
Rockso closes the distance looking to clinch
and Babayega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babayega lands with a right hand.
Rockso gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Babayega gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Rockso is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Djimon Babayega!
A very excited looking Djimon Babayega made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.