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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Babidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jan Pope is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lorenzo Babidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jan Pope!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babidi misses with a wild body shot.
Babidi throws a leg kick which misses Pope's front leg but catches the back leg as Pope tries to avoid it.
Babidi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice combination there by Babidi.
It looks like Jan Pope has been cut.
Pope's coach down at Bonsai Club MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pope's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Babidi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pope is rocked!
Babidi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babidi misses with a shot to the body
and Pope cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Babidi checks the leg kick.
Pope lands a nice shot that snaps Babidi's head back.
Pope tries to bum rush Babidi with a series of wild strikes but Babidi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babidi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pope is still on wobbly legs! Can Babidi finish him?
Babidi 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.
Babidi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pope avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pope seems to have recovered his senses.
A punch combination from Pope misses.
Babidi cracks Pope with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Pope looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Babidi finish him?
A solid leg kick lands there for Babidi.
Pope misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Babidi cracks Pope with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pope looks to throw the jab but Babidi is out of range.
Babidi tries to clinch up but Pope circles away and keeps his distance.
Pope swats away the attempt to clinch by Babidi.
Pope throws the left hand but Babidi avoids the punch easily.
Babidi misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pope! But no joy.
Babidi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pope counters with a nice leg kick.
Babidi just misses with a punch to the body.
Babidi takes one on the button.
Lorenzo Babidi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babidi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Babidi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pope cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pope blocks the body kick.
Pope tries to keep at a distance but Babidi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Babidi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pope blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Babidi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Babidi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Babidi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Babidi.
Babidi throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babidi.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Babidi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Babidi misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Babidi.
Babidi trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pope.
Babidi working aggressively here.
Babidi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Babidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Pope.
Pope misses with some punches.
Pope lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Babidi or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pope.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babidi lands a right hand.
Babidi misses with a punch on the inside.
Pope blocks an elbow strike.
Pope misses with a knee strike.
Pope lands with a left to the head.
Babidi misses with a punch to the body.
Pope has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Babidi misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pope.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Babidi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pope's brow.
Pope throws a punch but it's blocked by Babidi.
Babidi misses with an elbow strike.
Pope throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Babidis head.
Pope takes an elbow to the temple.
Babidi throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Babidi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pope.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pope misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babidi misses with a knee strike.
Pope scores with a shoulder strike.
Babidi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pope lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Babidi backwards.
Babidi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Pope on the inside.
Pope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Babidi throws an elbow but it misses.
Pope has a couple of punches blocked by Babidi.
Babidi tries to land knees in the clinch but Pope avoids the damage to the body.
Babidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Pope.
A shot in the inside from Babidi.
Pope lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pope trying to stall but Babidi improves his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Pope scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pope softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pope lands a shoulder strike.
Pope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Babidi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Babidi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jan Pope's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pope takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Babidi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Babidi misses with a body kick.
Pope looks to score with a jab to the body but Babidi is just out of range.
Babidi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Babidi.
Babidi throws a head kick but Pope moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Babidi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pope is looking to chop away at Babidi's legs.
Babidi appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Babidi walks into a left hand.
Babidi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pope manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Babidi cracks a nice hook into Pope's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babidi scores with a one two! Pope had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Babidi throws a big shot that misses.
Babidi moves out of range as Pope strikes.
Babidi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pope sprawls and moves away.
Babidi gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pope avoids a wild elbow strike from Babidi.
Babidi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pope can do to turn this around?
Babidi lands with a short shot to the head.
Lorenzo Babidi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Babidi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babidi managing to block the knees to the body from Pope.
Pope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Babidi avoids it.
Babidi lands with a left to the head.
Pope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Babidi lands a nice elbow.
Babidi misses with a knee strike.
Babidi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pope.
Nice elbow from Babidi.
Babidi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Babidi gets through Pope's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babidi misses with a knee to the head.
Babidi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Babidi swings wildly with an uppercut but Pope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pope throws a head punch that misses.
Babidi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Babidi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Babidi throws a head punch that misses.
Babidi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Jan Pope's cut even more.
Babidi misses with a knee strike.
Babidi misses with some punches.
Babidi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pope misses with the head strike.
Babidi avoiding damage as Pope throws knees to the body.
Babidi scores with a knee to the head.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babidi is defending well for now.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Pope avoiding damage as Babidi throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Babidi fails to land.
Pope with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pope breaks from the clinch.
Pope tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babidi was well out of range. Poor timing from Pope.
Babidi takes a swing at Pope's ribcage but misses.
Babidi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pope is out of range.
Babidi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pope.
Pope throws out a counter right but Babidi avoids it with no problem.
Babidi is looking to clinch.
Pope missing with a left hand there. Babidi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pope cracks Babidi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Babidi. That snapped Pope's head back.
Babidi throws a body kick that misses
and Pope cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pope misses with a straight right.
Babidi throws a lazy uppercut
and Pope counters with a stiff right hand.
Babidi darts in and clinches Pope up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Pope.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope gets through Babidi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Babidi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pope looking to throw knees to the head but Babidi is blocking nicely.
Pope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Babidi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Pope.
Babidi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pope lands an uppercut.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Pope tries a body shot but Babidi blocks it.
Babidi trying to land knees to the body.
Babidi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pope with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pope lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Babidi backwards.
Pope connects with a nasty looking knee right to Babidi's face.
Babidi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pope working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Babidi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jan Pope's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Babidi slips a jab from Pope.
Pope lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Babidi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pope.
Babidi throws a good cross that connects.
Babidi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lorenzo Babidi is winning the standup battle so far.
Pope lands a nice looking body kick.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Babidi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Babidi cracks Pope with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babidi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pope manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Babidi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babidi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Babidi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pope.
It seemed like Pope was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pope tries to score with a low kick but Babidi moves his leg out of the way.
Babidi scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi tests Pope's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pope throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Babidi pushes Pope away with a front kick.
Babidi moves into range and clinches up with Pope.
Babidi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Babidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Pope.
Babidi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Babidi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babidi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pope.
Babidi looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Babidi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pope pushes Babidi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Babidi managing to block the knees to the body from Pope.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pope.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Babidi.
Jan Pope has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babidi lands a knee to the head.
Babidi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Babidi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Babidi scores with a knee to the head.
Pope misses with a knee to the head.
Babidi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Babidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Babidi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Pope.
Babidi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Babidi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babidi misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pope.
Babidi pushes off an throws an elbow but Pope leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Pope.
A short right from Pope on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Babidi avoids the damage to the body.
Pope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pope looking to throw knees to the head but Babidi is blocking nicely.
Babidi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pope lands a knee to the body.
Babidi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babidi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Babidi misses with some punches.
Babidi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Babidi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Babidi.
Babidi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Babidi.
Babidi takes a shot to the head.
Babidi misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babidi misses with an elbow over the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babidi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lorenzo Babidi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Babidi misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pope missing with knees to the body.
Pope with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pope blocking some punches.
Babidi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pope blocks it with crossed arms.
Pope throws a head punch that misses.
Babidi misses with a knee to the head.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babidi is defending well for now.
Pope takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Babidi throws an elbow but it misses.
Pope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Babidi.
Babidi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pope misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lorenzo Babidi.
Well Babidi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Babidi!
Lorenzo Babidi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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