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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Carter Jose De La Cus (ranked 4823 p4p, 235 weight class) and Joseph Babidi (ranked 17870 p4p, 339 weight class). Jose De La Cus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Veils - Lavinia. Joseph Babidi told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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139 lbs
17 - 14 - 3 |
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145 lbs
7 - 2 - 1 |
Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Carter Jose De La Cus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Babidi!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babidi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jose De La Cus throws a right hand that misses
and Babidi counters with a left to the body.
Jose De La Cus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Babidi. Babidi obviously looking to wear him down.
Jose De La Cus definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
No joy there for Jose De La Cus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Babidi moves away from the strike by Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus throws a right hand that Babidi ducks under and follows up with a left that Babidi also avoids with ease.
Babidi works Jose De La Cus's body with a nice hook.
Babidi cracks Jose De La Cus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
It looks like Carter Jose De La Cus has been cut.
Jose De La Cus misses with a double jab
and Babidi counters with an outside leg kick.
Babidi throws a sloppy head kick and Jose De La Cus moves out of range easily.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babidi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babidi scores with a leg kick.
Babidi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jose De La Cus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babidi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jose De La Cus moves away.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danga de danga de dang - Jose De La Cus scores with a four punch combination!
Babidi scores with a hook to the body. Jose De La Cus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jose De La Cus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jose De La Cus misses with a two punch combination.
Jose De La Cus throws a series of punches but Babidi avoids them all with ease.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that Babidi avoids nicely.
Babidi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jose De La Cus moves away.
Babidi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jose De La Cus manages to avoid it.
Jose De La Cus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babidi.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
Babidi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jose De La Cus.
Babidi scores with a jab.
Jose De La Cus swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babidi looks to score with a jab to the body but Jose De La Cus is just out of range.
Babidi scores with a jab. Jose De La Cus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jose De La Cus misses with a series of wild punches.
Jose De La Cus blocks a jab.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that Babidi avoids nicely.
Babidi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jose De La Cus was well out of range. Poor timing from Babidi.
As Babidi looks to move away, Jose De La Cus throws a big counter combo but Babidi just gets out of the way.
Babidi forces Jose De La Cus back against the ropes and clinches.
Babidi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jose De La Cus working hard to break the clinch.
Babidi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Babidi taking a breather.
Jose De La Cus tries to circle away but Babidi has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Babidi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carter Jose De La Cus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A jab from Babidi does it's job there.
Babidi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jose De La Cus rather than just go for the knockout.
A big right from Jose De La Cus misses.
A punch combination from Jose De La Cus misses.
Babidi throws a leg kick but Jose De La Cus sees it coming and moves out of range.
Babidi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Babidi slips under a jab.
Carter Jose De La Cus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Babidi misses with a wild body shot.
Jose De La Cus misses with a two punch combination.
Jose De La Cus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Jose De La Cus misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babidi lands with a nice body kick.
Babidi cracks Jose De La Cus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Babidi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jose De La Cus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joseph Babidi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babidi misses with a hook
and Jose De La Cus counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Babidi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi throws a body kick that misses.
Babidi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Babidi throws a wild body kick that Jose De La Cus sees coming a mile off.
Babidi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jose De La Cus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jose De La Cus misses with a double jab.
Babidi misses with an uppercut.
Jose De La Cus throws an overhand right that lands on Babidi's shoulder, as Babidi tries to avoid the shot.
Babidi clinches up against the ropes.
Babidi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Babidi throws an elbow but misses.
Babidi throws an elbow but it misses.
Babidi lands with a left to the head.
Babidi lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babidi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Babidi throws an elbow but it misses.
Babidi tries to throw a body punch but Jose De La Cus avoids it by throwing Babidi back against the ropes.
Babidi tries to work over Jose De La Cus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Babidi lands an elbow that stopped Jose De La Cus in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Babidi.
Babidi slowing the pace effectively.
Babidi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short right from Babidi on the inside.
Babidi lands a nice shot to the body.
Babidi can't find room to land a body shot as Jose De La Cus controls the action.
Babidi avoiding damage.
Babidi misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Babidi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carter Jose De La Cus's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Babidi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
Babidi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Babidi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Babidi.
Jose De La Cus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babidi counters with a low kick, right behind Jose De La Cus 's knee.
Babidi scores with a hook to the body. Jose De La Cus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jose De La Cus swinging wildly here.
Babidi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jose De La Cus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Babidi.
Jose De La Cus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babidi.
Babidi just misses with a punch to the body.
Jose De La Cus takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jose De La Cus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babidi digs a good hook to Jose De La Cus's body.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but Babidi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Babidi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus misses with a wild combination.
Carter Jose De La Cus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Babidi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Babidi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jose De La Cus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Jose De La Cus misses.
A little jabbing left from Babidi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Babidi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jose De La Cus at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Babidi throws a jab but it's blocked by Jose De La Cus.
Babidi throws a low kick, looking for Jose De La Cus's leg but Jose De La Cus calmly moves out of range.
Jose De La Cus looks to land a left hand but Babidi moved out of range nicely.
Babidi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jose De La Cus was well out of range. Poor timing from Babidi.
Babidi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Babidi misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus walks into a straight right hand from Babidi.
Nice uppercut there from Babidi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babidi scores with a punch to the head.
Jose De La Cus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Jose De La Cus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab lands there for Jose De La Cus.
Babidi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jose De La Cus's sensitive parts.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.
Babidi misses the shot to the body.
Babidi lands a jab to the nose.
Babidi misses with a hook. Jose De La Cus ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Jose De La Cus was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Babidi connects with a body shot.
Jose De La Cus misses with a looping right.
Babidi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Babidi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Babidi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Babidi!
Joseph Babidi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Carter Jose De La Cus had this to say: 'Whatever...'.
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energy
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hype
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