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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Babakov (ranked 860 p4p, 114 weight class) and Fray Bentos (ranked 1033 p4p, 130 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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154 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergei Babakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fray Bentos!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babakov swings for the body but Bentos moves out of range.
Bentos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bentos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Babakov.
Babakov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bentos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Sergei Babakov has been cut.
Babakov misses with a straight left.
Babakov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babakov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bentos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Babakov misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babakov misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Bentos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bentos or perhaps it was just good defense by Babakov, which made it look bad.
Babakov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bentos throws out a counter right but Babakov avoids it with no problem.
Bentos swats away the attempt to clinch by Babakov.
Bentos only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babakov throws a right hand that Bentos ducks under and follows up with a left that Bentos also avoids with ease.
Nice defenses there by Babakov.
Bentos throws an overhand right that lands on Babakov's shoulder, as Babakov tries to avoid the shot.
Babakov slips under a jab.
Babakov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Babakov moves into range and clinches up with Bentos.
Babakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bentos can't get the takedown.
Bentos blocking some punches.
Bentos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Babakov up against the cage.
Babakov throws a head punch that misses.
Bentos throws a head punch that misses.
Bentos slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babakov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bentos backwards.
I was talking to Babakov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Babakov.
Babakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bentos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Bentos.
Babakov struggles to land a body shot inside as Bentos controls his hands.
Bentos blocks a body shot from Babakov.
Babakov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Babakov works on Bentos's body with a couple of short punches.
Babakov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bentos's elbow.
Bentos lands with a right to the head.
Bentos blocks an uppercut.
Babakov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bentos blocks an uppercut.
Bentos has a couple of punches blocked by Babakov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babakov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bentos's elbow.
Bentos leaning against his opponent.
Bentos throws a head punch that misses.
Bentos prevents a body shot from Babakov.
Babakov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bentoss head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bentos.
Bentos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Bentos.
Bentos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bentos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Babakov is looking to clinch but Bentos is avoiding it.
Bentos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Babakov stuffs the takedown.
Sergei Babakov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fray Bentos.
Bentos needs to keep his hands up - Babakov had a free shot at his head there.
Babakov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bentos with the counter takedown but Babakov avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick from Bentos misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Babakov checks a leg kick.
Babakov checks a leg kick.
Babakov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Babakov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babakov doesn't manage to clinch there - Bentos circles away.
Babakov lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Babakov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bentos.
Babakov misses with a straight right.
Babakov tries to clinch up but Bentos circles away and keeps his distance.
Bentos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Babakov rushes Bentos and presses him up against the cage.
Babakov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Babakov.
Bentos throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Babakov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergei Babakov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Babakov misses with the combination.
Bentos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bentos scores with a jab to the body.
Babakov tries to clinch
and Bentos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bentos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Babakov is looking to clinch.
Babakov looks to clinch
and Bentos counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bentos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Babakov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bentos can do to turn this around?
Bentos throwing shots but Babakov is blocking nicely.
Bentos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babakov tries to roll over but Bentos keeps him under control.
Bentos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bentos wants to take a breather but Babakov is having none of it.
Bentos looks to land a strike but Babakov avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Babakov keeping moving, preventing Bentos from controlling successfully.
Bentos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bentos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bentos's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bentos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Babakov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bentos on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bentos throws a big right hand that misses.
Bentos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bentos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Babakov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Babakov tries to clinch up.
Bentos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Babakov tries to clinch there but Bentos circles away.
Babakov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bentos can pounce on him.
Sergei Babakov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Babakov. Bentos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Babakov wants to clinch.
Babakov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babakov looks to clinch
and Bentos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bentos in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babakov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Babakov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bentos.
Bentos trying to control but Babakov is working from the bottom.
Babakov seems keen to control Bentos's posture.
Bentos wants to control from the top but Babakov keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentos is looking to work some ground and pound but Babakov has wrist control.
Bentos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babakov keeping moving, preventing Bentos from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sergei Babakov is winning the standup battle so far.
Babakov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bentos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babakov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot by Babakov.
Babakov tries to close the distance and clinch but Bentos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bentos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bentos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Babakov tries to clinch there but Bentos circles away.
Babakov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice jab there from Bentos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babakov misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fray Bentos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sergei Babakov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bentos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babakov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babakov lands with a good body shot.
Babakov tries to clinch but Bentos moves out of range.
Bentos feints the counter takedown.
Babakov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bentos with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Babakov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Babakov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bentos takes one to the side of the head.
Bentos tries to land a leg kick but Babakov saw it coming and moves away.
Babakov misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babakov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bentos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Babakov lands a jab.
Bentos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Babakov forces Bentos back against the cage and clinches.
Babakov tries to throw a body punch but Bentos avoids it by throwing Babakov back against the cage.
Bentos misses with some punches.
Babakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Bentos.
Bentos blocking some punches.
Bentos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Babakov on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Bentos.
Babakov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bentos's elbow.
Bentos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sergei Babakov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bentos avoiding damage.
Babakov has a couple of punches blocked by Bentos.
Bentos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bentos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Babakov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bentos tries to score a body lock takedown but Babakov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bentos lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babakov lands a nice uppercut.
Babakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bentos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentos prevents a body shot from Babakov.
Bentos blocks a body shot from Babakov.
Babakov throws a head punch that misses.
Babakov lands a body shot in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Bentos.
A short left from Babakov.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Babakov.
Babakov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bentos's elbow.
Babakov swings wildly with an uppercut but Bentos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Babakov lands with a left to the head.
Babakov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bentos blocks a body shot from Babakov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentos lands a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bentos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bentos stopping the sweep attempt from Babakov.
Bentos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bentos trying to control but Babakov is working from the bottom.
Babakov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bentos throws a strike but Babakov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Babakov slips nicely into half guard.
Bentos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Babakov is working away from the top position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Babakov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Babakov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Babakov!
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RATING
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