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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kim Babbitt (ranked 1708 p4p, 211 weight class) and Simon Budimon (ranked 1360 p4p, 177 weight class). Simon Budimon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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186 lbs
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184 lbs
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kim Babbitt !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Budimon!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babbitt misses the shot to the body.
Babbitt loads up on a big right hand but Budimon slips the punch.
Budimon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Budimon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Babbitt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Budimon explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Babbitt .
Budimon misses with a looping right.
Babbitt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Simon Budimon has been cut.
Budimon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Babbitt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Budimon manages to avoid it.
Budimon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Budimon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Babbitt throws a hook but Budimon avoids it easily.
Babbitt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Babbitt .
It seemed like Budimon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Babbitt throws a leg kick but Budimon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Babbitt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Budimon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budimon keeps the fight on the outside.
Budimon is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Babbitt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Babbitt has managed to clinch.
Budimon pushes Babbitt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Budimon tries to throw a body punch but Babbitt avoids it by throwing Budimon back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Babbitt as the two fighters clinch.
Babbitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Budimon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Budimon scores with a shot to the side of Babbitt 's head.
Babbitt pushes off an throws an elbow but Budimon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Babbitt blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Babbitt throws an elbow but misses.
Budimon avoids the elbow strike from Babbitt , against the cage.
Budimon can't find room to land a body shot as Babbitt controls the action.
Babbitt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Babbitt lands an uppercut.
Babbitt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babbitt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Babbitt pushes off an throws an elbow but Budimon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Budimon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Babbitt backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babbitt takes a shot to the head.
Budimon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Budimon misses with a punch to the body.
Budimon has a couple of punches blocked by Babbitt .
Budimon can't find room to land a body shot as Babbitt controls the action.
Budimon blocks a body shot from Babbitt .
Babbitt lands a nice uppercut.
Babbitt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
I was talking to Babbitt 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Babbitt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Budimon's elbow.
Budimon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Budimon can't find room to land a body shot as Babbitt controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babbitt .
Babbitt scores with a shoulder strike.
Budimon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Babbitt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Budimon lands a shot to the body.
Budimon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Babbitt 's elbow.
Babbitt prevents a body shot from Budimon.
Budimon misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babbitt misses with a body punch.
Babbitt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Budimon.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Babbitt .
Babbitt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Budimon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Babbitt pushes off an throws an elbow but Budimon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Budimon breaks the clinch.
Nice body kick from Babbitt .
Babbitt ducks under a wild hook from Budimon.
Babbitt misses with a body punch
and Budimon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Budimon checks a leg kick.
Babbitt lands a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Babbitt .
A lazy left from Budimon finds it's target.
Budimon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Babbitt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Budimon can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babbitt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Budimon counters with an outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budimon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Budimon throws a body punch but Babbitt moves out of range.
A lazy left from Budimon finds it's target.
Babbitt misses with a looping left.
Budimon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
An inside leg kick from Babbitt misses.
A head kick by Budimon misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Babbitt throws a body punch but Budimon moves out of range.
Babbitt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Budimon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Babbitt 's knee momentarily.
Babbitt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Budimon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Budimon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babbitt moves away.
Babbitt lands a glancing blow to the side of Budimon's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Budimon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Babbitt .
Babbitt sizes up Budimon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Budimon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Babbitt .
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Budimon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kim Babbitt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Simon Budimon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Budimon throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Budimon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Budimon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babbitt .
Babbitt looks to land a right hand but Budimon moved out of range.
Budimon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Budimon moves out of range of the body kick.
Budimon throws a head kick that misses.
Babbitt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Budimon throws an overhand right that lands on Babbitt 's shoulder, as Babbitt tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Babbitt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Budimon misses with a straight left.
Babbitt half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jab, jab by Budimon - just one landing.
Babbitt slips a straight right by Budimon.
Babbitt wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Babbitt moves forwards but Budimon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babbitt lands a leg kick that knocks Budimon off balance momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Budimon.
Budimon throws a chopping leg kick but Babbitt manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Babbitt tries to clinch but Budimon moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budimon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbitt fakes the leg kick and cracks Budimon in the body.
Babbitt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Budimon cracks Babbitt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Babbitt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Budimon.
Babbitt throws the kick towards the body but Budimon avoids it.
Budimon feints a counter leg kick.
Babbitt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Budimon.
A little jabbing left from Budimon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Budimon lands with a right hand.
Babbitt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Babbitt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Budimon if he has to take too many more of those.
Budimon misses with an uppercut
and Babbitt counters with a slapping leg kick.
Babbitt scores with a head kick. Budimon tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Budimon is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babbitt blocks a head kick by Budimon.
Babbitt avoids the head kick by Budimon.
Babbitt connects with the punch.
Budimon is still on wobbly legs! Can Babbitt finish him?
Babbitt throws an overhand right that drops Budimon like a sack of potatoes! Babbitt dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kim Babbitt !
A victorious Kim Babbitt thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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