PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Afeef Isa Baba (ranked 399 p4p, 413 weight class) and Tyler Wrexham (ranked 59 p4p, 63 weight class). Baba comes into the arena with Nation Arabic Orchestra blaring out of the sound system. Afeef Isa Baba is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Baba
vs
Wrexham

181 cm
41
172
27 - 13 - 2

178 cm
36
174
37 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Urban Fighter

Voodoo Nutrition
Urban Fighter

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 27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Afeef Isa Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Wrexham !
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrexham throws a low kick but it's checked well by Baba.
We've been informed that Wrexham has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Wrexham avoids the head kick by Baba.
Wrexham misses with a hook
and Baba finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Wrexham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wrexham throws a body shot but no joy.
Wrexham blocks the body kick.
Tyler Wrexham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wrexham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wrexham 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baba under the eye.
Baba ducks right into an uppercut from Wrexham .
Wrexham lands a nice hook to Baba's body. Baba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wrexham throws a chopping leg kick but Baba manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Baba moves away from the strike by Wrexham .
Wrexham misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Wrexham is predictable there
and Baba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wrexham cracks Baba with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wrexham lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Baba has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Baba and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jab by Wrexham .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wrexham .
Wrexham lands a right hook to the body.
Wrexham lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baba throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Baba looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A lazy left from Wrexham finds it's target.
Baba takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baba misses with a kick to the body.
Baba takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wrexham throws a body shot but no joy.
Baba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Wrexham . Those never looked like landing.
Wrexham connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baba momentarily.

Wrexham forces Baba back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wrexham working aggressively here.
Baba can't find room to land a body shot as Wrexham controls the action.
Baba prevents a body shot from Wrexham .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Baba on the inside.
Baba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baba working aggressively here.
Baba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wrexham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baba.
Wrexham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wrexham tries a body shot but Baba blocks it.
Wrexham lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wrexham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Baba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wrexham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wrexham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wrexham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baba tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wrexham 's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baba.
Wrexham digs a right hand underneath Baba's ribcage. Baba let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Baba lands a shot to the body.
Wrexham lands with a light punch inside.
Baba misses with a body punch.
A short right from Wrexham on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Wrexham fails to land.
Wrexham throws a punch but it's blocked by Baba.
Wrexham gets through Baba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wrexham tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Wrexham .
Baba is working Wrexham over against the cage.
Wrexham tries a body shot but Baba blocks it.

Wrexham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wrexham digs a good body shot into Baba's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wrexham scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wrexham .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham throws a poor cross that misses
and Baba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wrexham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baba manages to avoid it.
Baba sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Baba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baba takes a swing at Wrexham 's ribcage but misses.
Wrexham connects with a solid leg kick.
Baba stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wrexham .
Baba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wrexham throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Baba checks a leg kick.
And Baba counters with a quick kick to the body but Wrexham blocks it.
Wrexham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baba looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Wrexham jabs Baba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut there from Wrexham .
Wrexham tries to close the distance and clinch but Baba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Baba wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Baba digs a good body shot into Wrexham 's ribs.
Wrexham throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Wrexham dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wrexham throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Wrexham finds it's way through Baba's defenses.
Baba takes one to the chin there.
Wrexham scores with a jab to the body.
Wrexham misses with a hook to the body
and Baba counters with a head kick.
Baba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wrexham misses with a double jab.
Baba takes one on the button.
Wrexham loads up on a big right hand but Baba slips the punch.
Wrexham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wrexham tries to clinch but Baba is having none of it.
Wrexham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baba was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrexham .
A little feinted left hand from Baba on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baba lands with a nice body kick.
Baba closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baba plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wrexham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baba was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrexham .
Baba thinks about countering with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrexham throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wrexham comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baba throws the left hand but Wrexham avoids the punch easily.
Baba is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wrexham .
Wrexham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baba moves away.
Baba ducks under a wild hook from Wrexham .
Baba is looking to counter punch.
Baba takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wrexham moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Baba is looking to land body kicks.
Baba moves out of range of the strikes.
Wrexham misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Wrexham there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wrexham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wrexham throws a wild body kick that Baba sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wrexham looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Baba throws the kick towards the body but Wrexham avoids it.
Baba avoids the body shot from Wrexham .
Wrexham throws a low kick but it's checked well by Baba.
Baba slips under a jab from Wrexham .
Wrexham bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baba's head.
Wrexham misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Baba keeps Wrexham at a distance using the push kick.
Wrexham is breathing heavily.
Baba lands with a cross.
Wrexham throws a nice looking combination but Baba bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wrexham throws a lazy uppercut
and Baba counters with a nice uppercut.
Baba moves out of range of the strikes.
Wrexham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Wrexham does no damage.
Wrexham jabs at Baba's body.
Wrexham throws a half hearted mid kick.
A jab from Wrexham misses.
Wrexham with the inside leg kick.
Tyler Wrexham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wrexham connects with a body shot that sends Baba's belly button to the back.
Wrexham throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Baba on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baba ducks under a wild hook from Wrexham .
Wrexham swinging wildly here.
A big right from Wrexham misses.
Wrexham avoids a kick to the body.
Wrexham thows a leg kick but Baba checks it
and Wrexham takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wrexham blocks a leg kick.
Baba swings for the body but Wrexham moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wrexham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Wrexham !
Wrexham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrexham . Baba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wrexham tests Baba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wrexham moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Baba throws a body shot but no joy.
Wrexham connects with the punch.
Wrexham throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wrexham tries to close the distance and clinch but Baba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baba looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wrexham misses with a hook
and Baba counters with a stiff right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Baba.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Wrexham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Wrexham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wrexham slips a jab and a cross from Baba.
Baba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wrexham lands with an uppercut that bounces Baba off the cage and back into range.
Wrexham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baba was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrexham .
Baba throws a wild body kick that Wrexham sees coming a mile off.
Wrexham connects with the punch.
Wrexham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wrexham throws a jab but it's blocked by Baba.
Wrexham throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrexham swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
Wrexham throws a combination that misses
and Baba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wrexham lands with an overhand left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wrexham . That's going to slow Baba down.
Wrexham takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrexham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Baba was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wrexham .
Baba slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Wrexham is rocked!
Wrexham avoids the head kick by Baba.
Wrexham is still on wobbly legs! Can Baba finish him?
Wrexham looks to throw a body kick
and Baba counters with a nice body shot.
Wrexham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wrexham swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Baba moves away from the strike by Wrexham .
Baba weaves into range and cracks Wrexham right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Wrexham goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Baba is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Afeef Isa Baba!
A very excited looking Afeef Isa Baba 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.