PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cesar Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Babuino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's My Life. This should be fireworks!

Silva
vs
Babuino

164 cm
20
139 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
18
144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Babuino!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Babuino dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Babuino throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Babuino wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Babuino won't allow it.
Babuino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babuino slows down the pace here.
Silva avoiding damage as Babuino throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Babuino throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Babuino is controlling the position.
Babuino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Babuino gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Babuino has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to break free but Babuino has control.

Babuino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babuino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Cesar Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Babuino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Babuino scores with a head kick.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Babuino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babuino can't get the takedown.
Silva avoiding damage as Babuino throws knees to the body.
Babuino has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cesar Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Babuino.
Babuino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Babuino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Babuino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babuino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is trying to break free.
Babuino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Babuino looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Babuino trying to land knees to the body.
Babuino has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Babuino tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Babuino is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Babuino has double underhooks.

Babuino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Babuino throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babuino throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Babuino looks gassed!
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Babuino circles away quickly and effectively.
Sergio Babuino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Babuino is controlling him.
Babuino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Babuino just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Babuino throws an elbow but misses.

Babuino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva is trying to push Babuino away but Babuino has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Babuino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Babuino stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Babuino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Silva gets a clinch.
Babuino trying to land knees to the body.
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!
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Babuino won't allow it.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Babuino has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Babuino has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Babuino tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Babuino throws an elbow but it misses.
Babuino tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Babuino dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.

It looks like Sergio Babuino has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Silva blocks a head kick by Babuino.
Babuino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Babuino has a takedown stuffed.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Babuino throws a half hearted mid kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Babuino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babuino throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva leaves Babuino with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Babuino lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Babuino circles away quickly and effectively.
Cesar Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Babuino thumps Silva with a low kick.

Babuino scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Babuino wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Babuino thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Babuino throws a strike but Silva avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Babuino accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Babuino landing some decent shots from guard.
Babuino throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babuino trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Babuino throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babuino throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babuino throws a big elbow that misses.
Babuino in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Babuino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Babuino.
Babuino is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Babuino postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Babuino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Babuino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to control.
Babuino throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babuino throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Babuino throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Babuino.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Babuino from controlling successfully.
Babuino loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Babuino throws a big right hand that misses.
Babuino with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babuino throwing strikes but missing.
Babuino distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Babuino throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babuino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babuino missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Babuino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Babuino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sergio Babuino'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. This is the final round!

Babuino has managed to clinch.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Babuino won't allow it.
Babuino lands a knee to the body.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Babuino has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Babuino.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Babuino tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Babuino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Babuino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babuino scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sergio Babuino seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Babuino.
Cesar Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Babuino.
Babuino throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Babuino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Babuino closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Babuino pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuino dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Babuino thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Babuino goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Babuino.
Babuino misses with a wild body shot.
Babuino lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Babuino throws a nice head kick!
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Babuino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Babuino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Babuino throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Babuino throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Babuino throws a right and a left that both miss.
Babuino slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Babuino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Babuino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babuino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Babuino misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Babuino scores with a head kick.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Babuino pressing his opponent against the cage.

Babuino breaks from the clinch.

Silva rushes Babuino and presses him up against the cage.
Babuino wants to take the fight to the mat but Silva manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Babuino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Babuino has a takedown stuffed.
Sergio Babuino is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Babuino throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Babuino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Babuino on that attempt.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Babuino throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babuino throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cesar Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Babuino circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Babuino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Babuino 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Babuino!
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