PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Babuino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morgan's choice of entrance music: Captain Morgan's Revenge. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Babuino
vs
Morgan

170 cm
19
148 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

160 cm
18
134 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Babuino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Morgan.
Morgan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Babuino.
Morgan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Babuino misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan lands a nice shot that snaps Babuino's head back.
Morgan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Babuino at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babuino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Babuino off balance momentarily.
Babuino wants to clinch.
Babuino fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Babuino with an uppercut!
Babuino swinging wildly here.
Babuino misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Babuino throws a combination that misses
and Morgan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Babuino tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Babuino tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Babuino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters with a stiff right hand.
Babuino tries to clinch but Morgan moves out of range.
Babuino takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Babuino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babuino ducks right into an uppercut from Morgan.
Sergio Babuino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babuino wants to clinch but Morgan slips to the side
and Morgan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Babuino tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Babuino throws a sloppy head kick
and Morgan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Babuino's knee momentarily.
Babuino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Babuino wants to clinch
and Morgan counters with an inside leg kick.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Babuino.
Babuino lands with an uppercut that bounces Morgan off the cage and back into range.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Babuino.
Babuino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters with a nice leg kick.
Babuino takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morgan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Babuino had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Babuino closes the distance looking to clinch
and Morgan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Babuino is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babuino tries to clinch
and Morgan counters with a thumping low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Babuino, right into the meat.
Babuino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Babuino moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Morgan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morgan jabs at Babuino's body.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Babuino is just out of range.
Babuino moves to clinch but Morgan breaks away
and Morgan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babuino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Babuino tries to clinch up.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Babuino clinches up with Morgan and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Babuino on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan lands a shoulder strike.
Morgan tries to work over Babuino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Babuino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Babuino has the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Babuino tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
Babuino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Simon Morgan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Babuino is looking to clinch.
Babuino is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
Babuino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Babuino manages to avoid it.
Morgan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Babuino stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morgan counters with a left to the body.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Simon Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babuino on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body. Babuino takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Babuino rather than just go for the knockout.
Babuino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuino moves in looking to clinch but Morgan pushes him off.
Babuino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Babuino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Babuino's sensitive parts.
Babuino closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side
letting Morgan counter with a right hand.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Babuino rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Babuino keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Babuino has the dominant position.

Babuino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babuino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Babuino looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morgan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Babuinos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Babuino moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.
Babuino has Morgan pressed against the cage, preventing Morgan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Babuino breaks the clinch.
Babuino misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Babuino tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Babuino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan swats away the attempt to clinch by Babuino.

Babuino clinches with his opponent.
Morgan cracks Babuino with a nice body shot.
Babuino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan can't find room to land a body shot as Babuino controls the action.
Morgan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Morgan misses with some punches.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Babuino.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morgan tries to break free but Babuino pushes him back against the cage.
Babuino throws an elbow that misses.
Babuino can't break the clinch.
Morgan tries a body shot but Babuino blocks it.
Babuino missing with knees to the body.
Morgan misses with some punches.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Babuino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babuino fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Babuino looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Babuino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morgan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Babuino.

Babuino moves into range and clinches up with Morgan.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan scores with a head kick.
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!
Babuino takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Morgan lands a jab to Babuino's midsection.
Babuino looks to clinch
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Babuino is looking to clinch.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babuino is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Babuino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Babuino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Babuino's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Morgan thuds a left hand into Babuino's body.
Babuino tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morgan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Babuino doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Morgan scores with a body shot.
Morgan stuns Babuino with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Babuino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
Babuino is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.

Babuino pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Babuino tries to land knees in the clinch but Morgan avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Babuino throws an elbow but misses.
Morgan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Babuino.
Good body shot from Morgan.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Babuino controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuino misses with a knee to the head.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Babuino.
Babuino throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Morgan.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Babuino's elbow.
Babuino creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Babuino avoiding damage.
Babuino pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Babuino prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Babuino lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Babuino breaks the clinch.
Morgan keeps the fight on the outside.
That kick from Morgan tenderised Babuino's leg. Babuino is trying to keep his angry face on.
Babuino throws a combination that misses
and Morgan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Babuino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babuino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Babuino rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan can't find room to land a body shot as Babuino controls the action.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan taking a breather.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Babuino throws an elbow that misses.
Babuino struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Morgan.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
Babuino throws an elbow but it misses.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babuino lands a left hand.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Babuino lands an elbow inside that Morgan shrugs off.
Babuino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Babuino as Morgan tries to tie him up.
Babuino blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Babuino prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Morgan working aggressively here.
Babuino pushes off an throws an elbow but Morgan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Babuino has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
With the fighters up against the cage, Babuino throws an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Morgan.
Morgan is leaning against Babuino and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Babuino looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Babuino struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Morgan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sergio Babuino has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babuino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Babuino avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
Babuino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morgan.
Sergio Babuino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Babuino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Morgan stalling in the clinch but Babuino improves position.
Morgan can't break the clinch.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Morgan avoids the elbow strike from Babuino, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babuino lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Babuino.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Babuino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morgan avoiding damage as Babuino throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Babuino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morgan avoids it.
Babuino stalls.
Babuino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sergio Babuino.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Morgan!
Our winner, Simon Morgan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.