PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Showhey Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Sendoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Showhey Baba has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Baba
vs
Sendoh

206 cm
31
275 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

185 cm
27
245 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ultra Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Showhey Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Sendoh!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baba misses with a body kick.
Sendoh blocks the body kick.
Sendoh wants to clinch.
Sendoh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baba.
Sendoh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baba shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sendoh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Akira Sendoh has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sendoh looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Sendoh connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Baba misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sendoh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Baba.
Sendoh 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.
Sendoh misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Sendoh misses.
Baba swats away the attempt to clinch by Sendoh.
Sendoh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Baba counters with a solid body kick.
Baba cracks the inside of Sendoh's front leg.
Sendoh looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sendoh tries to close the distance and clinch but Baba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baba lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sendoh will feel that in the morning.
Baba throws a head kick that misses.
Baba lands a head kick. Sendoh smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sendoh's sensitive parts.
Sendoh on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Baba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sendoh. That did some damage!
Baba lands a nice looking body kick.
Baba circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Sendoh drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Baba follows Sendoh to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Showhey Baba!
Showhey Baba really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Ultra Fight Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.