PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Albabba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albabba comes into the arena with DJ Snake - Get Low blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Albabba
vs
Hunt

181 cm
27
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

211 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khalid Albabba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michal Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt moves to clinch but Albabba breaks away

and Albabba counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Albabba postures up.
Albabba is pushing down on Hunt's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hunt is fighting to maintain full guard but Albabba has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hunt is looking to improve his position.
Albabba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Hunt actively working from the bottom here.
Hunt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Albabba performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
We've been hearing that Albabba has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Albabba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hunt with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Albabba landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt taking some punishment here, with Albabba in his half guard.
Albabba is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Albabba wants to work for an arm triangle but Hunt is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Albabba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hunt with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Albabba takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Albabba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Albabba stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hunt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Albabba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Albabba looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Albabba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Albabba controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albabba seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Albabba slows the pace down in half guard.
Hunt trying to control but Albabba postures up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Albabba landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Albabba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Albabba works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hunt looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Albabba looking to control and managing it successfully.
Albabba postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hunt looks a forlorn figure.
Hunt is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Albabba controlling his opponent.
Albabba landing strikes, looking to finish!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Albabba controlling the pace for now.
Albabba raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khalid Albabba dominated that round.
That's time! Albabba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Albabba shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Albabba showed some decent athleticism there.
Hunt trying to hold on to Albabba's head to control him but Albabba postures up.
Albabba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunt can do to turn this around?
Albabba seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albabba scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albabba is nestled in close to Hunt, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Albabba drops an elbow to the side of Hunt's head.
Albabba controlling the action here.
Hunt is looking for a sweep. Albabba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Well, if Albabba is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Albabba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Albabba content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Albabba drops an elbow to the side of Hunt's head.
Albabba landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Albabba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Albabba trying to control the pace.
Albabba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albabba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Albabba controlling the pace.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Hunt has hold of Albabba's hands but Albabba slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hunt is trying to control but can't.
Albabba working over Hunt with some ground and pound. Hunt looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Albabba passes to full mount!
Albabba takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hunt in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albabba connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Albabba controlling the pace for now.
Albabba lands a couple of good shots and Hunt has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Hunt is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Albabba is working the ground and pound. Can Hunt escape?
Albabba biding his time, looking for the opening.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Albabba lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Albabba.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khalid Albabba dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hunt closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Khalid Albabba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Albabba holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Albabba is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Albabba controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Albabba slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hunt trying to control but Albabba is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albabba managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albabba looking for a sweep. Not yet Albabba, not yet.
Albabba wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Albabba gets the takedown into side control.
Hunt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Albabba connects with a decent elbow.
Albabba working the ground and pound.
Hunt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Albabba cracks Hunt with a big elbow.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Albabba tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albabba works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hunt takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Albabba is chipping away with strikes.
Albabba looks up at the clock and then as Hunt takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Albabba smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Albabba lands an elbow.
Albabba controlling from side mount.
Albabba has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hunt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albabba raining down shots from the mount!
Albabba controlling from mount.
Albabba pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Albabba sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Albabba lands a big shot there that rocks Hunt but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Albabba content just to control the position here.
Albabba looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Khalid Albabba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albabba takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Albabba lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Albabba controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Michal Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Khalid Albabba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Albabba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalid Albabba!
Khalid Albabba was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.