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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gendut Babi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Ribiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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140 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gendut Babi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Ribiero!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Babi wants it to stay on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Babi. Those never looked like landing.
Ribiero defending well as Babi loads up on a big left hand.
Babi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ribiero eats them both and turns towards Babi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Babi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ribiero will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Babi fails to land the takedown.
Babi leaves Ribiero with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gendut Babi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Ribiero.
Babi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ribiero shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Babi pinned against the ropes. Babi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Babi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribiero fails with the takedown.
Babi throws a series of strikes that have Ribiero backpedaling.
Ribiero shoots in but Babi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ribiero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Babi but Babi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Babi throws a jab when Ribiero was well out of range.
Ribiero closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Babi wants to improve his position but Ribiero is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Babi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero preventing the sweep.
Babi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Babi is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babi works over Ribiero with some ground and pound from guard.
Babi throws a big elbow that misses.
Ribiero is looking for a triangle but Babi pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ribiero is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ribiero has his feet on Babi's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ribiero swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Babi.
Ribiero on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Babi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Babi prevents Ribiero from getting back to his feet.
Ribiero looking for a guillotine here but Babi defends easily.
Ribiero is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Babi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ribiero wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Babi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ribiero working for a triangle but Babi defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Babi trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribiero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babi cracks Ribiero with a solid left hand.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babi passes Ribiero's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Babi winds up and cracks Ribiero with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gendut Babi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Babi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ribiero counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ribiero.
Babi wants to sweep here but Ribiero controlling him for the moment.
Babi thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ribiero slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Babi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ribiero throws a strike but Babi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ribiero trying to keep a closed guard but Babi is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Babi won't allow Ribiero to get back to his feet.
Babi throws an elbow that misses. Ribiero uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Babi's guard. Nice move by Ribiero!
Babi wants to sweep but no luck.
Babi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ribiero defends it easily.
Babi thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ribiero's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Babi wants to hit a switch here but Ribiero passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Babi there!
Babi is looking to get to half guard.
Ribiero manages to capitalize on a mistake by Babi to take his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero is trying to control but Babi is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Ribiero tries to control but Babi wriggling away.
Ribiero controlling from the full mount.
Babi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ribiero jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Babi manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ribiero lands an elbow.
Gendut Babi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ribiero is trying to control. Babi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
It looks like Ribiero is going to stand back up.
Ribiero wants to control but Babi is keeping him busy.
Babi wants to get back to full guard but Ribiero has mounted him!
Babi regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babi tries to get to full guard but Ribiero has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paul Ribiero will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Babi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Babi lands the left hand.
Babi fails to land the takedown.
Ribiero doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Babi counters with a one-two to the body.
Ribiero is looking to clinch but Babi is avoiding it.
Paul Ribiero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Babi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ribiero gets back to half guard.
Ribiero blocking the ground and pound attempt from Babi.
Ribiero trying to control here.
Ribiero gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribiero is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ribiero looking to hit a scissor sweep but Babi is one step ahead there.
Babi connects with a couple of short punches.
Babi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ribiero throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ribiero controls Babi momentarily but Babi frees himself.
Ribiero keeping moving, preventing Babi from controlling successfully.
Babi works over Ribiero with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babi preventing the sweep.
Babi works over Ribiero with some ground and pound from guard.
Babi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Babi throws a big right hand that misses.
Babi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Babi throws a big elbow that misses.
Babi wants to control from the top but Ribiero keeps moving.
Babi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ribiero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Babi's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribiero stays in close to Babi's body and controls the position.
Ribiero stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Babi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero wants to control from the top but Babi keeps moving.
Babi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Babi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Babi working a defensive guard here.
Ribiero looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ribiero wants to control from the top but Babi keeps moving.
Babi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ribiero manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ribiero manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Babi manages to get himself to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gendut Babi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Babi 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gendut Babi!
Our winner, Gendut Babi, 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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