PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Rauha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abula Babu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauha comes to the cage accompanied by Age of Aquarius. Pasi Rauha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rauha
vs
Babu

180 cm
23
200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pasi Rauha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abula Babu!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babu misses with a looping right.

Rauha scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Babu manages to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rauha scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rauha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Babu's head.
Rauha trying to control from half guard but Babu is working away.
Babu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Babu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rauha postures up.
Rauha trying to control the position from guard on top but Babu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rauha throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Babu is keeping the position for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Rauha closes the distance and clinches.

Rauha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abula Babu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babu missing with a left hand there. Rauha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Rauha shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rauha was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Babu is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Babu is working to get back to half guard.
Babu gets back to half guard.
Babu is trying to control but can't.
Babu moves into full guard.

Babu looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rauha passes into half guard.
Babu wants to sweep but Rauha has passed to side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauha lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Babu down.
Rauha working the ground and pound.
Rauha tries to score with some ground and pound. Babu controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rauha wants to control but Babu is keeping him busy.
Babu trying to control but Rauha flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Rauha landing with strikes.
Rauha controls the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rauha not allowing Babu to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babu is taking damage to the body and head.
Rauha wants to control but Babu is keeping busy.
Babu breaks Rauha's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Rauha pulls Babu in close to prevent any damage.
Rauha keeping moving, preventing Babu from controlling successfully.
Rauha has his hands on Babu's head, controlling the position.
Babu trying to control but Rauha is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Rauha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A right-left combo lands from Babu.

It looks like Pasi Rauha has been cut.
Babu misses with a straight right.
Babu tries for a takedown but Rauha circles away easily

and Rauha counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rauha.
Babu looking for a sweep. Not yet Babu, not yet.

Babu throws his legs up looking for a submission but Rauha uses it to pass to side control.
Babu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha grinds an elbow into Babu's temple.
Babu is breathing heavily.
Rauha avoids the strikes from the bottom by Babu.

Rauha has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rauha staying out of range there.
Babu misses with an uppercut.
Babu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Babu misses its intended target.
Rauha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Babu pinned against the cage. Babu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rauha ducks under a wild hook from Babu.

Rauha clinches up against the cage.

Rauha breaks from the clinch.
Rauha slips a jab and a cross from Babu.
Rauha changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Babu tries to avoid it but Rauha manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Babu to the ground. Babu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Babu misses with a double jab

and Rauha counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rauha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babu keeping moving, preventing Rauha from controlling successfully.
Babu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rauha is one step ahead there.
Babu is trying to hold Rauha in close to prevent damage but Rauha has managed to pass into half guard.
Babu trying to get back to full guard but Rauha takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rauha trying to control but he's not successful this time.

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.
Babu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Babu really wants to buck Rauha off and get back to his feet.
Babu can't escape the position.
Pasi Rauha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rauha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Babu is squirming around, avoiding Rauha's attempts to control the action.
Rauha unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Rauha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pasi Rauha's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rauha looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Babu!
Rauha prevents Babu from getting the reversal.
Babu manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Rauha tries to pass the half guard into mount. Babu knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rauha prevents Babu from improving his position.
Rauha winds up and cracks Babu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Babu wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Babu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Babu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rauha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rauha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Babu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rauha trying to control the action but Babu is working from the bottom.
Rauha with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rauha working Babu over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rauha sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Babu defending well though.
Rauha is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Rauha decides to stand and escape the position.
Rauha ducks under a wild hook from Babu.
Babu misses with a straight right.
Babu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Babu throws a nice looking combination but Rauha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Rauha lands an impressive looking overhand right. Babu doesn't seem phased though.

Rauha clinches up with Babu and pushes him back against the cage.
Rauha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Babu backwards.
Rauha lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Rauha.
Rauha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Rauha breaks the clinch.
Rauha misses with a takedown attempt - Babu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Rauha drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Babu will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauha is stalling in the full guard.
Rauha being controlled here momentarily.
Rauha working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rauha wants to control from the top but Babu keeps moving.
Babu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Rauha clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Pasi Rauha's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rauha scores a takedown into full mount!
Rauha lands a nice shot to the head.
Babu is working to get back to half guard.
Rauha trying to control but Babu is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Rauha there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha trying to control but Babu is having none of it.
Babu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rauha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rauha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rauha with a couple of short strikes.
Babu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Babu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Babu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babu throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rauha. What's that going to do exactly?
Rauha working Babu over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rauha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Babu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rauha takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Babu is desperately trying to improve his position but Rauha has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Rauha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Babu slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rauha lands strikes from half guard.
Rauha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rauha is controlling the pace.
Rauha passes to full mount!
Rauha trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Babu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rauha lands a big elbow.
Rauha controlling the pace for now.
Babu is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Rauha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Rauha had his way with Abula Babu in that round.
The cut man is working on Pasi Rauha's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Babu moves out of range as Rauha strikes.

Rauha gets the takedown into side control.

Babu throws Rauha to one side and escapes!
Pasi Rauha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rauha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Babu counter with a right hand.
Rauha misses with a combination

and Babu counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babu passes Rauha's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babu wants to pass to mount but Rauha is defending the position.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nice strikes from Babu there.
Rauha is looking to improve his position.
Rauha controlling the position well.
Babu is thwarting Rauha's attempts to control the position.

That's two 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.
Rauha slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Babu stopping the sweep attempt from Rauha.
Rauha is working hard here to advance position.
Babu looking to pass the guard.
Babu wants to control from the top but Rauha keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauha looking for a sweep. Not yet Rauha, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Babu throws a series of punches but Rauha moves out of range.
Rauha ducks under a wild hook from Babu.
Babu tries to clinch

and Rauha counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Babu!
Abula Babu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauha unloading with bombs!
Babu is squirming around, avoiding Rauha's attempts to control the action.
Rauha with shots to the head and body - Babu looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rauha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Babu's face.
Babu regains half guard.

Babu looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Babu taking some punishment here, with Rauha in his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abula Babu.
I think Rauha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 49:46
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pasi Rauha!
Pasi Rauha retains his middleweight title!