PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - I Want It All. Batista Da Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pride Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Washington
vs
Rafael Batista Da Silva

185 cm
23
210 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
208 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Gilop®

Perkele!
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonard Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington misses with a few strikes there.
Washington throws a body punch but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Batista Da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Washington scores a takedown into full mount!
Batista Da Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Washington throwing strikes here but Batista Da Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Washington raining down hammerfists from mount.
Washington trying to control but Batista Da Silva is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Batista Da Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Batista Da Silva tries to lock up and control but Washington gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Batista Da Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Washington.
Washington prevents Batista Da Silva from getting the reversal.
Washington scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Washington there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Batista Da Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Washington throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Washington landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Batista Da Silva?
Batista Da Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Washington.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Washington misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Washington fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Washington 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.
Washington fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Batista Da Silva is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Batista Da Silva! Washington sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Batista Da Silva and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leonard Washington!
Leonard Washington thanked the fans post fight for their support.