PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doppo Orochi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista Da Silva kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pride Theme. Doppo Orochi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Rafael Batista Da Silva
vs
Orochi

186 cm
30
208 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

188 cm
29
216 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Hellbent

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Doppo Orochi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orochi punishes Batista Da Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Orochi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Batista Da Silva is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Batista Da Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Batista Da Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Orochi gets an underhook and turns Batista Da Silva into the cage.
Batista Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Orochi misses with a punch to the body.
Batista Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Batista Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orochi blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Orochi trying to land knees to the body.
Batista Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Orochi blocks it.
Orochi misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Orochi.
Batista Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Orochi manages to break the clinch.
Orochi connects with a single shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista Da Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Orochi counters with a good low kick that Batista Da Silva was not able to check.
Batista Da Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi scores with a leg kick.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orochi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Batista Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva throws a front kick aimed at Orochi's knee but Orochi avoids it well.
Batista Da Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orochi manages to avoid it.
Orochi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Batista Da Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Orochi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Batista Da Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orochi - the referee stops the clock and Batista Da Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orochi. Batista Da Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Orochi lands a jab to Batista Da Silva's midsection.
Orochi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Batista Da Silva throws a leg kick but Orochi checks it.
Orochi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Batista Da Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orochi just misses with a punch to the body.
Orochi blocks the body kick.
Batista Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Orochi.
Orochi avoids a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Orochi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Batista Da Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Batista Da Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Orochi throws a push kick but Batista Da Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Orochi throws a sloppy head kick and Batista Da Silva moves out of range easily.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Batista Da Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Batista Da Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Orochi counters with a low kick, right behind Batista Da Silva 's knee.
Orochi's corner calls for a 1-2. Orochi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Orochi lands a head shot.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook
and Orochi counters with a nice body kick.
Batista Da Silva is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva misses with a left hand
enabling Orochi to counter with a crisp jab.
Batista Da Silva catches Orochi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Batista Da Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Orochi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Orochi misses with a low kick as Batista Da Silva jumps back.
Batista Da Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Batista Da Silva misses its intended target.
Batista Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Orochi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Batista Da Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Orochi scores with a sloppy right hand. Batista Da Silva should have avoided that one.
Orochi connects with a crisp jab.
Orochi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Batista Da Silva. That did some damage!
Orochi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Batista Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orochi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Batista Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Orochi throws a low kick but Batista Da Silva avoids it.
Batista Da Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Orochi tries to land a leg kick but Batista Da Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Orochi moves away from the strike by Batista Da Silva.
Orochi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orochi moves away.
Orochi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Orochi misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Orochis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Orochi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Batista Da Silva throws a combination that misses
and Orochi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Batista Da Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Orochi counters with a left to the body.
Orochi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orochi. Batista Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Orochi scores with a jab.
Batista Da Silva looks to throw the jab but Orochi is out of range.
Orochi scores with a body shot.
Batista Da Silva looks to land a body kick but Orochi moved away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orochi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Orochi misses the shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Batista Da Silva blocks a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A head kick misses from Orochi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Batista Da Silva gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Batista Da Silva throws a hook but Orochi blocks it.
Batista Da Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Orochi.
Orochi thows a leg kick but Batista Da Silva checks it
and Batista Da Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Orochi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Batista Da Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Batista Da Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orochi moves in looking to clinch but Batista Da Silva pushes him off.
Batista Da Silva misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Orochi clinches up with Batista Da Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Orochi tries to land a knee to the head but Batista Da Silva blocks with his arms.
Orochi misses with a punch to the body.
Batista Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Orochi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batista Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Orochi blocks it.
Orochi lands a shoulder strike.
Orochi missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Orochi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Batista Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Batista Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
Orochi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Batista Da Silva avoids it.
Batista Da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orochi can't find room to land a body shot as Batista Da Silva controls the action.
Orochi misses with a body punch.
Orochi lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Orochi.
Orochi pushes Batista Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Batista Da Silva fails to land.
Batista Da Silva trying to stall but Orochi improves his position.
Orochi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Orochi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Batista Da Silva avoids it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Orochi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Batista Da Silva landing knees to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Orochi is working Batista Da Silva over against the cage.
Orochi tries to work over Batista Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Orochi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orochi lands a knee to the head.
Orochi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Doppo Orochi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Batista Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Orochi controls his hands.
Orochi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Orochi manages to break the clinch.
Batista Da Silva throws a leg kick but Orochi checks it.

Orochi cracks Batista Da Silva with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Orochi has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Batista Da Silva to stand back up!

Batista Da Silva is rocked!
Batista Da Silva throws a jab when Orochi was well out of range.
Oh Batista Da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Orochi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Batista Da Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Orochi.
Orochi throws a lazy head kick
and Batista Da Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Batista Da Silva seems to have got his legs back now.

Batista Da Silva gets tackled into the cage by Orochi. Orochi maintains the clinch.
Good body shot from Orochi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doppo Orochi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Batista Da Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Orochi cracks Batista Da Silva with a hook to the temple - Batista Da Silva is on wobbly legs here! Orochi swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Batista Da Silva falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Orochi wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Doppo Orochi!
A relieved looking Doppo Orochi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.