PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabiano Abreu Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Abreu Da Silva
vs
Batista

200 cm
26
255 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

191 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

RMC - $ 11 Shorts!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabiano Abreu Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Batista!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista slips a jab and a cross from Da Silva.
Da Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Batista throws a nice looking combination but Da Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Batista doesn't manage to clinch there - Da Silva circles away.
Da Silva cracks Batista with a good jab.
Batista tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Da Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Batista does no damage.

Batista closes the distance and clinches.
Da Silva wants to break free but Batista has control.

Batista breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva connects with a right hand. Batista shakes it off.
Da Silva fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch lands to the side of Da Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Fabiano Abreu Da Silva has been cut.
Diego Batista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batista throws a series of punches but Da Silva moves out of range.
Batista throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Da Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Batista throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Batista jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Batista throws a series of punches but Da Silva moves out of range.
A jab from Da Silva misses.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batista needs to keep his hands up - Da Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Batista wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Da Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva tries to bum rush Batista with a series of wild strikes but Batista uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Silva lands with a hook. Batista tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Batista falls off balance throwing a combination
and Da Silva counters with a series of strikes. Batista will be more careful next time no doubt.

Da Silva tries to keep at a distance but Batista has taken the fight into the clinch.
The referee calls for Batista to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batista misses with a body punch.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Batista won't allow it.
Batista has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva prevents a body shot from Batista.
Batista wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista wants to break the clinch but can't.
Batista looking to stall.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Batista has double underhooks.
Batista is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Da Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Batista has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.

Batista manages to break the clinch.
Batista fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Da Silva does no damage.
Da Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Batista's head.
Da Silva feints a jab promting Batista to slip. Da Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Batista slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Batista.
Da Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Batista misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Batista. Those never looked like landing.
Da Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Batista misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batista misses with a jab, cross combination.
Da Silva slips under a jab from Batista.
Batista looks to throw the jab but Da Silva is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Batista dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabiano Abreu Da Silva's cut.
That's time! Da Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Batista throws a big shot that misses.
Diego Batista seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch combination from Batista misses.
Da Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Batista's hands.
Da Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A left and a right from Da Silva both land. Nice combination.
Batista misses with a few strikes there.
Da Silva slips a jab from Batista.
Batista tries to clinch but Da Silva moves away
and Da Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Da Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Batista throws a hook but Da Silva avoids it easily.
Batista is looking to clinch but Da Silva is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Silva defending well as Batista loads up on a big left hand.
Fabiano Abreu Da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Da Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Batista moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice combination there by Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Batista misses.
Batista swinging wildly here.
Da Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Da Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Da Silva throws a right and a left that Batista avoids nicely.
Batista tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Da Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Batista finds it's way through Da Silva's defenses.
Batista tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Batista rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Batista misses with a hook.
Batista might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Batista darts in and clinches Da Silva up against the cage.
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!
Da Silva avoiding damage as Batista throws knees to the body.

Batista breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Batista, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Batista tries to bum rush Da Silva with a series of wild strikes but Da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Batista is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Silva scores with a hook.
Batista takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A combination from Batista does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Batista.
Da Silva throws a right hand that Batista ducks under and follows up with a left that Batista also avoids with ease.
Batista tries to clinch up but Da Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Batista showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Da Silva.
Batista moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Fabiano Abreu Da Silva's cut is getting worse.
Da Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Da Silva does no damage.

Batista moves into the clinch successfully.

Batista manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva dodges the punch combination from Batista.
Batista lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab lands there for Da Silva.
Da Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Da Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Batista misses with a wild combination.
Batista misses with a few strikes there.
Da Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Da Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Batista showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fabiano Abreu Da Silva's cut.
That's time! Da Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Batista swinging wildly here.
Batista misses with a jab to the body
and Da Silva counters with a left to the body.
Da Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Batista lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Fabiano Abreu Da Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Da Silva looks to land a combination but Batista avoids it well.
Batista fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Da Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good standup being displayed there by Da Silva as he connects with a hook.
Batista is looking to clinch.
Batista throws a right and a left that both miss.
Batista throws an overhand right that lands on Da Silva's shoulder, as Da Silva tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Batista wants to clinch up but Da Silva keeps it at a distance.
Batista moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Batista moves in looking to clinch but Da Silva pushes him off.
A big right from Batista misses.
Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batista throws a right hand that Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Batista looks to land a combination but Da Silva avoids it well.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batista fails in his attempt to clinch.
Batista misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista takes a jab right on the kisser.
Da Silva throws a right and a left that Batista avoids nicely.
Da Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Batista fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Batista does no damage.
Batista thows a body shot but no joy.
Batista takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Da Silva misses with the combination.
Batista takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Batista doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batista has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Batista fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Batista stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No joy there for Batista, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Batista tries to clinch up
and Da Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Da Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Batista wants to clinch up but Da Silva keeps it at a distance.
Batista is looking to clinch.
Batista throws a series of punches but Da Silva avoids them all with ease.
Da Silva misses with a wild combination.
Da Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Jeez, Fabiano Abreu Da Silva's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fabiano Abreu Da Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Diego Batista!