PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 1830 p4p, 1568 weight class) and Drax Bautista (ranked 237 p4p, 205 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Drax Bautista was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Misahawa
vs
Bautista

183 cm
34
210
14 - 15 - 1

190 cm
29
209
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 14 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenichi Misahawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drax Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misahawa misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Misahawa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Misahawa checks a leg kick.
Bautista doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bautista scores with a push kick.
Bautista moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bautista dips to his left and cracks Misahawa with an uppercut!
Misahawa dodges the punch combination from Bautista.
Bautista pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Misahawa throws a body kick that misses
and Bautista counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bautista looks to land a right hand but Misahawa moved out of range.
Misahawa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bautista.
Bautista counters with a body kick.
Misahawa throws a hook but Bautista avoids it easily.
Bautista looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bautista has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Misahawa throws a body shot but no joy.
Misahawa moves out of range of the strikes.
Misahawa walks into a stiff left hand from Bautista.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Misahawa.
Bautista blocks a head kick by Misahawa.
Misahawa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bautista counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Misahawa misses the shot to the body.
Bautista only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Misahawa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bautista throws a body shot but no joy.
Bautista looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bautista misses with a body kick.
Bautista keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Misahawa.
Misahawa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Misahawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Misahawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bautista throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Misahawa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bautista.
Bautista catches Misahawa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bautista throws a lazy body kick
and Misahawa counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bautista connects with a jab.
Misahawa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bautista.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.
Misahawa is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Misahawa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bautista.
A combination from Bautista does no damage.
A quick step to the side and Misahawa tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Misahawa swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Bautista to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Kenichi Misahawa has been cut.
Misahawa slips under a jab.
Bautista misses with a kick to the body.
Misahawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Misahawa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bautista uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Misahawa.
Bautista bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Misahawa's head.
Misahawa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Drax Bautista has been cut.
Bautista throws the kick towards the body but Misahawa avoids it.
Misahawa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misahawa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bautista. That one must have hurt.
Misahawa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bautista.
Misahawa misses with a body shot.
Misahawa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bautista.
Bautista loads up on a big right hand but Misahawa slips the punch.
Bautista gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Misahawa counters with a straight right hand.
Misahawa throws a chopping leg kick but Bautista manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bautista lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Misahawa throws a sloppy head kick and Bautista moves out of range easily.
Misahawa throws a head kick that misses.
Misahawa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bautista is able to avoid easily.
Misahawa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Misahawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Misahawa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bautista.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista lands with an overhand left.
Misahawa ducks under a wild hook from Bautista.
Bautista connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bautista throws a leg kick
and Misahawa counters with a nice body kick.
Misahawa throws a sloppy body shot
and Bautista counters with a stiff right hand.
Misahawa is looking to wear down Bautista with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bautista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Misahawa misses with a lunging right hand
and Bautista counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Misahawa is rocked!
Misahawa blocks the body kick.
Oh Misahawa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Misahawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Misahawa seems to have got his legs back now.
Bautista catches Misahawa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Misahawa takes one to the side of the head.
Misahawa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick from Bautista.
Misahawa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bautista fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Misahawa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Misahawa throws a nice looking combination but Bautista bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Drax Bautista dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Misahawa swings for the body but Bautista moves out of range.
Misahawa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bautista.
Bautista explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Misahawa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bautista moves out of range of the body kick from Misahawa.
Bautista fakes the leg kick and cracks Misahawa in the body.
Misahawa gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Bautista gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Misahawa is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drax Bautista!
A very excited looking Drax Bautista rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.