PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Pearce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Batista could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adam Pearce's chin.

Batista
vs
Pearce

195 cm
27
290 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
295 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dave Batista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adam Pearce!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista lands a leg kick that knocks Pearce off balance momentarily.
Batista keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pearce looks gassed!

Batista looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista is looking to advance position but Pearce won't allow it.
Batista missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pearce can do anything to dispel that myth.
Batista thows a huge punch but Pearce dodges it nicely.
Batista looks to land a strike but Pearce avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Batista has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Batista trying to control but Pearce is working from the bottom.
Pearce utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Batista lands a couple of digs.
Batista postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Batista throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Batista has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pearce is proving hard to escape from.
Batista postures up in Pearce's guard and throws a big left but Pearce blocks it.
Pearce controlling the position.
Batista in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Batista throws a strike but Pearce rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Batista throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Batista looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pearce pushes down on Batista's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Batista is trying to stand back up but Pearce is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pearce tries to pass the half guard into mount. Batista knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Batista moves into full guard.
Batista looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pearce puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Batista tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Pearce has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Batista is looking to improve his position but Pearce isn't that keen on the idea.
Pearce looking to control but Batista is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Batista throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Pearce tries to control but Batista wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista is looking to improve his position but Pearce isn't that keen on the idea.
Batista knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pearce on the ground.
Pearce wants to control the pace but Batista is squirming around nicely.
Batista is desperately trying to improve his position but Pearce has a good base and remains in mount.

Pearce is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Batista to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Batista shrugs it off.
Pearce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Batista?
Batista tries to reverse the position but Pearce maintains control.
Pearce unloading with bombs!
Pearce controlling from mount.
Pearce landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearce fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pearce prevents Batista from getting the reversal.
Pearce trying to control but Batista is having none of it.
Pearce prevents Batista from getting the reversal.
Batista is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pearce with shots to the head and body - Batista looks very uncomfortable down there.
Batista tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Batista regains half guard.
Batista landing small, sideways elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Batista dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pearce shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pearce passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Batista!
Batista flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Pearce punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pearce can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Batista is looking to escape.
Adam Pearce has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pearce landing strikes from the mount.
Batista is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pearce landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pearce cracks Batista with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Batista flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Batista swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Pearce is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Batista is surviving well by controlling Pearce's body position as best he can.
Pearce looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Batista really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pearce trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pearce landing shots from mount.
Batista in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pearce scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista tries to hold on but Pearce postures up.
Pearce trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Pearce wants to finish this one by submission but Batista is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pearce.
Pearce lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Batista hang on?
Pearce working the ground and pound effectively.
Pearce can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Batista is looking to escape.
Pearce cracks Batista with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearce landing strikes, looking to finish!
Batista is desperately trying to improve his position but Pearce has a good base and remains in mount.
Batista throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Pearce trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pearce dominating with strikes here.
Pearce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Batista?
Batista keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Batista is bucking up trying to escape but Pearce cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pearce trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Batista working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearce raining down shots from the mount!
Pearce lands a heavy elbow.
Pearce trying to control but Batista is having none of it.
Pearce has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pearce looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Pearce connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Pearce working for a submission but Batista is keeping him at bay.
Batista keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Pearce showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Pearce scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Batista shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pearce pinned against the cage. Pearce gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pearce misses with a takedown attempt
and Batista counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Horrible takedown by Pearce or perhaps it was just good defense by Batista which made him look bad.
Batista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Batista cracks Pearce with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearce fails to land the takedown.
Dave Batista has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Pearce.
Pearce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Batista moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Batista scores with a one two! Pearce had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Batista avoids a punch combination nicely.

Batista is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pearce's half guard.
Pearce keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pearce is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Batista's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Batista's back!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista is in bad spot here.
Batista looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pearce.
Pearce lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Pearce.
Pearce missing with strikes.

Pearce looking for the choke but no joy.
Batista looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pearce.
Pearce scores with punches and elbows.
Batista is covering up but some of the strikes from Pearce are getting through and doing damage.
Pearce trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

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.
Batista is trying to break free.
Pearce is looking to control Batista but Batista is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Batista breaks Pearce's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Batista chips away with some ground and pound.
Pearce is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Batista lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Batista accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Batista trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pearce's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batistais looking to pass into half guard but Pearce pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Pearce is in guard.
Pearce postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Batista thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Batista 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.
Batista keeping moving, preventing Pearce from controlling successfully.
Batista wants to improve his position but instead Pearce has moved into half guard.
Pearce works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Batista working to try and regain half guard.
Pearce takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pearce raining down shots from the mount!
Pearce unloading with bombs!
Pearce has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Batista's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batista throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pearce. What's that going to do exactly?
Pearce prevents Batista from getting the reversal.
Batista throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The referee warns Batista that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Batista showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Batista 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!