PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rey Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautista's entrance music is Ladies and Gentlemen. A fine choice. Darwin has chosen You're Going Down - Sick Puppies as his entrance music. The key to victory for Rey Bautista has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bautista
vs
Darwin

170 cm
23
158 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

164 cm
25
164 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rey Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Victor Darwin!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bautista moves away.
Darwin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Darwin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bautista connects with a good right hand that stumbles Darwin. Darwin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bautista lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Darwin throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Bautista.
Darwin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Darwin misses with a looping left.
Bautista fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darwin manages to avoid it.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Bautista counters with a straight right hand.
Darwin dodges the punch combination from Bautista.
Darwin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Victor Darwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darwin throws a leg kick but Bautista sees it coming and moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Bautista scores with a four punch combination!
Darwin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Darwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bautista counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bautista connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Darwin misses with a shot to the body
and Bautista counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bautista moves in looking to clinch but Darwin pushes him off.
Bautista lands a jab-cross combination.
Darwin throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Bautista to counter with a crisp jab.
Darwin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab from Bautista.
Darwin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bautista counters with a series of strikes. Darwin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Darwin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bautista uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darwin.
Jab by Darwin.
Darwin misses with a combination
and Bautista counters with a straight right hand.
Darwin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bautista rather than just go for the knockout.
Bautista stalks Darwin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Darwin's face. Darwin staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice uppercut lands for Bautista. That snapped Darwin's head back.
Bautista connects with a looping right hand.
Darwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Bautista moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Darwin momentarily.
Bautista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darwin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darwin misses the shot to the body.
Bautista takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Darwin misses with an uppercut
and Bautista counters with a two punch combo.
Darwin misses with an uppercut
and Darwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darwin throws a right hand that misses
and Bautista counters with a nice body shot.
Bautista fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Darwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bautista counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Bautista cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darwin throws a right hand that misses
and Bautista counters with a right hand to the body.
Darwin throws a leg kick but Bautista moved away.
Bautista scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darwin misses with a body shot
and Bautista counters with a right hand to the body.
Darwin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Darwin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bautista counters with a left to the body.
Darwin looks gassed!
Darwin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bautista counters with a stiff right hand.
Bautista lands with a good body shot.
Bautista stuns Darwin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Bautista counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Darwin misses with a right hand
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Darwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bautista makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Darwin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bautista manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bautista is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bautista moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bautista goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bautista connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Bautista counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Darwin misses with a left hand
and Bautista counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice combination there by Bautista.
Bautista closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Darwin misses the body punch
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Darwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Darwin misses with a shot to the body
and Darwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bautista darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista tests Darwin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bautista displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Darwin throws out a leg kick but Bautista moves out of range and Darwin only half commits.
Bautista throws a one two combo.
Darwin misses with a left hand
and Bautista counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darwin throws an off balance right hand
and Bautista connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bautista darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Darwin misses with a right hand
and Bautista counters with a straight right hand.
Darwin misses the body punch
and Bautista counters with a straight right hand.
Darwin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Darwin lands a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darwin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Darwin misses the body punch
and Bautista counters with a left and a right that stings Darwin.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Darwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bautista counters with a left to the body.
Bautista throws a combination. Darwin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey Bautista dominated that round.
That's time! Bautista's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Darwin misses with a low kick as Bautista jumps back.
Bautista fails in his attempt to clinch.
Darwin misses with an uppercut
and Bautista connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bautista rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Darwin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Darwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bautista counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Darwin takes the fight into the clinch.
Bautista is looking to break free of the clinch but Darwin has double underhooks.
Bautista fails to pull guard.
Bautista tries a body shot but Darwin blocks it.
Bautista trying to stall but Darwin improves his position.
Darwin digs a right hand into Bautista's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bautista's gas tank.
Darwin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bautista backwards.
Darwin prevents Bautista from breaking the clinch.

Darwin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rey Bautista is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bautista lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darwin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Darwin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darwin misses with a shot to the body
and Bautista counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bautista counters with a left to the body.
Darwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Darwin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bautista cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darwin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bautista counters with a series of strikes. Darwin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bautista avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Darwin is breathing heavily.
Darwin misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Bautista to counter with a crisp jab.
Rey Bautista is winning the standup battle so far.
Darwin throws a right hand that misses
and Bautista counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Darwin thinking.
Bautista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Darwin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Darwin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bautista counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bautista dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Bautista. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bautista.
Darwin throws an off balance right hand
and Darwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bautista shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Darwin eats them both and turns towards Bautista to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bautista throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista scores with a crisp jab that stopped Darwin in his tracks.
Nice body punch from Darwin.
Darwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Bautista counters with a series of strikes. Darwin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Darwin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Darwin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bautista lands a two punch combo.
Darwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Bautista counters with a stiff right hand.
Darwin misses with a lunging right hand
and Bautista counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bautista lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Darwin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bautista paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darwin lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bautista scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darwin misses with a right hand
and Bautista counters with a two punch combo.
Darwin misses with a lunging right hand
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Darwin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Darwin throws an off balance right hand
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bautista counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darwin misses with a jab to the body
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Darwin tries to clinch up but Bautista circles away and keeps his distance.
Bautista scores with a crisp jab that stopped Darwin in his tracks.
Darwin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bautista.
Darwin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Bautista counters with a three punch combo that has Darwin backing up. Darwin nods at Bautista to acknowledge the strikes.
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Darwin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bautista counters with a straight right hand.
Darwin cracks Bautista with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bautista swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bautista lands with a nice combination. Darwin backs away looking to recover.
Darwin misses with an uppercut
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Darwin misses with an uppercut
and Bautista counters with a one-two to the body.
Bautista connects with a jab.
Bautista takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista throws a series of punches but Darwin avoids them all with ease.
Bautista scores with a hook.
Darwin looks to clinch
and Bautista counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bautista fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Darwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bautista counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darwin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bautista fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bautista avoids the body shot from Darwin.
Sloppy strikes from Darwin. Those never looked like landing.
Darwin throws an off balance right hand
and Bautista cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darwin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bautista lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darwin throws a right hand that misses
and Bautista counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darwin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bautista counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bautista scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Darwin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey Bautista dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Darwin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bautista finds it's way round the side to connect with Darwin's head.
Darwin throws a right hand that misses
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bautista darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bautista counters with a stiff right hand.
Bautista lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bautista's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bautista duly obliges.
Bautista tries to clinch but Darwin is having none of it.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Bautista counters with a two punch combo.
Bautista throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darwin.
Darwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Good exchange - Bautista coming out on top.
Bautista jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bautista shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Darwin eats them both and turns towards Bautista to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bautista lands with an overhand left.
Darwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Bautista ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Darwin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Darwin scores with a hook to the body. Bautista takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bautista.
Darwin wants to clinch up but Bautista keeps it at a distance.
Darwin misses with a body shot
and Bautista counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Darwin swings widly with a right hand
and Bautista connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darwin misses with a left hand
and Bautista counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Darwin thinking.
Darwin walks into a stiff left hand from Bautista.
Darwin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bautista misses with a few strikes there.
Bautista is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bautista looks to land a combination. Darwin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bautista tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darwin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Darwin misses the body punch
and Darwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darwin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A shot to the liver by Bautista. Beautiful body shot.

Darwin clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista is trying to stall.
Bautista wants a takedown but no success here.
Darwin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Bautista's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darwin cracks Bautista with a nice body shot.
Darwin prevents a body shot from Bautista.

Darwin breaks the clinch.
Darwin misses with a hook
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Darwin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bautista counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Darwin misses with a wild body shot.
Bautista is looking to clinch.
Darwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bautista cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bautista lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bautista lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Darwin throws a right hand that misses
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Darwin misses with a lunging right hand
and Darwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darwin misses with a left hand
and Bautista counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Darwin thinking.
Darwin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bautista counters with a nice body shot.
Bautista's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bautista duly obliges.
Darwin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
Bautista connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Darwin's hands.
A right-left combo lands from Bautista.
A right-left combo lands from Bautista.
Darwin swings widly with a right hand
and Bautista counters with a stiff right hand.
Bautista lands a nice hook to Darwin's body. Darwin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bautista jabs Darwin right on the nose. Darwin blinks but takes it well.
Bautista jabs Darwin right on the nose. Darwin blinks but takes it well.
Darwin dodges the punch combination from Bautista.
Victor Darwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bautista to score with a decent uppercut.
Bautista scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rey Bautista is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bautista moves in looking to clinch but Darwin pushes him off.
Darwin looks to land a body kick but Bautista moved away.
Darwin scores with a hook to the body. Bautista takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darwin misses with a left hand
and Bautista cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bautista tests Darwin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darwin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bautista scores with a sloppy right hand. Darwin should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darwin throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Bautista as he connects with a hook.
Darwin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bautista connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bautista with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rey Bautista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bautista, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rey Bautista!