PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazna Futzchag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Futzchag comes to the cage accompanied by Dione . Batista comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kazna Futzchag had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Futzchag
vs
Batista

190 cm
22
178 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
192 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

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Brawler
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kazna Futzchag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcos Batista!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Batista manages to break the clinch.
Futzchag shoots in but no luck this time.
Batista takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Futzchag throws a head kick that misses.
Futzchag blocks a head kick by Batista.

Futzchag clinches up with Batista and pushes him back against the cage.

Batista pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Futzchag throws a series of punches but Batista moves out of range.
Futzchag tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Batista swivels and escapes.
Batista misses with a double jab.
Futzchag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Futzchag uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista.
Futzchag tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Batista paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Batista thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marcos Batista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Futzchag 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.
Batista bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Futzchag's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Futzchag shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Batista defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazna Futzchag. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Batista rushes Futzchag and presses him up against the cage.
Batista lands a shot to the body.
Futzchag wants a takedown but no success here.

Batista pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch but Futzchag swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Batista stalks Futzchag and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Futzchag's face. Futzchag staggers backwards, shaken.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batista keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Futzchag gets a clinch.
Batista tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Batista gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Futzchag jumps guard but Batista stands there with Futzchag around his waist. Futzchag gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Futzchag tries to score a body lock takedown but Batista shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Batista is trying to break the clinch but Futzchag is controlling him.
Batista can't break the clinch.
Batista is looking to break free of the clinch but Futzchag has double underhooks.

Batista breaks the clinch.
Marcos Batista is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Futzchag closes the distance and clinches up with Batista, looking for a takedown. Futzchag pushes Batista against the cage but Batista circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Futzchag throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Batista lands a high kick!

Futzchag scores with a takedown into Batista's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futzchag is looking to work some ground and pound but Batista has wrist control.
Batista wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Futzchag working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Futzchag throwing strikes but missing.

Futzchag drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Batista manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Futzchag has Batista in his guard.
Batista passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futzchag is being controlled here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The strikes coming from Batista are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
An elbow from Batista crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Batista dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Batista gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Batista manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Futzchag manages to get himself to full guard.
Futzchag working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Batista.
Batista lands a couple of digs.
Batista controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Futzchag is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista wants to control from the top but Futzchag keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Marcos Batista.
Batista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Batista stuns Futzchag with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Futzchag with a lazy takedown attempt
and Batista counters with a left to the body.
Batista is looking to score with low kicks.
Kazna Futzchag is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Batista lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marcos Batista seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Futzchag moves in looking to clinch but Batista pushes him off.
Batista looks to land a combination but Futzchag avoids it well.
Batista misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista missing with a left hand there. Futzchag was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista throws a nice looking combination but Futzchag bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Batista scores with a push kick.
Futzchag slips a jab and a cross from Batista.
Futzchag fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Batista ducks under a wild hook from Futzchag.
Batista fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Batista misses the shot to the body.
Futzchag showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Batista.
Futzchag throws out a leg kick but Batista moves out of range and Futzchag only half commits.
Futzchag wants to clinch.
A clash of legs there as Batista blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista misses with a wild combination.
Batista tries to clinch up but Futzchag circles away and keeps his distance.
Futzchag fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazna Futzchag. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Futzchag shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Batista sprawls well. Batista wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Futzchag gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab from Batista finds it's way through Futzchag's defenses.
Nice sprawl there from Batista as Futzchag shoots in.
Futzchag shoots in for a takedown but Batista shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Batista.
Futzchag blocks a head kick by Batista.
Batista throws a shot to the body.
Batista fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Batista has Futzchag up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Futzchag tries for a takedown but Batista manages to get underhooks.

Batista's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Batista is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista stalks Futzchag and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Futzchag's face. Futzchag staggers backwards, shaken.
Batista lands a really nice looking cross but Futzchag seems unphased.
Futzchag closes this distance looking for a takedown but Batista circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Batista looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Futzchag doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Batista tries to clinch there but Futzchag circles away.
Futzchag showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Batista.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Batista showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Batista doesn't manage to clinch there - Futzchag circles away.

Batista rushes Futzchag and presses him up against the cage.
Batista is trying to break free.

Futzchag breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Batista misses with a jab, cross combination.
Batista pushes Futzchag away with a front kick.
Batista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Batista misses with a wild body shot.
Batista misses with a jab to the body
and Futzchag counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Futzchag works over Batista's head and body with a nice combination.
Batista tries to close the distance and clinch up but Futzchag swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batista throws a right hand that Futzchag ducks under and follows up with a left that Futzchag also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Batista.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Batista.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Futzchag checks it well.
Batista misses with a leg kick
and Futzchag counters with a one-two to the body.
Futzchag shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Batista pinned against the cage. Batista gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Batista lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Batista.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batista wants to land a leg kick but Futzchag is out of range.
Batista throws a combination that misses
and Futzchag counters with a body kick.
Batista tried to score with a low kick but Futzchag checks it.
Batista has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Batista lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batista swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Futzchag swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Batista.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Batista misses.
Futzchag tries to close the distance and clinch but Batista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Batista moves in looking to clinch but Futzchag pushes him off.
Futzchag misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Batista has taken the fight to the clinch.
Batista misses with a knee to the head.
Batista wants to break free but Futzchag has control.
Batista has a couple of punches blocked by Futzchag.
Batista gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Futzchag.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazna Futzchag. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Batista escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futzchag tries to clinch up.
Batista misses with a hook. Futzchag ducked under it nicely.

Batista closes the distance and clinches.
Futzchag wants a takedown.

Batista escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Batista is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Batista lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Futzchag at a distance.
Batista is looking to chop away at Futzchag's legs.
Batista cracks Futzchag with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Futzchag looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Batista tries to bum rush Futzchag with a series of wild strikes but Futzchag uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Futzchag fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Batista throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futzchag has a takedown stuffed.
Kazna Futzchag has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcos Batista is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Futzchag wants to clinch up but Batista keeps it at a distance.
Batista wants to clinch up but Futzchag keeps it at a distance.
Batista's jab looks to have found its range, popping Futzchag under the eye.
Batista lands a front kick.
Batista just misses with a punch to the body.

Batista clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Futzchag drops down looking for an ankle pick but Batista pulls his leg out and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Futzchag avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Batista throws a combination. Futzchag tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Batista comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Batista has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Batista!
Post fight, an emotional Marcos Batista said 'I'm baaaaack! Thanks to Sergio and my teammates at Sardonic for helping me prepare for this fight. Thanks also to my sponsor GR Design. I can't wait to come back and do this again!'.