PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Perseus Danae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danae's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Labyrinth - Thunder. Batista Da Silva has chosen Pride Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Danae
vs
Rafael Batista Da Silva

185 cm
30
212 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

186 cm
24
208 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Perseus Danae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danae takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Danae avoids a kick to the body.
Danae throws a head kick but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Danae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batista Da Silva manages to avoid it.
Batista Da Silva cracks Danae with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body kick.
Batista Da Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Danae moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Danae throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danae throws a body punch but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Danae pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danae ducks under a wild hook from Batista Da Silva.
Danae ducks under a wild hook from Batista Da Silva.
Danae misses with an attempted mid kick.
Batista Da Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Danae cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Danae throws a good cross that connects.
Batista Da Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Danae moves out of range of the body kick from Batista Da Silva.
A big right from Danae misses.
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!
Batista Da Silva tries to land a leg kick but Danae saw it coming and moves away.
Batista Da Silva slips under a jab from Danae.
Danae getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva blocks a head kick by Danae.
Batista Da Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danae's sensitive parts.
Danae dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Batista Da Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Danae throws the kick towards the body but Batista Da Silva avoids it.
Danae connects with a body shot.
Batista Da Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danae.
Batista Da Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Danae.
Batista Da Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Danae's calf.
Danae thows a body shot but no joy.
Batista Da Silva slips a jab from Danae.
Batista Da Silva connects with the punch.
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!
A swing and a miss from Danae.
Batista Da Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Batista Da Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Batista Da Silva thuds his right hand into Danae's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danae throws a body punch but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Danae thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Batista Da Silva.
Danae shoots for a takedown but Batista Da Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Batista Da Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Batista Da Silva blocks a head kick by Danae.
That kick from Batista Da Silva tenderised Danae's leg. Danae is trying to keep his angry face on.
Batista Da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Batista Da Silva slips under a jab from Danae.
A big left from Danae misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Batista Da Silva. That's going to slow Danae down.
A swing and a miss from Danae.
Batista Da Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Danae's head backwards.
Danae throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Danae has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Batista Da Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Danae is breathing heavily.
Batista Da Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Batista Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Batista Da Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Danae misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Batista Da Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Perseus Danae has been cut.
Batista Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danae swings wildly with an uppercut but Batista Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Danae.
Batista Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Danae misses with a short punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Danae backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danae lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Danae keeps control of Batista Da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Batista Da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Danae misses with the head strike.
Batista Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batista Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Danae blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Batista Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Danae has the dominant position.
Danae is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Batista Da Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Danae backwards.
A short uppercut from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.
Batista Da Silva misses with some punches.
Danae misses with a hook to the ribs.
Batista Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danae lands with a right to the head.
Danae has a couple of punches blocked by Batista Da Silva.
Danae misses with a punch on the inside.
Danae tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danae working aggressively here.
Batista Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Danae tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danae lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Batista Da Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Batista Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Batista Da Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Batista Da Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Perseus Danae's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Batista Da Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danae. Batista Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danae looks to score with a jab to the body but Batista Da Silva is just out of range.
Batista Da Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Danae checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Batista Da Silva defending well as Danae loads up on a big left hand.
Danae throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Batista Da Silva. Danae does a little dance to reset his feet.
Batista Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danae.
Danae connects with a nice looking jab.
Danae misses with a head kick.
Batista Da Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Danae's calf.
Batista Da Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Danae off balance momentarily.
Batista Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danae.
Jab from Batista Da Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista Da Silva throws a push kick but Danae slaps the foot to one side.
Batista Da Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Danae takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Danae throws a series of punches but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Batista Da Silva.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batista Da Silva manages to avoid it.
Danae is looking to land body kicks.
Batista Da Silva throws a leg kick which misses Danae's front leg but catches the back leg as Danae tries to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva avoids the head kick by Danae.
Danae chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Batista Da Silva can pounce on him.
Batista Da Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Batista Da Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Batista Da Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Danae on the side of the head.
Batista Da Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Batista Da Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Batista Da Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Batista Da Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Batista Da Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva pushes Danae away with a front kick.
A jab from Batista Da Silva does it's job there.

Perseus Danae's cut is getting worse.
Danae closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Batista Da Silva. Those never looked like landing.
A left lands for Batista Da Silva.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Danae crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Batista Da Silva - the referee stops the clock and Danae gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Batista Da Silva. Danae manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters circling a little - Batista Da Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Batista Da Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Danae walks into a stiff left hand from Batista Da Silva.
Danae misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Batista Da Silva. That's going to slow Danae down.
Batista Da Silva scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Batista Da Silva.
Danae chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Batista Da Silva can pounce on him.
Nice body kick from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Danae if he has to take too many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danae's sensitive parts.
Batista Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Danae takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Batista Da Silva does it's job there.
Danae gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Batista Da Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Batista Da Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Batista Da Silva scores with a hook to the body. Danae takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Batista Da Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Batista Da Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Danae takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Perseus Danae's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick there by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Batista Da Silva scores with a one two! Danae had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Batista Da Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Danae.
Batista Da Silva cracks the inside of Danae's front leg.
Nice defenses there by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Danae will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Danae drops his hands momentarily and Batista Da Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Batista Da Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Danae scores with a jab. Batista Da Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Batista Da Silva thumps Danae with a low kick.
Batista Da Silva scores with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva throws a front kick that sends Danae stumbling back into the cage.
Batista Da Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Danae in the body.
Danae takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid leg kick lands there for Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Batista Da Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Jeez, Perseus Danae's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Batista Da Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Batista Da Silva scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Perseus Danae's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Batista Da Silva jabs at Danae's body.
Danae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batista Da Silva throws a hook but Danae blocks it.
Batista Da Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
A slow jab from Danae misses its intended target.

Batista Da Silva has Danae up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Batista Da Silva fails to land.
Danae scores with a shot to the side of Batista Da Silva's head.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Danae.
Danae can't find room to land a body shot as Batista Da Silva controls the action.
Danae blocks an elbow strike from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Batista Da Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danae prevents a body shot from Batista Da Silva.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Danae has a couple of punches blocked by Batista Da Silva.
A nice left hand lands by Batista Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Danae up against the cage.
Batista Da Silva pushes Danae back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Danae.
Batista Da Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Danae working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Batista Da Silva.
Danae swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Batista Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva digs a right hand into Danae's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Danae's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Danae's defenses.
Batista Da Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Batista Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Danae's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Danae looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Batista Da Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Danae backwards.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Perseus Danae's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
A victorious Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.