PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boba Fett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista Da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Pride Theme. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Rafael Batista Da Silva
vs
Fett

186 cm
26
208 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

187 cm
28
197 lbs
25 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boba Fett!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Batista Da Silva.

It looks like Boba Fett has been cut.
Fett throws a lazy right hand but Batista Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fett misses with a body kick.
Fett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Batista Da Silva thuds his right hand into Fett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Batista Da Silva blocks a jab.
Batista Da Silva tries to work over Fett's front leg with a kick but Fett checks it.
Fett lands a nice shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva throws the left hand but Fett avoids the punch easily.
Fett connects with a leg kick. Batista Da Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Batista Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fett will feel that in the morning.
Fett tries to close the distance and clinch but Batista Da Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Batista Da Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fett.
Batista Da Silva misses with a low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fett.
Fett scores with a sloppy right hand. Batista Da Silva should have avoided that one.
Batista Da Silva throws a jab when Fett was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Batista Da Silva clinches.
Batista Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Batista Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fett misses with the head strike.
Fett works on Batista Da Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Batista Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Fett pushes Batista Da Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fett blocking some punches.
Batista Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fett scores with a shot to the side of Batista Da Silva's head.
Batista Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Fett.
Batista Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Batista Da Silva fails to land.
Batista Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fett avoids the elbow strike from Batista Da Silva, against the cage.
Fett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Batista Da Silva working aggressively here.
Fett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fett throws a head punch that misses.
Batista Da Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fett backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett lands with a left to the head.
Batista Da Silva misses with some punches.
Fett misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Fett on the inside.
Fett misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fett's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fett.
Fett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fett.
Fett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Batista Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Fett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batista Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Batista Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fett swings wildly with an uppercut but Batista Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batista Da Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fett misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Fett as the two fighters clinch.
Batista Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fett lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Batista Da Silva.
Fett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Batista Da Silvas head.
Fett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Batista Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fett's brow.
Batista Da Silva is trying to pull guard but Fett turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Fett misses with a punch on the inside.
Fett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Batista Da Silva's elbow.
Fett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Batista Da Silva.
Fett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batista Da Silva.
Fett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fett pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Batista Da Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Batista Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Fett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fett misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett tries to land a knee to the head but Batista Da Silva blocks with his arms.

Batista Da Silva successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Batista Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Batista Da Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fett content to stall in guard here.

Batista Da Silva looking for a guillotine here but Fett defends easily.
Batista Da Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Fett is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fett stopping the sweep attempt from Batista Da Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boba Fett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boba Fett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Batista Da Silva takes a swing at Fett's ribcage but misses.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Fett. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A shot to the liver by Fett. Beautiful body shot.
Fett slips a straight right by Batista Da Silva.
A shot to the liver by Fett. Beautiful body shot.
Fett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Batista Da Silva misses the jab.
Fett misses with a looping left.
Fett checks a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Batista Da Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Batista Da Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fett turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fett scores with a shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista Da Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Batista Da Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fett is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by Fett.

Fett forces Batista Da Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Fett misses with some punches.
Fett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Fett.
Fett throws a head punch that misses.
Batista Da Silva lands a left hand.
Batista Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boba Fett seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Batista Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fett throws a punch but it's blocked by Batista Da Silva.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fett.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fett.
Batista Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Fett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Batista Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batista Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Batista Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Batista Da Silva fails to land.
Fett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Batista Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Batista Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fett pushes Batista Da Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Batista Da Silva.
Fett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Batista Da Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Fett backwards.
Batista Da Silva misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Batista Da Silva.
Fett scores a nice knee to the body.
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Fett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Fett.
Fett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Batista Da Silva.
Fett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Batista Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Fett tries to work over Batista Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batista Da Silva working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fett.
Fett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva blocks a body shot from Fett.
Fett misses with a punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva is leaning against Fett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Batista Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Fett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Batista Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Fett.
Batista Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Batista Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.
Batista Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Fett controls the action.
Fett has a couple of punches blocked by Batista Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fett backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batista Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Batista Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Fett.
Fett connects with a knee to the head.
Fett trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Batista Da Silva fails to land.
Fett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fett blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fett throws a punch but it's blocked by Batista Da Silva.
Fett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice left hand lands by Fett.
A shot in the inside from Fett.
Fett lands a hook that snaps the head of Batista Da Silva backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boba Fett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Boba Fett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Batista Da Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Fett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Batista Da Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Batista Da Silva misses with a low kick as Fett jumps back.
Batista Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fett moves away.
Fett cracks the inside of Batista Da Silva's front leg.
Batista Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Fett.
Fett lands a jab to Batista Da Silva's midsection.
Boba Fett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fett defending well as Batista Da Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Fett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Batista Da Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Fett's head.
Fett moves out of range as Batista Da Silva strikes.
Fett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Batista Da Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Batista Da Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Batista Da Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Fett to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fett. That's going to slow Batista Da Silva down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fett wants to clinch.
Batista Da Silva blocks a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fett.
Batista Da Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Batista Da Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fett lands an overhand right.
Batista Da Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Fett throws a head kick that misses.
Fett dives in and grabs Batista Da Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Batista Da Silva pushes down on Fett's head and hops out.
Fett swings for the body but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Fett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Batista Da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fett.
A big left from Batista Da Silva misses.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boba Fett is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva misses with a straight right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fett.
Batista Da Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Batista Da Silva throws a low kick but Fett moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Fett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick that misses
and Fett counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fett misses with an uppercut.
Fett slips under a jab.
Batista Da Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Fett misses.
Fett loads up on a big right hand but Batista Da Silva slips the punch.

Batista Da Silva rushes Fett and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fett's elbow.
Batista Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Batista Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Fett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Batista Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fett misses with some punches.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Batista Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Fett.
Batista Da Silva is looking to control Fett's arms but Fett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Batista Da Silva has his back to the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Batista Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Batista Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Batista Da Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Batista Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Fett controls the action.
Fett lands a right hand.
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Batista Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Fett controls his hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fett has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boba Fett!
Boba Fett spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.