PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davi Dasani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fakhri El Batal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dasani
vs
El Batal

200 cm
25
261 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
279 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Davi Dasani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fakhri El Batal!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dasani misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
El Batal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dasani momentarily.
Dasani fails with the takedown.
El Batal stuns Dasani with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
El Batal lands an overhand right.

It looks like Davi Dasani has been cut.
Dasani fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davi Dasani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dasani throws a half hearted mid kick.
El Batal avoids the head kick by Dasani.
Dasani ducks right into an uppercut from El Batal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dasani scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dasani stops El Batal from getting back to his feet.

El Batal makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Batal misses with a body shot.
Dasani tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but El Batal swivels and escapes.
Dasani shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as El Batal sprawls well. El Batal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dasani gets slowly back to his feet.
Dasani is breathing heavily.
Dasani shoots in but El Batal avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice sprawl there from El Batal as Dasani shoots in.
Dasani takes a body punch but keeps moving.
El Batal stuns Dasani with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
El Batal clobbers Dasani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
El Batal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dasani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dasani looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Batal lands a really nice looking cross but Dasani seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Batal lands with a shot to the body.
El Batal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
El Batal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dasani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
El Batal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
El Batal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
El Batal lands a jab-cross combination.
El Batal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dasani.
El Batal lands an overhand right.
Dasani takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
El Batal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
El Batal lands with a good body shot.
El Batal lands a jab to the head.
Dasani takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Davi Dasani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Batal lands a nice hook to Dasani's body. Dasani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by El Batal as he connects with a hook.
El Batal lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice jab there from El Batal.
Dasani checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A clash of legs there as Dasani blocks the low kick.
Dasani shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with El Batal but El Batal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
El Batal slaps away a takedown attempt from Dasani, before circling back to the center of the mat.
El Batal lands a nice hook to Dasani's body. Dasani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dasani on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
El Batal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dasani at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dasani shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has El Batal pinned against the cage. El Batal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fighters circle momentarily. El Batal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
El Batal scores with a three punch combo!
Dasani tries to move into range but El Batal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
El Batal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dasani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
El Batal scores with a body shot.
Dasani takes a body punch but keeps moving.
El Batal fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dasani on the side of the head.

Davi Dasani's cut is getting worse.
El Batal connects with a jab.
A cross from El Batal lands.
Nice uppercut lands for El Batal. That snapped Dasani's head back.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Batal scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Dasani is rocked!
El Batal lands a body shot.
Oh Dasani is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
El Batal throws a shot to the body.
Dasani seems to have got his legs back now.
Dasani takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dasani looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dasani takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dasani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donk. El Batal catches Dasani right on the button with a cross.
Nice body punch from El Batal.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Batal clobbers Dasani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A shot to the liver by El Batal. Beautiful body shot.
El Batal stuns Dasani with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - El Batal coming out on top.
El Batal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
El Batal clobbers Dasani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
El Batal scores with a hook to the body. Dasani takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dasani takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A nice combination there by El Batal.
El Batal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
El Batal swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dasani shoots in looking for a takedown but El Batal manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dasani's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
El Batal moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
El Batal scores with a jab.
El Batal works over Dasani's head and body with a nice combination.
El Batal leaves Dasani with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dasani shoots and misses
and El Batal counters with a left and a right that stings Dasani.
El Batal digs a good hook to Dasani's body.
Dasani checks a low kick from El Batal.
Dasani misses with a head kick.
El Batal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dasani had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
El Batal lands a nice hook to Dasani's body. Dasani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
El Batal pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dasani back to the cage. El Batal follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dasani takes a jab right on the kisser.
El Batal jabs at Dasani's body.
El Batal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dasani looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? El Batal is fending him off so far but Dasani persists. Nope, El Batal circles away and we're back to standing.
El Batal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dasani.
El Batal is working the combinations to good effect here.
El Batal works Dasani's body with a nice hook.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut there from El Batal.
Dasani walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
El Batal lands a jab-cross combination.
El Batal scores with a punch to the head.
El Batal avoids the head kick by Dasani.
Dasani takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dasani pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Batal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dasani takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
El Batal scores with a nice head shot.
A lazy left from El Batal finds it's target.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
El Batal sizes up Dasani with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
El Batal lands with a right hand.
El Batal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dasani momentarily.
El Batal with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No luck for Dasani with that takedown attempt.
Dasani takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dasani walks into a stiff left hand from El Batal.
El Batal digs a good body shot into Dasani's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
El Batal clobbers Dasani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Donk. El Batal catches Dasani right on the button with a cross.
El Batal clobbers Dasani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fakhri El Batal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think El Batal 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 8:10
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 8:10
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 8:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fakhri El Batal!