PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes into the arena with Ice Cold blaring out of the sound system. Batista Da Silva has chosen Pride Theme as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Liddell
vs
Rafael Batista Da Silva

190 cm
29
220 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

186 cm
27
208 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing
Syndicate Nutrition

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
The Choke´s On You

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 Amsterdam, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping body kick lands there for Batista Da Silva.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liddell, right into the meat.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Batista Da Silva moves out of range easily.
Batista Da Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liddell.
Batista Da Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Batista Da Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Liddell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Batista Da Silva.
A clash of legs there as Liddell blocks the low kick.
Batista Da Silva throws a front kick aimed at Liddell's knee but Liddell avoids it well.
Liddell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Batista Da Silva.
Nice shot lands for Batista Da Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batista Da Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Liddell's shoulder, as Liddell tries to avoid the shot.
Batista Da Silva scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Liddell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Batista Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Liddell crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Batista Da Silva - the referee stops the clock and Liddell gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Batista Da Silva. Liddell manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Batista Da Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Liddell.
Batista Da Silva throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Liddell is looking to slow Batista Da Silva down with leg kicks.
Liddell throws a low kick but it's checked well by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva misses with a right hand
and Liddell counters with a nice leg kick.
Batista Da Silva dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Nice shot lands for Liddell.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook
and Liddell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Batista Da Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell tries to score with a low kick but Batista Da Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Liddell.
Batista Da Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Batista Da Silva slips a jab from Liddell.
Batista Da Silva jabs at Liddell's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva throws a jab when Liddell was well out of range.
Liddell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Batista Da Silva is able to avoid easily.
Liddell misses with an attempted mid kick.
Batista Da Silva throws the left hand but Liddell avoids the punch easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Batista Da Silva blocks the leg kick.
Liddell throws a head kick but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Liddell blocks the low kick.
Batista Da Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Batista Da Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Batista Da Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Liddell 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Jab from Batista Da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva lands a body shot.
Batista Da Silva throws a push kick but Liddell slaps the foot to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddell.
Batista Da Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Batista Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Liddell throws a nice head kick!
Liddell stuffs the takedown attempt from Batista Da Silva. Batista Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from Liddell misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liddell.
A big right from Batista Da Silva misses.
Liddell throws a body kick that misses.
Batista Da Silva misses with a straight right.
Liddell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell misses with a body punch
and Batista Da Silva counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista Da Silva.
Liddell throws a leg kick which misses Batista Da Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Batista Da Silva tries to avoid it.
Liddell avoids a kick to the body.
Batista Da Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Batista Da Silva throws a jab when Liddell was well out of range.
Batista Da Silva looks to throw the jab but Liddell is out of range.
Liddell looks for the body kick but Batista Da Silva saw that one coming.
Liddell looks to land a right hand but Batista Da Silva moved out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Liddell.
Liddell motions for Batista Da Silva to come forward. Liddell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batista Da Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Batista Da Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liddell is out of range.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from 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 minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Liddell lands a head kick. Batista Da Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Liddell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Batista Da Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liddell.
Batista Da Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Batista Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Batista Da Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Liddell slips a straight right by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Liddell scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Liddell misses.
Liddell misses with a low kick.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Batista Da Silva avoids them all with ease.
Batista Da Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liddell.
Batista Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Batista Da Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Liddell blocks the body kick.
Liddell lets loose with a powerful body kick. Batista Da Silva will feel that in the morning.
Batista Da Silva looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
Liddell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Batista Da Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Batista Da Silva misses the jab.
Batista Da Silva lands a front kick.
Batista Da Silva lands a jab to Liddell's midsection.
Batista Da Silva tries to land a front kick but Liddell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Batista Da Silva lands with a right hand.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista Da Silva.
Liddell throws a leg kick but Batista Da Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista Da Silva loads up on a big right hand but Liddell slips the punch.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Batista Da Silva throws a looping overhand right but Liddell ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Liddell throws a lazy head kick
and Batista Da Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Liddell tries to land a front kick but Batista Da Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Liddell has Batista Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Liddell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Batista Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Batista Da Silva taking a breather.
Batista Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Liddell controls the action.
Liddell looking to throw knees to the head but Batista Da Silva is blocking nicely.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but Batista Da Silva blocks it.
Batista Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell pushes Batista Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell avoids a wild elbow strike from Batista Da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva lands a body punch.
Batista Da Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Batista Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liddell's elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Liddell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Batista Da Silva pulls guard successfully.
Liddell stopping the sweep attempt from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Batista Da Silva is on top in guard.
Batista Da Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista Da Silva trying to control but Liddell is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liddell keeping moving, preventing Batista Da Silva from controlling successfully.
Liddell is pulling down on Batista Da Silva's head to control his posture.
Batista Da Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liddell swivels though and keeps the full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Batista Da Silva scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Liddell throws a wild body kick that Batista Da Silva sees coming a mile off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Batista Da Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Batista Da Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Batista Da Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Liddell counters with a nice leg kick.
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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Batista Da Silva gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy left from Liddell finds it's target.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Batista Da Silva throws a push kick but Liddell slaps the foot to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Batista Da Silva misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Batista Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Batista Da Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Liddell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Liddell throws a leg kick that misses.
Batista Da Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Batista Da Silva misses with a low kick as Liddell jumps back.
Batista Da Silva moves out of range as Liddell throws a body kick.
Liddell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista Da Silva.
Liddell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Liddell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Liddell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Liddell clinches up against the cage.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has been cut.
Batista Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Liddell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Batista Da Silva is defending well for now.

Liddell manages to break the clinch.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liddell to score with a decent uppercut.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Liddell crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Batista Da Silva - the referee stops the clock and Liddell gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Batista Da Silva. Liddell manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batista Da Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liddell.
Liddell blocks the body kick.
Liddell throws a wild body kick that Batista Da Silva sees coming a mile off.
Batista Da Silva misses with a straight right.
Batista Da Silva misses with a low kick.
Batista Da Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Batista Da Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Liddell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Batista Da Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Batista Da Silva.
Nice elbow from Batista Da Silva.
A hook to the body from Batista Da Silva.
Liddell throws a punch but it's blocked by Batista Da Silva.
A right hook to the body lands for Batista Da Silva.
Chuck Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Batista Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Batista Da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Liddell up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Batista Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Batista Da Silva.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Batista Da Silva digs a right hand into Liddell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddell's gas tank.
Batista Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Liddell misses with the head strike.
Liddell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Liddell or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batista Da Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Batista Da Silva digs a right hand underneath Liddell's ribcage. Liddell let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Batista Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Batista Da Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Batista Da Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Batista Da Silva has his hands on Liddell's head, controlling the position.
Batista Da Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Liddell's guard.

Liddell is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Batista Da Silva defends well.
Batista Da Silva controlling from the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva wants to control from the top but Liddell keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Batista Da Silva 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.