PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leon Helwani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista Da Silva has chosen Pride Theme as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Helwani
vs
Rafael Batista Da Silva

189 cm
25
225 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

186 cm
35
208 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leon Helwani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista Da Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Batista Da Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Batista Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helwani is looking to clinch but Batista Da Silva is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Batista Da Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Batista Da Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Helwani misses with an uppercut.
Batista Da Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Helwani is fending him off so far but Batista Da Silva persists. Nope, Helwani circles away and we're back to standing.
An attempted straight right counter from Helwani misses the target.
Helwani working aggressively here.
Helwani is trying to break free.
Helwani throws a punch but it's blocked by Batista Da Silva.
Helwani wants to get back to striking at distance but Batista Da Silva won't allow it.

Batista Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Helwani finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helwani throws a right hand that Batista Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Batista Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Batista Da Silva slips under a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Helwani lands a body shot.
Batista Da Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Batista Da Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helwani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Helwani throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Helwani. Those never looked like landing.
Helwani jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Helwani slaps away a takedown attempt from Batista Da Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Leon Helwani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Batista Da Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Helwani.
A good leg kick by Batista Da Silva.
Helwani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Batista Da Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Batista Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Helwani. That did some damage!

Helwani gets a clinch.
Helwani has a couple of punches blocked by Batista Da Silva.
Helwani misses with a short punch on the inside.

Batista Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Batista Da Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Helwani tries to avoid it but Batista Da Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Helwani to the ground. Helwani escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Leon Helwani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva.

Batista Da Silva moves into the clinch.

Batista Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Batista Da Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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 connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Helwani momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Batista Da Silva tries to move into range but Helwani moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Helwani moves out of range of the body kick.
Batista Da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Helwani is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Helwani on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Helwani scores with a jab to the jaw.
Helwani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Batista Da Silva.
Helwani looks to land a combination. Batista Da Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Batista Da Silva defending well as Helwani loads up on a big left hand.
Helwani cracks Batista Da Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Batista Da Silva shoots in but Helwani avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Helwani loads up on a big right hand but Batista Da Silva slips the punch.
Helwani wants to clinch.
Batista Da Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Batista Da Silva slips under a jab from Helwani.
Batista Da Silva shoots in and drives through. Helwani sprawls well.
Helwani misses with a wild body shot.
Batista Da Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helwani loads up on a big right hand but Batista Da Silva slips the punch.
Helwani just misses with a punch to the body.
Helwani sets himself, and Batista Da Silva steps forward looking for the clinch! Helwani avoids it this time.
Helwani swings for the body but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Batista Da Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Helwani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Batista Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Helwani.
Batista Da Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Helwani.
Batista Da Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Helwani throws a lazy right hand but Batista Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Helwani scores with a decent looking hook.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body shot.
Helwani cracks Batista Da Silva with an open hand slap.
Helwani cracks Batista Da Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Helwani defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Batista Da Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Helwani. Batista Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Batista Da Silva avoids the body shot from Helwani.
Batista Da Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Batista Da Silva duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista Da Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Batista Da Silva swings for the body but Helwani moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little feinted left hand from Helwani on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Helwani loads up on a big right hand but Batista Da Silva slips the punch.
It seemed like Batista Da Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Batista Da Silva scores with a push kick.
Helwani is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Helwani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Batista Da Silva throws a big counter head kick but Helwani avoids it with no problem.
Helwani looks to land a right hand but Batista Da Silva moved out of range.

Batista Da Silva gets a clinch.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.

Batista Da Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Batista Da Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Helwani connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Batista Da Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Helwani stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Helwani wants it to stay on the feet.
Batista Da Silva looks for a takedown but Helwani sprawls well.
Batista Da Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batista Da Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Helwani moves out of range easily.
Batista Da Silva throws a leg kick which misses Helwani's front leg but catches the back leg as Helwani tries to avoid it.
Batista Da Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Batista Da Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Batista Da Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Helwani.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Helwani dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Batista Da Silva cracks a nice hook into Helwani's ribs.
Helwani dips to his left and cracks Batista Da Silva with an uppercut!
Helwani takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Batista Da Silva moves away from the strike by Helwani.
Helwani misses with a two punch combination.
Helwani misses with a double jab.
Batista Da Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Batista Da Silva.
A nice inside leg kick there by Batista Da Silva. That's going to slow Helwani down.
Helwani looks to throw the jab but Batista Da Silva is out of range.
Helwani lands a head shot.
Helwani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Batista Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Batista Da Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Helwani throws a lazy right hand but Batista Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Helwani connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista Da Silva slips under a jab.
Batista Da Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Batista Da Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helwani appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Batista Da Silva lands a big head kick that sends Helwani to the canvas! Batista Da Silva follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
An out of breath Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.