PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Elephant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista comes to the cage accompanied by wrecking ball. This should be a great matchup!

Batista
vs
Elephant

200 cm
22
280 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

194 cm
25
285 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Batista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Eugene Elephant !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Batista misses with a head kick.
Batista on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Elephant on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Batista. Batista obviously looking to wear him down.
Elephant avoids a punch combination nicely.
Batista throws a low kick, looking for Elephant 's leg but Elephant calmly moves out of range.
Elephant feints the counter takedown.
Batista stalks Elephant and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Elephant 's face. Elephant staggers backwards, shaken.
Batista keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Batista attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Batista avoids a kick to the body.
Batista works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Elephant throws a head kick but Batista moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Batista checks a leg kick.
Elephant throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Batista is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Batista throws out a leg kick but Elephant moves out of range and Batista only half commits.
Elephant throws a wild body kick that Batista sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Batista was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Elephant shoots for a takedown but Batista saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Batista tries a head kick but it misses.
Elephant turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elephant misses with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Elephant .
Elephant cracks a nice hook into Batista's ribs.
Batista throws a series of punches but Elephant avoids them all with ease.
An inside leg kick from Batista misses.
Elephant misses with a takedown attempt - Batista sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Batista moves out of range of the strikes.
Batista throws a leg kick which misses Elephant 's front leg but catches the back leg as Elephant tries to avoid it.
Batista throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Elephant is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Batista.

It looks like Eugene Elephant has been cut.
Batista misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Batista walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Elephant checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Elephant tries to score with a low kick but Batista moves his leg out of the way.
Batista goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Batista moves out of range as Elephant strikes.
Dave Batista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batista pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Batista looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elephant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Batista moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Batista throws a hook but Elephant avoids it easily.
Batista tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Batista throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Batista slips under a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Elephant is defended easily by Batista.
As Elephant looks to move away, Batista throws a big counter combo bu Elephant just gets out of the way.
Dave Batista has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eugene Elephant .
Batista takes one to the chin there.
Elephant takes a swing at Batista's ribcage but misses.
Elephant avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elephant is looking to land body kicks.
Batista throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Elephant blocks a head kick by Batista.
Elephant misses with a straight right.
Elephant avoids the head kick by Batista.
Batista thows a body kick. Elephant tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Batista throws the kick towards the body but Elephant avoids it.
Elephant throws out a loose jab but Batista uses good head movement to avoid it.
Elephant blocks a head kick by Batista.
Elephant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Elephant tries to land a leg kick but Batista saw it coming and moves away.
Batista throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Elephant throws a body punch but Batista moves out of range.
Batista checks a leg kick.

Elephant darts in and clinches Batista up against the cage.
Batista avoids a wild elbow strike from Elephant .
A right hook to the body lands for Elephant .
Batista avoiding damage as Elephant throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elephant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Elephant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Elephant .
Elephant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Batista breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Batista throws a right and a left that both miss.
Batista lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Elephant buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Elephant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Elephant lands a leg kick that knocks Batista off balance momentarily.
Batista chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Elephant can pounce on him.
Batista takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice combination there by Batista.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dave Batista will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eugene Elephant 's cut.
That's time! Batista's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Elephant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Batista was well out of range. Poor timing from Elephant .
Batista tries a head kick but it misses.
Batista feints a jab promting Elephant to slip. Batista then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Elephant slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dave Batista is winning the standup battle so far.

Elephant forces Batista back against the cage and clinches.
Elephant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Elephant .
Elephant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Elephant tries to work over Batista's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Elephant has Batista pressed against the cage, preventing Batista from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Elephant .
Batista avoids a wild elbow strike from Elephant .
A nice right hand lands inside from Elephant .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elephant lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Elephant .
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Elephant pushes off an throws an elbow but Batista leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Elephant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Batista backwards.
Batista prevents a body shot from Elephant .
Batista blocking some punches.
Elephant softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Elephant presses Batista against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Elephant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Elephant throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Batistas head.

Batista is rocked!
Elephant pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Batista! Elephant unloads with more strikes and Batista sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugene Elephant !
Eugene Elephant made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Thanks for a fine fight'.
In defeat, Dave Batista stepped up to the mic, saying 'suck it'.