PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gobal Batra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonnhy Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Batra
vs
Five

190 cm
20
209 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

194 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gobal Batra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonnhy Five!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Batra blocking some punches.
Batra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Five's efforts to push away.

Batra breaks the clinch.
Batra just misses with a punch to the body.
Batra moves out of range of the strikes.
Five takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Batra tries a head kick but it misses.
Batra looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Five throws a lazy head kick
and Batra counters with an outside leg kick.
Batra misses with a body shot.
Five has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Batra.
Horrible takedown attempt by Five or perhaps it was just good defense by Batra, which made it look bad.
Five takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Five on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Batra.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Five closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Batra.

Batra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Five forces Batra back against the cage and clinches.
Five will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Batra up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Batra.
We've been informed that Five has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Batra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Batra misses with a punch to the body.
Batra lands a left hand.
Batra misses with a punch to the body.
Batra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Batra blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Five manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Batra finds it's way through Five's defenses.

Five is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Five fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Five is still on wobbly legs! Can Batra finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Five was well out of range. Poor timing from Batra.
Five unleashes a big counter combination but Batra bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Batra dodges the punch combination from Five.
Five seems to have recovered his senses.
Batra throws a head kick that misses.
Five misses with a body shot.

Batra throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Five tumbling to the canvas!
Five can't keep his opponent in guard - Batra advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Batra looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Batra not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Batra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Five keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Batra has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Five is looking to escape.
Batra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batra drops an elbow to the side of Five's head.

Batra seems to be working for a kimura but Five defends the submission attempt.
Batra wants to lay and pray for a moment but Five keeps working.
Batra winds up and cracks Five with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Still in half guard, Batra seems content to control.
Batra looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Batra not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Five regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Batra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Batra controls the pace.

Batra is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Five is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Five has escaped and now he's on top!

Batra pulls Five in to control the position.
Five throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gobal Batra dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Batra misses with an uppercut. Five saw that one coming.
Batra misses with an uppercut. Five saw that one coming.
Batra misses with a left hand
and Five counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Batra misses
and Five counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Five tries to clinch but Batra moves out of range.
Five tries to close the distance and clinch but Batra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Batra lands with a thumping leg kick.

Five is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Batra's half guard.
Batra controlling the position for now.
Batra works his way to full guard. Good work.
Batra manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Five manages to get himself to full guard.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Batra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batra makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Batra working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Five working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Batra.
Five is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Batra throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Batra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Five has momentary wrist control but Batra slips an elbow through the middle.
Batra not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Batra passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Five dodges the ground and pound from Batra.
Five is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Batra tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Batra remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Batra throws an elbow but Five slips to the side and avoids it well.
Check out the look on Batra's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batra misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Batra has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Five!
Batra controlling the position easily from mount.
Batra throws some wild stikes that Five manages to avoid easily.
Batra thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Batra tries to control but Five wriggling away.
Batra thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Batra looking to control but Five is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Batra lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Five hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Batra has control of Five's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Five regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Five really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Batra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Batra looking to control and managing it successfully.

Batra looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Batra thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gobal Batra dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Five changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Batra tries to avoid it but Five manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Batra to the ground. Batra escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Five wants to clinch up but Batra keeps it at a distance.
Batra has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Five walks into a jab.
Batra lands a nice looking body shot.
Gobal Batra is winning the standup battle so far.
Batra scores with a kick to the midsection.
Batra feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Five's calf.
Jonnhy Five is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Batra lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Batra takes a swing at Five's ribcage but misses.
Five tries to clinch
and Batra connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batra throws a front kick that sends Five stumbling back into the cage.
Batra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Five is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The fight stays on the outside here - Five looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Batra.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batra misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Five takes one to the chin there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Batra.
The fight stays on the outside here - Five looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Batra is looking to counter with a body kick.
Five fails with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Batra was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Five.
Batra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Five can do to turn this around?
Five takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Batra fakes the body blow, causing Five to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Five goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gobal Batra!
During a confident post fight interview, Gobal Batra thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.