PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Battock (ranked 408 p4p, 46 weight class) and Joao Vitor Xavier (ranked 1353 p4p, 150 weight class). Joao Vitor Xavier is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Battock
vs
Vitor Xavier

166 cm
26
158 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
162 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Battock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joao Vitor Xavier!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Battock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Xavier throws a body punch but Battock moves out of range.
Battock has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ferocious Beast in the buildup to the fight.
Xavier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Battock doesn't manage to clinch there - Xavier circles away.

Battock forces Xavier back against the cage and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Xavier.
Battock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Xavier lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Xavier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battock has Xavier pressed against the cage, preventing Xavier from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Xavier tries to work over Battock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Battock has a couple of punches blocked by Xavier.
Battock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battock throws a head punch that misses.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Battock scores with a shot to the side of Xavier's head.
Battock prevents a body shot from Xavier.
Battock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Xavier backwards.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Battock blocks an uppercut.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Battock throws a head punch that misses.
Battock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Xavier's efforts to push away.
Battock prevents a body shot from Xavier.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xavier has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Battock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Xavier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Battock on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battock prevents a body shot from Xavier.
Xavier working hard to break the clinch.
Xavier lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Battock keeps control of Xavier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Battock working aggressively here.
Xavier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Battock throws a head punch that misses.
Xavier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xavier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Battock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battock prevents Xavier from breaking the clinch.
Xavier misses with a punch to the body.
Xavier struggles to land a body shot inside as Battock controls his hands.
Xavier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Battock lands a right hand.
Xavier is trying to force a seperation but Battock has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier stalling.
Xavier misses with some punches.
Xavier throws a head punch that misses.
Xavier tries to break free but Battock pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Battock.
Xavier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Battock working aggressively here.
Xavier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xavier tries to throw a body punch but Battock avoids it by throwing Xavier back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Battock blocks a body shot from Xavier.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Xavier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xavier can't find room to land a body shot as Battock controls the action.
Xavier tries to break the clinch but Battock is controlling the position.
A right handed body shot lands from Xavier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier tries to stall but Battock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Battock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Battock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Xavier is trying to force a seperation but Battock has the dominant position.
Xavier misses with a punch on the inside.
Battock working aggressively here.
Xavier is trying to break the clinch but Battock has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Xavier.
Xavier struggles to land a body shot inside as Battock controls his hands.
Xavier slowing the pace effectively.
Battock misses with the head strike.
Xavier misses with a body punch.
Xavier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Xavier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Xavier is trying to force a seperation but Battock has the dominant position.

Xavier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xavier looks to score with a jab to the body but Battock is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Battock dominated that round.
That's time! Battock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Battock feints a jab promting Xavier to slip. Battock then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Xavier slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Joao Vitor Xavier has been cut.
Battock scores with a leg kick.
Battock throws out a loose jab but Xavier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battock scores with a nice strike.
Battock tries to clinch up.

Xavier tries to keep at a distance but Battock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Battock misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Xavier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Xavier tries to work over Battock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
John Battock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Battock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Xavier can do to turn this around?
Xavier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Xavier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Crunch! Battock slams his shin into Xavier's torso.
Xavier sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Battock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xavier.
Battock moves out of range of the strikes.
Xavier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Battock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Xavier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Battock tries to close the distance and clinch but Xavier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Battock drives through and clinches with Xavier against the cage.
Xavier is looking to break free of the clinch but Battock has double underhooks.
Battock throws a punch but it's blocked by Xavier.
Xavier is trying to force a seperation but Battock has the dominant position.
Xavier struggles to land a body shot inside as Battock controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Battock.
Battock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Xavier misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Battock working aggressively here.
Battock swings wildly with an uppercut but Xavier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battock has a couple of punches blocked by Xavier.
A hook to the body from Xavier.
Battock 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.
Battock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Battock.
Battock swings wildly with an uppercut but Xavier uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Battock.
A head punch on the inside from Battock fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier tries to throw a body punch but Battock avoids it by throwing Xavier back against the cage.
Xavier working hard to break the clinch.
Xavier tries to stall but Battock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Battock lands a hook that snaps the head of Xavier backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Xavier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Battock throws a head punch that misses.
Xavier blocking some punches.
Xavier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xavier misses with the head strike.
Xavier blocking some punches.
Battock working aggressively here.
Xavier takes a shot to the head.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Battock fails to land.
Xavier misses with a punch to the body.
Xavier is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battock lands with a short shot to the head.
Xavier lands a shot to the body.
Xavier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Battock's elbow.
Xavier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Battock prevents a body shot from Xavier.
Xavier misses with a punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Xavier has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Xavier throws a punch but it's blocked by Battock.
Xavier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Xavier gets through Battock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Battock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Xaviers head.
Battock keeps control of Xavier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Xavier working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Battock working aggressively here.
Xavier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Battock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joao Vitor Xavier's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Battock lands with a cross.

Xavier is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
John Battock is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Xavier. Battock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Xavier is still on wobbly legs! Can Battock finish him?
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Xavier!
Xavier steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Battock. That one must have hurt.
Xavier seems to have recovered his senses.
Battock tries to close the distance and clinch but Xavier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Xavier is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Battock with a body shot.
Xavier throws a body punch but Battock moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Xavier misses the target.
Battock wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Battock sizes up Xavier with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Xavier misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battock lands a front kick.
Xavier throws a hook to the side of Battock's head but Battock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Xavier circles away from the clinch attempt.
Xavier looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Battock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xavier.
Xavier stuns Battock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battock feints and then cracks Xavier's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Xavier down.
Battock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Battock tests Xavier's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Xavier swats away the attempt to clinch by Battock.
A slow jab from Xavier misses its intended target.
Battock tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Xavier counters with a nice uppercut.
Xavier throws a series of punches but Battock avoids them all with ease.
Xavier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Battock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xavier.
Battock is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Xavier.

Battock moves into range and clinches up with Xavier.
Battock throws a punch but it's blocked by Xavier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Xavier backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Battock.
Battock throws a punch but it's blocked by Xavier.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xavier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xavier misses with a punch to the body.
Xavier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Battock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xavier blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Xavier tries to throw a body punch but Battock avoids it by throwing Xavier back against the cage.
Battock throws a head punch that misses.
Xavier displaying some good clinch control by pressing Battock up against the cage.
Xavier tries a body shot but Battock blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier tries a body shot but Battock blocks it.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Battock misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Xavier lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Battock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Xavier is trying to force a seperation but Battock has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Battock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Xavier has had enough of the clinch but Battock keeps him there for the moment.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Battock scores with a shot to the side of Xavier's head.
Battock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xavier misses with some punches.
Xavier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Battock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Battock throws a punch but it's blocked by Xavier.
Battock throws a head punch that misses.
Xavier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Battock throws a punch but it's blocked by Xavier.
Battock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xavier displaying some good clinch control by pressing Battock up against the cage.
Battock misses with the head strike.
Battock misses with a punch on the inside.
Xavier has a couple of punches blocked by Battock.
Battock swings wildly with an uppercut but Xavier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xavier scores with a shot to the side of Battock's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Battock clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Joao Vitor Xavier's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Battock wants to clinch up but Xavier keeps it at a distance.
Xavier looks to score with a jab to the body but Battock is just out of range.
Battock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Xavier manages to circle out of the way.
Battock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Battock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Battock rushes Xavier and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Battock misses with the head strike.
Battock lands with a right to the head.
Battock misses with the head strike.
Xavier swings wildly with an uppercut but Battock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xavier is trying to force a seperation but Battock has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Battock fails to land.
Xavier misses with a punch on the inside.
Xavier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Battock lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Xavier.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Xavier.
Xavier working hard to break the clinch.
Battock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Battock misses with the head strike.
Battock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Xavier blocks an uppercut.
Xavier lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Xavier is trying to push Battock away but Battock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Battock misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Battock fails to land.
Battock misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xavier.
Xavier misses with the head strike.
Xavier stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Xavier - that landed with a thud.
Xavier is trying to break the clinch but Battock is controlling him.
Xavier blocking some punches.
Battock swings wildly with an uppercut but Xavier uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Battock on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Battock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Battock creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Xavier's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Xavier drops to his knees and Battock pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Battock!
John Battock retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, John Battock thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.