PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Douglas (ranked 4896 p4p, 4960 weight class) and Lucho Batista (ranked 558 p4p, 566 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Douglas
vs
Batista

180 cm
18
175
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lucho Batista!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Douglas connects with an inside leg kick.
Batista checks the leg kick.
Douglas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Batista is able to avoid easily.
Batista slips under a jab from Douglas.
Batista throws a good cross that connects.
Douglas throws a low kick but Batista avoids it.
Douglas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Douglas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Batista has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Douglas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Douglas throws a lazy body kick
and Batista counters with a nice body shot.
Dexter Douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Douglas tries a low kick but Batista avoids it.
Batista checks a low kick from Douglas.
Douglas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Batista.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Douglas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A little jabbing left from Batista on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Batista scores with a nice strike.
Batista lands a jab to the head.
Batista scores with a nice strike.
Douglas slips a jab and a cross from Batista.
Batista checks a leg kick.
Douglas throws a looping overhand right but Batista ducks down to avoid it.
Batista scores with a jab. Douglas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas throws a low kick but Batista avoids it.
Douglas tries to score with a low kick but Batista moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick from Douglas misses.
Douglas throws out a leg kick but Batista moves out of range and Douglas only half commits.
Douglas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Douglas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Douglas tries to land a leg kick but Batista saw it coming and moves away.
Batista ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Nice jab there from Batista.
Batista blocks a jab.
It seemed like Batista was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Douglas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Douglas misses with a leg kick.
Douglas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Batista works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Douglas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Douglas throws a counter high kick but Batista was just alert enough to avoid it.
Douglas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Batista's sensitive parts.
Batista connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Batista cracks Douglas with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Batista misses the target.
Douglas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Batista is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Douglas had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Douglas gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Batista counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Douglas is looking to land body kicks.
Batista avoids a kick to the body.
Batista throws a body shot but no joy.
Douglas throws out a leg kick but Batista moves out of range and Douglas only half commits.
Douglas is looking to chop away at Batista's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Douglas.
Batista blocks a low kick nicely.
Batista digs a good hook to Douglas's body.
A punch lands to the side of Douglas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Batista throws a nice looking combination but Douglas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Douglas connects with a leg kick.
Douglas wants to slow Batista down by chopping away at his legs.
Batista ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Batista scores with a hook to the body. Douglas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Douglas lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Batista moves out of range of the body kick.
Douglas avoids the body shot from Batista.
Douglas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Douglas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Douglas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Batista has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Batista and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Batista checks a leg kick.
Batista is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Douglas with a body shot.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Douglas throws a leg kick but Batista checks it.
Douglas moves out of range of the strikes.
Batista scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Batista throws out a powerful jab.
Douglas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Batista swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Douglas.
Douglas throws a front kick aimed at Batista's knee but Batista avoids it well.
Douglas throws a front kick aimed at Batista's knee but Batista avoids it well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Batista!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas throws a front kick that sends Batista stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Batista connects with a body shot.
Batista scores with a jab to the head.
Douglas misses with a combination
letting Batista counter with a right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Douglas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Batista moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Batista throws an overhand right that lands on Douglas's shoulder, as Douglas tries to avoid the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Batista blocks the leg kick.
Douglas throws a chopping leg kick but Batista manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Douglas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Batista.
Batista throws a shot from downtown. Douglas moves away and avoids it.
Douglas misses with a looping left.
Douglas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Batista lands with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good work by Batista as he checks the leg kick.
Batista misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Batista checks a low kick from Douglas.
Batista misses with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucho Batista dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Batista rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Douglas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Batista's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Douglas.
Batista scores with a hook to the body. Douglas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Douglas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Batista throws out a loose jab but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batista chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Douglas can pounce on him.
Douglas tries to work over Batista's front leg with a kick but Batista checks it.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Douglas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Batista.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Douglas might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Douglas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Batista checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Douglas.
Batista uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Douglas.
Douglas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Batista lunges at Douglas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Douglas's hand.
Batista fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Batista scores with a one two! Douglas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista.
Douglas throws out a leg kick but Batista moves out of range and Douglas only half commits.
Batista avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Douglas tries to land a leg kick but Batista saw it coming and moves away.
Douglas takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Batista's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Batista duly obliges.
Douglas swings for the body but Batista moves out of range.
Batista waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Douglas.
Douglas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Batista uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Douglas.
Lucho Batista seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Douglas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Batista avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Batista misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Batista does no damage.
Batista connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Batista fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Douglas manages to avoid it.
Douglas throws a wild body kick that Batista sees coming a mile off.
Douglas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Batista scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Douglas tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a body kick.
Batista avoids a kick to the body.
Batista fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Batista checks the leg kick nicely there.
Douglas tries a low kick but Batista avoids it.
Douglas swings for the body but Batista moves out of range.
Batista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Douglas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Batista takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Batista checks the leg kick.
Batista appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Douglas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista.
Douglas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Douglas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Batista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Batista takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Douglas throws a low kick but Batista avoids it.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista throws a lazy uppercut
and Douglas counters with a good low kick that Batista was not able to check.
A swing and a miss from Batista.
It appears Douglas was looking to counter with a kick there.
Batista loads up on a big right hand but Douglas slips the punch.
A jab from Douglas misses.
Douglas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Douglas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Batista misses with an uppercut.
Douglas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Douglas tries a low kick but Batista avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Batista misses the target.
Batista has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Batista takes a swing at Douglas's ribcage but misses.
Douglas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas throws a lazy right hand but Batista sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Batista uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Douglas.
Batista scores with a nice right hand.
Douglas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Batista has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Batista punishes Douglas's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Batista.
Batista stuns Douglas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batista just misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas throws a body kick that misses.
Douglas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Batista.
Batista with a jab.
Batista lands a really nice looking cross but Douglas seems unphased.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Douglas thumps Batista with a low kick.
Batista throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Batista avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Batista lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Batista throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Douglas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Douglas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Douglas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Douglas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Batista.
Douglas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Batista.
Batista swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Douglas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucho Batista showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Batista misses with a double jab.
Batista looks to land a right hand but Douglas moved out of range.
Douglas looks to land a body kick but Batista moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Douglas.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Batista throws a shot to the body.
Douglas throws a solid leg kick but Batista takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Douglas.
Douglas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Batista scores with a nice head shot.
A leg kick checked by Batista.
Douglas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Batista lands a really nice looking cross but Douglas seems unphased.
Batista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Batista keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Batista on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Batista cracks Douglas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batista misses with a few strikes there.
Douglas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Douglas throws out a leg kick but Batista moves out of range and Douglas only half commits.
Douglas defending well as Batista loads up on a big left hand.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Douglas tried to counter with a leg kick but Batista avoided it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batista.
Batista slips a straight right by Douglas.
Douglas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Batista.
Douglas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batista.
Douglas avoids the body shot from Batista.
Batista throws out a powerful jab.
Batista lands with an overhand left.
Douglas tries to land a front kick but Batista steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Batista moves out of range as Douglas strikes.
Douglas scores with a head kick. Batista tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Batista slips a jab from Douglas.
Batista throws out a loose jab but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas throws a leg kick that misses.
Batista lands a right hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Douglas.
Douglas scores with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas tries a low kick but Batista avoids it.
Batista is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Batista misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Douglas.
Batista takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Douglas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Douglas moves out of range as Batista strikes.
Douglas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Douglas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Douglas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Douglas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Douglas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Douglas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Batista misses the shot to the body.
Douglas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Batista.
Douglas throws a big shot that misses.
Batista dips to his left and cracks Douglas with an uppercut!
Douglas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Batista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Batista misses with a two punch combination.
Douglas tries to move into range but Batista moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Douglas misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a leg kick but Batista checks it.
Douglas thows a leg kick but Batista checks it
and Batista counters with a nice uppercut.
Douglas tries to land a front kick but Batista steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Douglas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Batista throws out the jab.
Douglas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Batista tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Douglas was well out of range. Poor timing from Batista.
Douglas tries to score with a low kick but Batista moves his leg out of the way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Batista crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Douglas - the referee stops the clock and Batista gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Douglas. Batista manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Batista checks the leg kick nicely there.
Douglas thumps Batista with a low kick.
Batista lands a nice hook to Douglas's body. Douglas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Batista throws a hook but Douglas blocks it.
Douglas misses with a straight right.
Batista lands with a hook. Douglas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
You can see that Batista has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Douglas takes one to the chin there.
Douglas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Good work by Batista as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Batista checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Batista swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Batista looks to score with a jab to the body but Douglas is just out of range.
Batista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Batista lands with an overhand left.
Douglas missing with a left hand there. Batista was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Batista takes a swing at Douglas's ribcage but misses.
Douglas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Batista.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses.
Batista throws a lazy right hand but Douglas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Douglas takes a swing at Batista's ribcage but misses.
Douglas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Batista is able to avoid easily.
Batista takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Douglas looks for the body kick but Batista saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Douglas slips under a jab from Batista.
Batista keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Batista checks a leg kick nicely.
Dexter Douglas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Batista keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Batista looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucho Batista comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Batista 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucho Batista!