PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theo Stock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Michael Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stock
vs
Michael Batista

210 cm
23
295 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

198 cm
23
290 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Behold The Beast
Supreme Anabolics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo Stock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Michael Batista!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Batista if he has to take too many more of those.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista is having none of it.
Stock misses with a low kick.
Batista takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Theo Stock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batista throws a right hand that Stock ducks under and follows up with a left that Stock also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Batista.
Stock ducks under a wild hook from Batista.
Stock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Batista keeps the fight on the outside.
Batista circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stock. Stock obviously looking to wear him down.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch but Batista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista is having none of it.
Stock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stock bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stock.
Batista looks gassed!
Stock doesn't manage to clinch there - Batista circles away.
Stock tries to clinch up.
Stock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stock tries to clinch up but Batista circles away and keeps his distance.
Stock scores with a head kick.

It looks like David Michael Batista has been cut.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista is having none of it.
Batista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Stock.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Batista paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stock tries to clinch up but Batista circles away and keeps his distance.
Stock tries to clinch up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stock. That's going to slow Batista down.
Batista circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stock.
Batista swats away the attempt to clinch by Stock.
Batista tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stock was well out of range. Poor timing from Batista.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stock, right into the meat.
Stock is looking to clinch.
Stock is looking to clinch.
Stock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Batista rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stock wants to clinch up but Batista keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista is having none of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stock.
Stock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
A good leg kick by Stock.
Batista takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stock tries to clinch up but Batista circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theo Stock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Michael Batista's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stock moves in looking to clinch but Batista pushes him off.
Stock wants to clinch up but Batista keeps it at a distance.
Batista misses with a wild body shot.
Stock tries to clinch up.
Stock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Batista is breathing heavily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stock.
Stock throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista is having none of it.
Theo Stock is winning the standup battle so far.
Stock doesn't manage to clinch there - Batista circles away.
David Michael Batista is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stock keeps Batista at a distance using the push kick.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Batista paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista is having none of it.
Stock tries to clinch but Batista moves out of range.
Stock is looking to clinch but Batista is avoiding it.
Stock tries to clinch there but Batista circles away.
Stock tries to clinch up but Batista circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Batista takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stock wants to clinch up but Batista keeps it at a distance.
Stock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Batista. That did some damage!
Batista's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch but Batista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stock moves in looking to clinch but Batista pushes him off.
Stock is looking to clinch but Batista is avoiding it.
Stock lands with a kick to the temple. Batista shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batista swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Batista can do to turn this around?
Stock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stock moves in looking to clinch but Batista pushes him off.
Stock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stock doesn't manage to clinch there - Batista circles away.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Batista paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Batista keeps the fight on the outside.
Batista misses with a leg kick
and Stock counters with a thumping low kick.
Stock pushes Batista away with a front kick.
Stock doesn't manage to clinch there - Batista circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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 chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stock can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theo Stock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Michael Batista's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Stock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch but Batista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stock is looking to clinch but Batista is avoiding it.
Stock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stock wants to clinch.
Batista swats away the attempt to clinch by Stock.
Batista takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stock throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista misses with a looping right.
Stock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stock wants to clinch.
Batista sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Stock tries to clinch up.
Stock connects with a high kick.
David Michael Batista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stock throws a front kick that sends Batista stumbling back into the cage.
Stock tries to clinch there but Batista circles away.
Batista circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Batista stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stock.
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!
Stock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stock connects with a high kick.

That has opened up David Michael Batista's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stock tries to clinch up.
Batista misses with a straight left.
Batista swats away the attempt to clinch by Stock.
Batista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stock tries to clinch up but Batista circles away and keeps his distance.
Stock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batista swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stock plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Stock wants to clinch up but Batista keeps it at a distance.
Stock tries to clinch up but Batista circles away and keeps his distance.
Stock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Batista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stock. That's going to slow Batista down.
Stock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Batista's calf.
Stock is looking to clinch but Batista is avoiding it.
Stock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Theo Stock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stock has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:24
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theo Stock!