PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lambo Gallardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista Da Silva's entrance music is Pride Theme. A fine choice. This should be a great matchup!

Rafael Batista Da Silva
vs
Gallardo

186 cm
36
208 lbs
29 - 23 - 0

200 cm
33
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 29 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lambo Gallardo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batista Da Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Batista Da Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Batista Da Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gallardo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gallardo.
Batista Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Gallardo has the dominant position.
Batista Da Silva blocking some punches.
Gallardo misses with a body punch.
Gallardo tries to work over Batista Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batista Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gallardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Batista Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gallardo pushes off an throws an elbow but Batista Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gallardo tries to land a knee to the head but Batista Da Silva blocks with his arms.
Batista Da Silva is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Batista Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Gallardo throws a series of punches but Batista Da Silva avoids them all with ease.

Gallardo clinches with his opponent.
Batista Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.

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

Batista Da Silva gets tackled into the cage by Gallardo. Gallardo maintains the clinch.
Batista Da Silva jumps guard but Gallardo stands there with Batista Da Silva around his waist. Batista Da Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Batista Da Silva is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gallardo.
Batista Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Gallardo has him pressed against the cage.
Gallardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Batista Da Silva manages to break the clinch.
Batista Da Silva shoots in but Gallardo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gallardo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva is looking to land body kicks.
A little jabbing left from Gallardo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gallardo slips under a jab from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Batista Da Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gallardo pinned against the cage. Gallardo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gallardo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Gallardo.
Batista Da Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Gallardo counters with a straight right hand.
Gallardo avoids a kick to the body.
Batista Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gallardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gallardo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Batista Da Silva is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gallardo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Batista Da Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Gallardo.
Gallardo stuffs the takedown attempt from Batista Da Silva. Batista Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Gallardo is looking for the big counter here.
Gallardo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gallardo tries to clinch up but Batista Da Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Gallardo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gallardo misses with the head strike.
Gallardo tries to throw a body punch but Batista Da Silva avoids it by throwing Gallardo back against the cage.
Batista Da Silva is trying to pull guard but Gallardo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Batista Da Silva tries to circle away but Gallardo has him pinned against the cage.

Gallardo manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gallardo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Batista Da Silva gets tackled into the cage by Gallardo. Gallardo maintains the clinch.

Batista Da Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gallardo clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo throws a head punch that misses.

Gallardo manages to break the clinch.
Batista Da Silva throws a right and a left that Gallardo avoids nicely.
Gallardo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Batista Da Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gallardo.
Gallardo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gallardo pushes Batista Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Gallardo scores with a hook to the body.

Gallardo breaks the clinch.
Good shot there by Batista Da Silva.

Gallardo rushes Batista Da Silva and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallardo.
Gallardo misses with some punches.
Gallardo tries to throw a body punch but Batista Da Silva avoids it by throwing Gallardo back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gallardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Batista Da Silva.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Batista Da Silva misses.
Batista Da Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Gallardo, looking for a takedown. Batista Da Silva pushes Gallardo against the cage but Gallardo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Batista Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Gallardo tries to throw a body punch but Batista Da Silva avoids it by throwing Gallardo back against the cage.
Gallardo tries a body shot but Batista Da Silva blocks it.
Gallardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Batista Da Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gallardo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gallardo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gallardo clinches with his opponent.
Gallardo scores with a hook to the body.
Batista Da Silva blocks a body shot from Gallardo.
Gallardo cracks Batista Da Silva with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Gallardo keeps him there for the moment.
Gallardo prevents Batista Da Silva from breaking the clinch.
Gallardo misses with a punch to the body.
Batista Da Silva prevents a body shot from Gallardo.
Gallardo lands a right hand.
Gallardo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Batista Da Silva or not.
Gallardo presses Batista Da Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gallardo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batista Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.

Batista Da Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Batista Da Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Batista Da Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!

Gallardo gets a clinch.
Gallardo misses with an elbow over the top.

Gallardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva misses with an uppercut
and Gallardo counters with a stiff right hand.

Gallardo lands a left and a right that send Batista Da Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Gallardo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gallardo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Batista Da Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

Gallardo manages to break the clinch.

Gallardo darts in and clinches Batista Da Silva up against the cage.

Gallardo breaks the clinch.
Gallardo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gallardo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Batista Da Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Batista Da Silva misses with a body kick.
Batista Da Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Batista Da Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Gallardo is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Batista Da Silva like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Batista Da Silva from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lambo Gallardo!
After the fight, Lambo Gallardo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.