PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cyborg Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Nefarious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Nefarious

182 cm
24
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Mundi Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cyborg Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Nefarious!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nefarious slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nefarious circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva throws a right and a left that Nefarious avoids nicely.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nefarious 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 Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nefarious shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nefarious 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.
Cyborg Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nefarious takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Reginald Nefarious has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a right and a left that Nefarious avoids nicely.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nefarious moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nefarious.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Nefarious lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva misses with a combination
enabling Nefarious to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Nefarious scores with a jab to the body.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Nefarious counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.

Nefarious closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Nefarious lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Nefarious misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Nefarious works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nefarious digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Nefarious lands a nice uppercut.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva avoiding damage as Nefarious throws knees to the body.
Nefarious controlling the action here for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nefarious throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nefarious lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Nefarious.
Nefarious is working Silva over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Nefarious.
Nefarious lands a body shot.
Nefarious presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nefarious digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Nefarious - that landed with a thud.
Nefarious lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Nefarious.
Nefarious lands with a left to the head.
Nefarious lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nefarious lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nefarious just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
A right hook to the body lands for Nefarious.
Silva looking to stall.
Nefarious stalling.

Nefarious breaks the clinch.
A combination from Nefarious does no damage.

Nefarious darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Nefarious leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.

Nefarious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nefarious lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Nefarious lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nefarious throws a body kick that misses.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Nefarious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nefarious scores with a jab to the body.
Nefarious thumps Silva with a low kick.
Nefarious misses with a wild combination.
Nefarious stuns Silva 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!

Nefarious rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Nefarious gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Nefarious seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.

Nefarious decides to stand up.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nefarious backs up against the cage.
Nefarious throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Nefarious misses with a double jab.
Nefarious rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Nefarious uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nefarious changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nefarious lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Nefarious displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nefarious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Nefarious dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reginald Nefarious's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nefarious throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nefarious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nefarious finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nefarious showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Nefarious scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nefarious counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Nefarious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nefarious lands a jab-cross combination.

Nefarious rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Nefarious digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
A short right from Nefarious on the inside.
Nefarious tries for a takedown. No joy.

Nefarious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nefarious throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nefarious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nefarious has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nefarious can pounce on him.
Nefarious misses with a two punch combination.
Nefarious throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nefarious.
Nefarious misses with a jab, cross combination.

Nefarious rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Nefarious is controlling the position.
Nefarious lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Nefarious has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nefarious slows down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Nefarious - that landed with a thud.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nefarious.
Nefarious prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Nefarious lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious taking a breather.
A short right from Nefarious on the inside.
Nefarious scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nefarious is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nefarious misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Nefarious breaks from the clinch.
Nefarious keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva misses the body punch
letting Nefarious counter with a right hand.
Nefarious connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Nefarious moves away from the strike by Silva.

Nefarious moves into the clinch.

Nefarious breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nefarious misses with a head kick.
Silva is looking to wear down Nefarious with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nefarious tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nefarious's corner calls for a 1-2. Nefarious obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nefarious. Nefarious obviously looking to wear him down.

Nefarious has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Reginald Nefarious seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nefarious lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nefarious lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A right hand to the body from Nefarious.
Good body shot from Nefarious.
Nefarious scores with a shoulder strike.

Nefarious breaks the clinch.
Nefarious walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Nefarious closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nefarious scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nefarious stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Nefarious lands a body punch.

Nefarious manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nefarious.
Good exchange - Nefarious coming out on top.
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!
Nefarious looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

Nefarious moves into the clinch.
Nefarious presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nefarious lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nefarious in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Silva can't get the takedown.

Nefarious breaks from the clinch.
Nefarious punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nefarious to score with a decent uppercut.
Nefarious misses with a wild combination.
Nefarious shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Nefarious rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nefarious is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nefarious working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nefarious lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Nefarious.
Nefarious gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nefarious tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cyborg Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Nefarious.
Nefarious pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Nefarious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reginald Nefarious's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nefarious stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Nefarious takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nefarious was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Nefarious stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Nefarious looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Nefarious.

Silva is rocked!
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nefarious. Nefarious obviously looking to wear him down.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nefarious lands a jab to the head.
Nefarious circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Silva to the canvas! Silva doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Nefarious keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reginald Nefarious!