PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melhim Abu Shahin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abu Shahin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Desert Rose kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alejandro Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Abu Shahin

190 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Crashforce Voodoo Labs
Fight Club Clothing

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alejandro Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Melhim Abu Shahin!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abu Shahin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Alejandro Silva has been cut.
Abu Shahin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abu Shahin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Abu Shahin.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Abu Shahin tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin can't break the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Abu Shahin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Abu Shahin wants to break free but Silva has control.
Abu Shahin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Silva.

It looks like Melhim Abu Shahin has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Abu Shahin is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva prevents Abu Shahin from breaking the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Abu Shahin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abu Shahin's face.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Abu Shahin tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Abu Shahin tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Abu Shahin wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abu Shahin wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Abu Shahin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abu Shahin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Abu Shahin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abu Shahin takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Abu Shahin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abu Shahin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Abu Shahin can't break the clinch.
Abu Shahin wants to break free but Silva has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Abu Shahin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin is trying to break free.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Abu Shahin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melhim Abu Shahin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Abu Shahin misses with a hook.
Abu Shahin misses with a wild combination.
Abu Shahin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abu Shahin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Abu Shahin throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Abu Shahin misses.
Abu Shahin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Abu Shahin misses with the combination.
Abu Shahin circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Abu Shahin pushes him off.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abu Shahin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abu Shahin tries a head kick but it misses.
Abu Shahin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to clinch there but Abu Shahin circles away.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Abu Shahin.
Abu Shahin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch up but Abu Shahin keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abu Shahin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva clinches up with Abu Shahin and pushes him back against the cage.
Abu Shahin is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Abu Shahin is trying to break free.
Abu Shahin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin can't break the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Abu Shahin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abu Shahin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Abu Shahin working hard to break the clinch.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Abu Shahin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Abu Shahin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva keeps control of Abu Shahin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abu Shahin tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva has Abu Shahin pressed against the cage, preventing Abu Shahin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abu Shahin's face.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Abu Shahin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Abu Shahin wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva prevents Abu Shahin from breaking the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva keeps control of Abu Shahin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Abu Shahin wants to break free but Silva has control.
Abu Shahin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abu Shahin is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Abu Shahin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melhim Abu Shahin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abu Shahin.
A combination from Abu Shahin does no damage.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Abu Shahin throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Abu Shahin misses the target.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abu Shahin.
Abu Shahin throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Abu Shahin swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abu Shahin throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abu Shahin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slow jab from Abu Shahin misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abu Shahin misses with a two punch combination.
Silva tries to clinch but Abu Shahin moves out of range.
No joy there for Abu Shahin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva tries to clinch but Abu Shahin moves out of range.

Silva darts in and clinches Abu Shahin up against the cage.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abu Shahin's face.
Abu Shahin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Abu Shahin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Abu Shahin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Abu Shahin is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Abu Shahin is blocking nicely.
Silva prevents Abu Shahin from breaking the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Abu Shahin working hard to break the clinch.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abu Shahin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Abu Shahin working hard to break the clinch.
Abu Shahin wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abu Shahin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abu Shahin is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Abu Shahin blocks it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abu Shahin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva has Abu Shahin pressed against the cage, preventing Abu Shahin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abu Shahin's face.
Abu Shahin tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Abu Shahin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Abu Shahin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abu Shahin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Melhim Abu Shahin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abu Shahin tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Abu Shahin wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva keeps control of Abu Shahin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abu Shahin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Abu Shahin is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Abu Shahin working hard to break the clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abu Shahin blocks it with crossed arms.
Alejandro Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Abu Shahin breaks from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Abu Shahin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melhim Abu Shahin!