PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roid Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayweather comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Till I Callapse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Marcus Silva has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Marcus Silva seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Silva
vs
Mayweather

160 cm
22
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
168 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Fightwear
Rusty Cage Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roid Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayweather lands a body shot.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Mayweather.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Mayweather pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mayweather dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayweather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Mayweather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mayweather lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Marcus Silva has been cut.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

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

Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mayweather's half guard.
Mayweather wants to get back to his feet.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Mayweather is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mayweather is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to take a breather but Mayweather is having none of it.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mayweather with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mayweather looks like he's trying to stand up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mayweather swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
A big right from Silva misses.
Mayweather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mayweather's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Mayweather looks gassed!
Silva wants to control but Mayweather is keeping him busy.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mayweather's head.
Silva looks to land a strike but Mayweather avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayweather is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayweather wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Mayweather sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mayweather throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Silva tries to clinch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Mayweather - just one landing.
Mayweather cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva wants to clinch up but Mayweather keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Mayweather.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mayweather defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mayweather punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mayweather.
Mayweather has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mayweather connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Mayweather pushes him off.
Mayweather moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayweather connects with a crisp jab.
Mayweather lands a right hook to the body.
Mayweather lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Mayweather.
Mayweather jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Mayweather defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Mayweather uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Mayweather comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mayweather connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Mayweather as he connects with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Mayweather. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mayweather.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayweather lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roid Mayweather dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mayweather throws out a powerful jab.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mayweather keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mayweather avoids it really well and circles away.
Mayweather cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva is looking to clinch but Mayweather is avoiding it.
Mayweather misses with a series of wild punches.
Mayweather connects with a jab.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mayweather digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes.
Silva tries to score with some ground and pound. Mayweather controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Mayweather is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva working the head with strikes.
Silva is chipping away with strikes.
Mayweather is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.

Mayweather explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Mayweather keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants a takedown.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mayweather avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mayweather avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva has Mayweather pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mayweather manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mayweather is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mayweather is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mayweather breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mayweather fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mayweather connects with a looping right hand.
Mayweather works the jab nicely.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Mayweather which made him look bad.
Mayweather's corner calls for a 1-2. Mayweather obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Mayweather from standing back up.
Silva working Mayweather over with strikes.
Mayweather blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Mayweather looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva winds up and cracks Mayweather with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mayweather defending well though.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mayweather keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva looks to land a strike but Mayweather avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mayweather keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Mayweather is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Silva postures up in Mayweather's guard and throws a big left but Mayweather blocks it.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Mayweather blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roid Mayweather showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marcus Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Mayweather counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Silva pushes Mayweather up against the cage in a clinch.
Mayweather wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Mayweather breaks from the clinch.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Mayweather sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mayweather fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Mayweather.
Mayweather lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mayweather lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva throws a leg kick but Mayweather moved away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to clinch
and Mayweather counters with a nice uppercut.
Mayweather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mayweather lands with a shot to the body.
Mayweather jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roid Mayweather is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayweather moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Mayweather bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A cross from Mayweather lands.

Silva feints and as Mayweather raises his hands in defense, Silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva won't allow Mayweather to get back to his feet.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mayweather avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mayweather keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

Mayweather pushes Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mayweather has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mayweather is trying to stand.
Mayweather is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Silva misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Mayweather is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silva lands a big elbow.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva punching from mount but Mayweather doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Marcus Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mayweather looks a forlorn figure.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Silva cracks Mayweather with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mayweather's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Roid Mayweather is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mayweather looks a forlorn figure.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roid Mayweather.
I've got Mayweather winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roid Mayweather!