PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian The Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by "The Pitbull" Onward to Victory. The Fury has chosen BooM as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
The Fury

190 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
196 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julian The Fury!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Fury wants to clinch.
The Fury circles away from the clinch attempt.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Good body shot from The Fury.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Fury has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow just above The Fury 's eye.
The Fury takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Fury makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Fury has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
The Fury is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Fury's brow.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on The Fury's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Fury managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Fury blocks an uppercut.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but The Fury avoids the damage to the body.
The Fury blocks the elbow strike.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeps control of The Fury as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped The Fury in his tracks for a moment.
The Fury misses with a knee to the head.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Fury avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
The Fury tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
The Fury takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Fury is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Fury blocks the elbow strike.
The Fury tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Fury is defending well for now.
The Fury scores with a hook to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
The Fury wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Fury missing with knees to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Fury trying to land knees to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from The Fury.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Fury's brow.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Fury avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Fury blocks the elbow strike.
The Fury makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Fury takes an elbow to the temple.
The Fury lands a shot to the body.
The Fury looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Fury trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Fury blocks the elbow strike.
The Fury lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Fury missing with knees to the body.
The Fury lands a nice shot to the body.
The Fury blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Fury lands a body punch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from The Fury.
The Fury looks gassed!
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Fury avoids it.
Silva with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
The Fury is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Fury avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
The Fury blocks an elbow strike.

The Fury breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva moves out of range as The Fury throws a body kick.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Fury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but The Fury seems unphased.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Fury swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
The Fury takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

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

The Fury is rocked!

It looks like Julian The Fury has been cut.

Silva drops The Fury with a beautiful combination! The Fury stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Silva is looking for the KO!
The Fury is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva stuns The Fury with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of The Fury's side.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Silva throws a head kick but The Fury moves out of range.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
The Fury seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Fury's defenses.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped The Fury in his tracks for a moment.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Fury has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva avoiding damage as The Fury throws knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Fury's face.
The Fury wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Fury throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Fury avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Fury blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva lands an elbow inside that The Fury shrugs off.

The Fury breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Fury sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Fury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian The Fury's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva lands an overhand right.
A punch combination from The Fury misses.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
The Fury takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
The Fury missing with knees to the body.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Fury backwards.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
The Fury takes an elbow to the temple.
The Fury is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Fury has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped The Fury in his tracks for a moment.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Fury's defenses.
Silva lands an elbow just above The Fury 's eye.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Fury blocks an uppercut.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Fury is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
The Fury takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Fury tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Silva.
The Fury blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
The Fury blocks the elbow strike.
The Fury blocks the elbow strike.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
The Fury using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva avoiding damage as The Fury throws knees to the body.
The Fury dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva lands an elbow inside that The Fury shrugs off.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but The Fury avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside that The Fury shrugs off.
The Fury tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The Fury works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
The Fury pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Fury's brow.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Fury is defending well for now.
The Fury trying to land knees to the body.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
The Fury avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
The Fury on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from The Fury.

The Fury breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva misses with an uppercut. The Fury saw that one coming.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but The Fury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Fury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rocky Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
The Fury slips a jab and a cross from Silva.

Silva rushes The Fury and presses him up against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Fury has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Fury wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva lands an elbow just above The Fury 's eye.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but The Fury avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Fury misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
The Fury avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of The Fury backwards.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from The Fury.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Fury takes an elbow to the temple.
The Fury working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Fury's brow.
The Fury dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
The Fury takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Fury on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.

The Fury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Fury slips under a jab from Silva.

Silva clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Fury dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Rocky Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by The Fury.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva lands an elbow just above The Fury 's eye.
The Fury managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
The Fury with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva prevents a body shot from The Fury.
The Fury misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
The Fury blocks an elbow strike.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Silva.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Fury has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Fury trying to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva lands an elbow just above The Fury 's eye.
The Fury avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva landing knees to the body.
The Fury tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julian The Fury's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva feints and then cracks The Fury's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Fury down.
Silva scores with a hook.
The Fury on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Fury gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva dodges the punch combination from The Fury.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by The Fury.
The Fury steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on The Fury's shoulder, as The Fury tries to avoid the shot.
The Fury gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva misses with an uppercut. The Fury saw that one coming.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva working The Fury over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva working The Fury over with knees to the body.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Fury is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Fury is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped The Fury in his tracks for a moment.
The Fury avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Fury can do to turn this around?
The Fury dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
The Fury managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Fury's brow.
The Fury avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
The Fury tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
The Fury lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Fury avoids it.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Fury's defenses.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. The Fury won't want to take too many of those.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Fury missing with knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Fury is blocking nicely.

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.
The Fury managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Fury obliges.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Fury is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Fury.
The Fury with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Fury's efforts to push away.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside that The Fury shrugs off.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Fury trying to land knees to the body.
The Fury takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by The Fury.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Fury avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
The Fury blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Fury blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with a knee strike.

The Fury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva looks to land a left hand but The Fury moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from The Fury.
Silva wants to clinch.
The Fury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Fury. The Fury circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Fury is looking to land body kicks.
Silva lands the left hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Julian The Fury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Fury avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow just above The Fury 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Fury avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
The Fury takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
The Fury tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
The Fury tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing The Fury back against the cage.
The Fury tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing The Fury back against the cage.
The Fury blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
The Fury avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Fury.
The Fury digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Fury avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
The Fury dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Fury blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Fury.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but The Fury leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Fury misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Silva!