PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Micah Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Padraig Keane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Climbing Up The Walls -Radiohead. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Silva
vs
Keane

185 cm
22
181 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Advantage XXX nutrition

Kangaroo Muscle
Sinners Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Micah Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Keane!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Keane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Keane avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Keane moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Keane breaks from the clinch.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keane can pounce on him.
Keane lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Silva tries to clinch but Keane moves away
and Keane counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Keane tries a head kick but it misses.
Keane throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Keane's head.
Keane throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keane. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Keane counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Keane closes the distance and clinches.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keane avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.

Keane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keane scoring well with a low kick there.
Micah Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Keane counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Keane counters with a leg kick.

Keane clinches.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keane.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva tries to stall but Keane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Keane blocks it.

Keane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Keane counters with a head kick.

Silva is rocked!
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Keane bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Keane slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva throws a right hand that Keane ducks under and follows up with a left that Keane also avoids with ease.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Keane counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Keane counters with an outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Keane misses with a low kick.
Silva lands a nice hook to Keane's body. Keane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Keane counters with a head kick that drops Silva - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Keane wants to get back to his feet.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Keane is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Keane prevents Silva from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keane trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Keane wants to stand up but Silva manages to regain full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with a combination
and Keane counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Keane counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Silva! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Padraig Keane!
Padraig Keane is the new welterweight champion!