PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Roman Riquelme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Roman Riquelme
vs
Silva

193 cm
22
225 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Roman Riquelme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Silva!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab from Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Riquelme pushes him off.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Riquelme paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Riquelme chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Riquelme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva tries to bum rush Riquelme with a series of wild strikes but Riquelme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riquelme.
Riquelme misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Riquelme's hands.
Silva tries to clinch but Riquelme is having none of it.
A slow jab from Riquelme misses its intended target.
Silva blocks a head kick by Riquelme.
A combination from Riquelme does no damage.
Riquelme throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Riquelme counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva clinches but Riquelme breaks the clinch
and Riquelme cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Riquelme misses with a low kick.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riquelme looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Riquelme counters with a two punch combo.
Silva looks to land a combination. Riquelme sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A right-left combo lands from Riquelme.
Silva tries to clinch but Riquelme moves away
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Riquelme throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riquelme.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Riquelme is controlling him.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva prevents Riquelme from breaking the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Riquelme rushes Silva and presses him up against the ropes.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva tries to break free but Riquelme pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Riquelme.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva closes the distance but Riquelme moves to the side
and Riquelme counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Riquelme to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva throws a right hand that Riquelme ducks under and follows up with a left that Riquelme also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Riquelme counters with a good, hard body kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Riquelme counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.
Riquelme is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick.
Riquelme fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva wants to clinch

and Riquelme moves into the clinch.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Riquelme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Riquelme.
Riquelme checks a leg kick.
Riquelme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riquelme.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riquelme steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Roman Riquelme dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva throws a combination that misses

and Riquelme moves into the clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.

Riquelme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva looks to land a combination but Riquelme avoids it well.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a slapping leg kick.
Riquelme misses with a double jab.
Riquelme throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Riquelme throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riquelme throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva tries to clinch

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.
Riquelme keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riquelme cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva looks to land a combination but Riquelme avoids it well.
Silva wants to clinch

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riquelme keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riquelme has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva tries to bum rush Riquelme with a series of wild strikes but Riquelme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick.
Juan Roman Riquelme is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Riquelme counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Riquelme's head but Riquelme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riquelme tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to bum rush Riquelme with a series of wild strikes but Riquelme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Riquelme moves into the clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side

and Riquelme counters by clinching up.

Riquelme manages to break the clinch.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riquelme.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riquelme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva looks to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riquelme counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a body kick that stops Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Silva is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Riquelme misses.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riquelme moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva stalks Riquelme and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Riquelme's face. Riquelme staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
letting Riquelme counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva is looking to chop away at Riquelme's legs.
Silva tries to clinch up

and Riquelme holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Riquelme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riquelme tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
Riquelme is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Roman Riquelme dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Riquelme throws a head kick that misses.
Riquelme misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Riquelme counters with an inside leg kick.
Riquelme fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.

Riquelme instigates a clinch.

Riquelme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a head kick.
Silva misses with a combination
and Riquelme counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva clinches but Riquelme breaks the clinch
and Riquelme counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side
and Riquelme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva tries to clinch

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Riquelme has Silva pressed against the ropes, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva tries to break free but Riquelme pushes him back against the ropes.

Riquelme breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Riquelme moves away
and Riquelme makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch.
Riquelme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Riquelme looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shane Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Riquelme slips to the side

and Riquelme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riquelme.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Juan Roman Riquelme is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva walks into a jab.
Riquelme throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Shane Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva clinches but Riquelme breaks the clinch

and Riquelme holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Riquelme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Riquelme misses with a straight left.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Riquelme pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Riquelme settles back down.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riquelme connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a one-two to the body.
Riquelme circles away from the clinch attempt

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva lands a right hand.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Riquelme misses with a wild combination.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riquelme counters with a leg kick.
Juan Roman Riquelme is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riquelme tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva tries to clinch up

and Riquelme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Riquelme blocks an uppercut.
Riquelme working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Riquelme is controlling the position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riquelme misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riquelme scores with a three punch combo!

Riquelme has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riquelme's elbow.

Riquelme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Riquelme looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riquelme throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Riquelme only half commits.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Roman Riquelme showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riquelme 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Roman Riquelme!