PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pepe Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belial Zaapiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Silvia
vs
Zaapiel

170 cm
25
141 lbs
20 - 3 - 0

171 cm
21
155 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pepe Silvia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Belial Zaapiel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaapiel thows a leg kick but Silvia checks it
and Silvia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A bone on bone clash there as Silvia blocks the leg kick.
Silvia throws a big shot that misses.
Zaapiel thows a leg kick but Silvia checks it
and Silvia counters with a one-two to the body.
Silvia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zaapiel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silvia counters with a good low kick that Zaapiel was not able to check.
Zaapiel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silvia doesn't manage to clinch there - Zaapiel circles away.
Silvia swats away the attempt to clinch by Zaapiel.
Silvia takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia lands an overhand right.
Silvia misses the shot to the body.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Zaapiel counters with a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Zaapiel blocks the low kick.
Silvia tries to clinch but Zaapiel is having none of it.
Silvia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zaapiel misses with a kick to the body.
Zaapiel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvia.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silvia.
Silvia misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zaapiel manages to avoid it.
Zaapiel tries to clinch up.
Silvia misses with a double jab
and Zaapiel counters with a head kick.
Silvia misses with a straight right.
Silvia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zaapiel is able to avoid easily.
Zaapiel missing with a left hand there. Silvia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zaapiel tries to close the distance and clinch but Silvia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvia misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Silvia misses
letting Zaapiel counter with a right hand.
Silvia misses with a left hand
and Zaapiel counters with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia connects with a leg kick. Zaapiel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zaapiel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silvia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zaapiel.
Silvia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silvia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Zaapiel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silvia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silvia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zaapiel's calf.
Zaapiel throws a leg kick
and Silvia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Zaapiel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silvia looks to land a right hand but Zaapiel moved out of range.
Silvia tries to clinch up.
Silvia moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zaapiel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silvia.
Zaapiel throws a leg kick
and Silvia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvia swings for the body but Zaapiel moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaapiel avoids the head kick by Silvia.
A big left from Silvia misses.
Silvia misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pepe Silvia dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zaapiel lands with a nice body punch.
Pepe Silvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silvia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silvia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaapiel. Zaapiel obviously looking to wear him down.
Silvia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvia misses the shot to the body.
Silvia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zaapiel circles away quickly and effectively.
Silvia looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaapiel is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Zaapiel.
A telegraphed right hand from Silvia misses the target.
Silvia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zaapiel on the side of the head.
Silvia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia tries to close the distance and clinch but Zaapiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zaapiel tries to close the distance and clinch but Silvia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvia moves out of range of the strikes.
Zaapiel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zaapiel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silvia looks to land a body kick but Zaapiel moved away.
Silvia throws a combination that misses
and Zaapiel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zaapiel digs a good body shot into Silvia's ribs.
Zaapiel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silvia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silvia throws out a loose jab but Zaapiel uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaapiel is looking to chop away at Silvia's legs.
Zaapiel lands a nice looking body kick.
Pepe Silvia is winning the standup battle so far.
Zaapiel connects with a looping right hand.

Zaapiel clinches with his opponent.
Zaapiel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silvia takes a knee to the side of the body.

Silvia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silvia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zaapiel tries to land a body kick
and Silvia counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silvia thuds his right hand into Zaapiel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A punch combination from Silvia misses.
Silvia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zaapiel counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zaapiel counters with a nice leg kick.
Silvia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zaapiel misses with a kick to the body
enabling Silvia to counter with a crisp jab.
Zaapiel moves in looking to clinch but Silvia pushes him off.
Zaapiel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zaapiel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zaapiel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvia.
Pepe Silvia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zaapiel.
A head kick by Zaapiel misses
and Silvia counters with a left and a right that stings Zaapiel.
Silvia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zaapiel counters with a low kick, right behind Silvia 's knee.
Decent striking displayed by Silvia there.
Silvia lands with a cross.
Silvia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A combination from Silvia does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaapiel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Zaapiel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silvia.
Silvia misses with a right hand
and Zaapiel counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Belial Zaapiel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Zaapiel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silvia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zaapiel counters with a leg kick.
A nice combination there by Zaapiel.
Silvia tries to clinch up but Zaapiel circles away and keeps his distance.
Silvia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zaapiel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silvia tries to close the distance and clinch but Zaapiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zaapiel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaapiel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zaapiel misses with a head kick.
Silvia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zaapiel, right into the meat.
Good exchange - Silvia coming out on top.
Silvia checks a leg kick.
Silvia thows a body shot but no joy.
Zaapiel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silvia throws a series of punches but Zaapiel avoids them all with ease.
Silvia connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Silvia lands but Zaapiel takes it in his stride.
Zaapiel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silvia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zaapiel throws a lazy head kick
and Silvia counters with a two punch combo.
Silvia thows a body shot but no joy.
Zaapiel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zaapiel misses with a body kick.
Silvia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zaapiel's head backwards.
Silvia with a nice cross.
Zaapiel misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia throws a leg kick but Zaapiel moved away.
Silvia swats away the attempt to clinch by Zaapiel.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zaapiel!

Zaapiel forces Silvia back against the cage and clinches.
Zaapiel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silvia can't break the clinch.
Silvia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zaapiel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvia's elbow.

Silvia breaks the clinch.
Zaapiel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silvia tries to clinch but Zaapiel moves away
enabling Zaapiel to counter with a crisp jab.
Silvia feints and then cracks Zaapiel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zaapiel down.
Silvia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia throws a combination. Zaapiel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silvia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zaapiel counters with a big head kick but Silvia shrugs it off.
Silvia will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Zaapiel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zaapiel throws a sloppy head kick and Silvia moves out of range easily.
Silvia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zaapiel makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silvia really felt that one!
Zaapiel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silvia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zaapiel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silvia lunges at Zaapiel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zaapiel's hand.
Zaapiel throws out a loose jab but Silvia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zaapiel circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Belial Zaapiel just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A cross from Silvia lands.
Silvia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silvia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silvia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zaapiel tries to clinch up
and Silvia counters with an inside leg kick.
Zaapiel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silvia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zaapiel.
Zaapiel throws a lazy head kick
and Silvia counters with a two punch combo.
Silvia lands a lovely overhand right.

Zaapiel is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Zaapiel out cold! Zaapiel corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pepe Silvia!
Pepe Silvia is the new featherweight champion!