PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Schouteren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nathan Schouteren has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Schouteren

190 cm
26
175 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

184 cm
25
181 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Schouteren!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schouteren tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Schouteren changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Schouteren manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Schouteren blocks a leg kick.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Schouteren gets slowly back to his feet.
Thiago Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Schouteren.
Silva thumps Schouteren with a low kick.
Schouteren blocks the body kick.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Schouteren. Schouteren gets slowly back to his feet.
Schouteren looks gassed!
Silva throws out a leg kick but Schouteren moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Schouteren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schouteren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nathan Schouteren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schouteren on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Thiago Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva lands a head kick. Schouteren smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Schouteren chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Schouteren manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva feints and then cracks Schouteren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schouteren down.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Schouteren saw it coming and moves away.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Schouteren checks it well.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Schouteren shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Schouteren's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thumps Schouteren with a low kick.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Schouteren is trying desperately to land a takedown but Silva is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Schouteren.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Schouteren moves his leg out of the way.
Schouteren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva is looking to slow Schouteren down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a low kick but Schouteren avoids it.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Schouteren stumbling back into the ropes.
Schouteren checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva throws a leg kick

and Schouteren counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Schouteren has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Schouteren tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schouteren trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Schouteren on the ground.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.

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.
Schouteren landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Schouteren remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schouteren advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schouteren closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Schouteren blocks a leg kick.
Silva thows a leg kick but Schouteren checks it
and Schouteren counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Schouteren.
Schouteren keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Schouteren darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Schouteren 's knee.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Schouteren is defended easily by Silva.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Schouteren if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schouteren checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Schouteren keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Thiago Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Schouteren.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Schouteren off balance momentarily.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Schouteren off balance momentarily.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schouteren. That did some damage!
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Schouteren checks it well.
Schouteren keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
No luck for Schouteren with that takedown attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Schouteren checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Schouteren changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Schouteren manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva throws a head kick but Schouteren moves out of range.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Schouteren is out of range.
Schouteren looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Schouteren shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Schouteren counters with a two punch combo.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Schouteren checks a leg kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Schouteren misses with a kick to the body
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schouteren is able to avoid easily.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Schouteren.
Schouteren misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schouteren is able to avoid easily.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Schouteren.
Silva thumps Schouteren with a low kick.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nathan Schouteren is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good work by Schouteren as he checks the leg kick.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Schouteren fails with the takedown.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schouteren with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Schouteren checks the leg kick nicely there.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schouteren checks a leg kick.
Schouteren checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva blocks the body kick.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Silva dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Schouteren tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Schouteren fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Schouteren has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Schouteren moves his leg out of the way.
Schouteren wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schouteren's sensitive parts.
Schouteren fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Schouteren with that takedown attempt.
Thiago Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Schouteren.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Schouteren.
Schouteren checks a leg kick.
Schouteren tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Schouteren shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Schouteren shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Schouteren blocks a low kick nicely.
Schouteren blocks a low kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Schouteren checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Schouteren shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Schouteren moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schouteren takes a kick to the side of the head.
Schouteren looks to clinch
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Schouteren shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Schouteren tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Schouteren somewhat.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Schouteren checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thiago Silva is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva thumps Schouteren with a low kick.
Schouteren throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Schouteren shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schouteren looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Schouteren throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Schouteren off to one side.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Schouteren.
Schouteren misses with a takedown
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nathan Schouteren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schouteren can do to turn this around?
Schouteren closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schouteren.
Schouteren throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight for Thiago Silva!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Thiago Silva!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Thiago Silva!

Thiago Silva wins by unanimous decision!