PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Carlos Martinez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Silva
vs
Martinez

173 cm
18
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinez looks gassed!
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez 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.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carlos Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva thumps Martinez with a low kick.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Martinez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Martinez's calf.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Martinez's calf.
Martinez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva feints and then cracks Martinez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martinez down.
Silva feints and then cracks Martinez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martinez down.
Martinez thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Martinez is predictable there
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Martinez's knee momentarily.
That kick from Silva tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Martinez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Martinez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Martinez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Martinez off balance momentarily.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Martinez 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva cracks the inside of Martinez's front leg.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martinez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
A low kick from Martinez misses
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Martinez was not able to check.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Martinez is predictable there
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Martinez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martinez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Martinez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva lands a head kick. Martinez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Carlos Martinez has been cut.
Silva is looking to slow Martinez down with leg kicks.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That kick from Silva tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafa Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Martinez'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.

Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva connects with a high kick.

Martinez is rocked!
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Martinez's calf.
Martinez is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Martinez 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.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martinez's sensitive parts.
Martinez seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Martinez off balance momentarily.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Martinez down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martinez can do to turn this around?
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Martinez is predictable there
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!
Martinez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
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 connects with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martinez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Martinez.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez 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.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Martinez misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crunch! Silva slams his shin into Martinez's torso.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Martinez's side.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Martinez really felt that one!
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Martinez thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Martinez's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinez tries to avoid it.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Rafa Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Martinez down.
That kick from Silva tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Nice body kick from Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
A low kick from Martinez is predictable there
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez blocks the body kick.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafa Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Martinez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

That kick from Silva tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martinez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martinez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva is looking to slow Martinez down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Martinez moves out of range easily.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Martinez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Martinez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva pushes Martinez away with a front kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Martinez stumbling back into the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Martinez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Martinez off balance momentarily.
Martinez 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.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martinez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva thumps Martinez with a low kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Martinez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Silva feints and then cracks Martinez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martinez down.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez 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.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Martinez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva thumps Martinez with a low kick.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martinez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Martinez is predictable there
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Martinez's knee momentarily.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Martinez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva cracks the inside of Martinez's front leg.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martinez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Martinez 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.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
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!
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martinez throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Carlos Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rafa Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva is looking to slow Martinez down with leg kicks.
A head kick by Martinez misses
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Martinez 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.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Martinez's calf.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafa 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:24
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:24

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