PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patcharin Rattana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patcharin Rattana will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Silva
vs
Rattana

191 cm
26
245 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

220 cm
27
265 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patcharin Rattana!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rattana wants to clinch

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Rattana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rattana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rattana managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rattana avoids the damage to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rattana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Rattana tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rattana.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Rattana looks gassed!
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rattana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Rattana is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana throws an elbow but it misses.
Rattana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rattana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rattana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rattana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rattana lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rattana landing knees to the head.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Rattana.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rattana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Rattana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Rattana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rattana is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
Rattana scores with a knee to the head.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rattana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rattana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Rattana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rattana managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Rattana managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana landing knees to the head.
Rattana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Rattana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana lands a knee to the head.
Rattana managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Rattana, against the cage.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rattana.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rattana lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rattana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Patcharin Rattana will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rattana is looking to clinch.
Patcharin Rattana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva rushes Rattana and presses him up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rattana.
Rattana throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rattana throws an elbow but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Rattana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rattana scores with a knee to the head.
Rattana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rattana lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Rattana with a knee to the head.
Silva missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Rattana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rattana lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Rattana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Rattana with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rattana avoids the damage to the body.
Rattana lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Rattana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rattana pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rattana with a knee to the head.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Rattana.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rattana lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rattana avoids the damage to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rattana avoids the damage to the body.
Rattana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Rattana.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Rattana misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Rattana looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rattana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rattana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rattana.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana misses with a knee to the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
Rattana landing knees to the head.
Rattana managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
A knee to the head by Rattana.
Patcharin Rattana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rattana scores with a knee to the head.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rattana looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rattana.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patcharin Rattana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Rattana.
Rattana tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Silva decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Junior Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Rattana.
Rattana lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Rattana.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Rattana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rattana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Rattana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Rattana scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rattana.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Rattana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Rattana won't want to take too many of those.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rattana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rattana avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rattana.
Rattana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rattana lands a damaging elbow.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rattana lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rattana avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rattana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Rattana tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rattana pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Junior Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rattana lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rattana misses with a knee strike.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Rattana connects with a knee to the head.
Rattana tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rattana avoids the damage to the body.
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rattana with a knee to the head.
Rattana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Rattana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rattana.
Rattana lands a nice elbow.
Rattana tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Rattana avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rattana is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rattana throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rattana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rattana takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rattana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Rattana.
Rattana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rattana lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Rattana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rattana lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Rattana.
Rattana scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rattana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rattana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rattana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rattana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rattana throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rattana.
Rattana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Patcharin Rattana is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rattana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patcharin Rattana.
I've got Rattana winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patcharin Rattana!