PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keyser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keyser Soze struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be fireworks!

Silva
vs
Soze

185 cm
29
205 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

196 cm
26
220 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

BioPharm Nutrition

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keyser Soze!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soze moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Soze with a knee to the head.
Soze avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Soze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Soze looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soze or not.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soze blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soze.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Soze's face.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Soze blocks with his arms.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Soze takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Soze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Soze won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Soze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soze lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Soze blocks it.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Soze.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Soze.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Soze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soze.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Soze controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Soze with a knee to the head.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Soze lands a knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Soze lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soze.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva is leaning against Soze and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Soze blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soze lands a knee to the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Soze in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva missing with 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. Soze is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva with a knee to the head.
Soze misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Silva.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soze lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva cracks Soze with a nice body shot.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva wants to clinch

and Soze counters by moving into the clinch.
Soze scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Soze blocks it.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Soze managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Soze comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva works on Soze's body with a couple of short punches.
Soze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soze backwards.
Soze tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Silva.
Soze takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Soze backwards.
Shane Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Soze avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Soze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Soze.
Soze lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Soze.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva 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 works on Soze's body with a couple of short punches.
Soze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Soze is blocking nicely.
Soze has Silva pushed against the cage.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soze backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soze takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Soze comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva works on Soze's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soze or not.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soze's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Soze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soze can do to turn this around?
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Soze avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Soze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Soze blocks it.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soze.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Soze.
Soze managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Soze's ribcage.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Soze.
Soze misses with a knee strike.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Soze lands an elbow inside.
Soze is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva cracks Soze with a nice body shot.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Soze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Soze.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Silva dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Soze. That did some damage!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva feints and then cracks Soze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soze down.
Silva tries to clinch but Soze is having none of it.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Soze's calf.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soze, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva tries a body shot but Soze blocks it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Soze blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Silva.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Soze lands a nice elbow.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Soze is blocking nicely.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Soze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Soze takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Soze.
Soze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Soze avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Soze lands a damaging elbow.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Soze is blocking nicely.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Soze in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Soze avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva cracks Soze with a nice body shot.
A knee to the head by Soze.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Soze.
Soze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soze is defending well for now.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Soze in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Soze lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva lands an elbow just above Soze 's eye.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Soze has his back to the cage.
Silva is working Soze over against the cage.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Soze blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Soze takes a knee right on the jaw!
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soze looking to stall.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soze's defenses.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Soze obliges.
Soze with a knee to the head.
Soze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Soze lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Keyser Soze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Soze tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Shane Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

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