PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonny Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mitchell
vs
Silva

203 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
230 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Kobra Clothing Inc.

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Mitchell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sonny Silva!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Mitchell.

It looks like Sonny Silva has been cut.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitchell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Mitchell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva working Mitchell over with knees to the body.
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Mitchell takes a shot to the head.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitchell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mitchell tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitchell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mitchell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands a shot to the body.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Mitchell misses with a combination
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva is looking to slow Mitchell down with leg kicks.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mitchell misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva works on Mitchell's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva working Mitchell over with knees to the body.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva scores with a leg 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 clinches up with Mitchell.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sonny Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Mitchell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mitchell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sonny Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Xavier Mitchell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mitchell misses with a looping left.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mitchell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Mitchell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mitchell's calf.

Mitchell gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Silva. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva stalling.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mitchell's face.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitchell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Mitchell's ribcage.
Silva working Mitchell over with knees to the body.
Mitchell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

Silva clinches.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mitchell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sonny Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva is stalling here.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Mitchell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sonny Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Mitchell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mitchell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Mitchell 's knee.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mitchell's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Mitchell sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva presses Mitchell against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Mitchell won't want to take too many of those.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Mitchell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the head.
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!
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Xavier Mitchell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Mitchell's ribcage.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is trying to break free.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mitchell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mitchell throws a combination that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva throws a head kick that Mitchell semi-blocks.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mitchell's face.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a 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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mitchell wants to break free but Silva has control.
Sonny Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sonny Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 25:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sonny Silva!
After the big win, Sonny Silva made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Kobra Clothing Inc. and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.