PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Holyfield
vs
Silva

181 cm
28
169 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

188 cm
27
198 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Holyfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Silva!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Holyfield off balance momentarily.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva punishes Holyfield's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Holyfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holyfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Kenji Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holyfield.
Holyfield throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holyfield throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holyfield's knee momentarily.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holyfield with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva scores with the left hand. Holyfield knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Holyfield had a free shot at his head there.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Holyfield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva lands a nice hook to Holyfield's body. Holyfield takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva is looking to slow Holyfield down with leg kicks.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Holyfield throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Holyfield swings widly with a right hand
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Holyfield really felt that one!
Holyfield is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kenji Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva cracks Holyfield with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Holyfield sees coming a mile off.
Silva defending well as Holyfield loads up on a big left hand.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holyfield's sensitive parts.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Holyfield with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Holyfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Holyfield thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Holyfield looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Holyfield persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Holyfield. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holyfield.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Holyfield is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Holyfield just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holyfield manages to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Holyfield had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Holyfield attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Holyfield shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva throws a body punch but Holyfield moves out of range.
Holyfield takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva throws a head kick but Holyfield moves out of range.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva is looking to slow Holyfield down with leg kicks.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Holyfield takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a head kick but Holyfield moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holyfield on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Holyfield on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Holyfield. Holyfield circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Holyfield moves out of range easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Holyfield might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Silva lands a front kick.
Holyfield will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva is looking to slow Holyfield down with leg kicks.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Holyfield if he has to take too many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Holyfield down.
Holyfield is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Holyfield on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Holyfield takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva tries to bum rush Holyfield with a series of wild strikes but Holyfield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Holyfield looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A left lands for Silva.
Holyfield throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva motions for Holyfield to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Holyfield sees coming a mile off.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Holyfield takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Nate Holyfield has been cut.
Holyfield walks into a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Holyfield has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Holyfield's belly button to the back.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Holyfield takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Holyfield tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva cracks the inside of Holyfield's front leg.
Silva cracks Holyfield with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Holyfield looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Holyfield down.
Silva pushes Holyfield away with a front kick.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Holyfield takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nate Holyfield's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Holyfield looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva throws a jab when Holyfield was well out of range.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silva throws a leg kick but Holyfield checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Holyfield paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva pushes Holyfield away with a front kick.
Silva thuds his right hand into Holyfield's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Holyfield lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Holyfield. That did some damage!
A bone on bone clash there as Holyfield blocks the leg kick.
Holyfield avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jab by Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva with a nice cross.
Holyfield pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holyfield.
Silva lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Holyfield moves out of range easily.
Holyfield lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kenji Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Holyfield off the cage and back into range.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Holyfield checks it.
Silva is looking to chop away at Holyfield's legs.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Holyfield is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Holyfield avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Holyfield throws a leg kick that misses.
Nate Holyfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holyfield looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Holyfield throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Holyfield avoids the head kick by Silva.
Holyfield fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Holyfield comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Holyfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holyfield takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Holyfield gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Holyfield chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Holyfield avoids a kick to the body.
Silva lands a jab to Holyfield's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Holyfield is predictable there
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Holyfield misses with a wild body shot.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holyfield's sensitive parts.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Kenji Silva!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Kenji Silva!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Kenji Silva!

Kenji Silva wins by unanimous decision!
After the big win, Kenji Silva made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Conviction and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.