PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Like a Boss as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rua
vs
Silva

180 cm
22
168 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rua looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Derrick Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a series of punches but Rua avoids them all with ease.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Rua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rua punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Rua lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
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 pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva looks gassed!

Oooooh!!! Rua has knocked Silva down with a huge combo! Rua steps away and waves a wobbly Silva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Silva is rocked!
A solid body kick from Rua.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Rua connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rua lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Rua lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Rua lands with a kick to the ribs.

Rua lands a left and a right that send Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Rua thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rua lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rua counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rua jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good shot there by Rua.
Rua works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Jab by Rua.

Rua clinches.
Rua lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Rua scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua stalling the fight.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Come on Rua - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rua softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva wants to break free but Rua has control.
A bit of stalling here from Rua.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Silva letting Rua take a breather here.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rua lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Rua lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Rua prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to break free but Rua has control.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua landing knees to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua avoiding damage.
Rua lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rua.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Rua leaning against his opponent.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Rua dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!

Rua lands a left and a right that send Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Rua thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
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!
Rua scores with a body shot.
Silva throws a series of punches but Rua avoids them all with ease.

Rua moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Rua.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Rua lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
A short right from Rua.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Rua - that landed with a thud.
Silva is breathing heavily.
A short right from Rua.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua avoiding damage.
Gabriel Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Rua - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua stalling the fight.
Rua pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rua lands a body shot.
Rua working Silva over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Rua is struggling to control the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.

Rua drops Silva onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Silva is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Silva! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Rua is unloading with more strikes now! Silva drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Rua!
An intense looking Gabriel Rua took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I beat Cunha last time but got robbed, Im the man, and taking the title off Tari is my destiny. I am the most complete 170lb fighter in the Immortals. I am the Avenging Angel!'.