PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Marchegiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the ring accompanied by Sandstorm. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Silva
vs
Marchegiano

180 cm
29
185 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

182 cm
31
192 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rocco Marchegiano!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marchegiano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marchegiano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a right hand that Marchegiano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marchegiano also avoids with ease.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Marchegiano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Marchegiano.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marchegiano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva lands a front kick.
Marchegiano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Marchegiano throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Marchegiano moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marchegiano. That did some damage!
A combination from Silva does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva feints and then cracks Marchegiano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marchegiano down.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Marchegiano ducks down to avoid it.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Marchegiano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marchegiano was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marchegiano. That did some damage!
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marchegiano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A good leg kick by Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marchegiano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Marchegiano throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marchegiano throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marchegiano's knee momentarily.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Marchegiano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marchegiano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marchegiano lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva digs a good body shot into Marchegiano's ribs.
Marchegiano throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Marchegiano.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Marchegiano looks winded!
Marchegiano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Marchegiano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Thor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marchegiano. Marchegiano circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva lands with a hook. Marchegiano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Marchegiano moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva looks to land a combination but Marchegiano avoids it well.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Marchegiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marchegiano is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Marchegiano blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a series of punches but Marchegiano avoids them all with ease.
Marchegiano misses the jab.
Marchegiano slips under a jab from Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marchegiano throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva avoids the body shot from Marchegiano.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marchegiano.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Marchegiano.
A jab from Marchegiano misses.
Marchegiano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Marchegiano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marchegiano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva tries to bum rush Marchegiano with a series of wild strikes but Marchegiano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a body punch but Marchegiano moves out of range.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva cracks Marchegiano with a good jab.
Silva stuns Marchegiano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marchegiano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marchegiano.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marchegiano can do to turn this around?
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marchegiano blocks a head kick by Silva.
Marchegiano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Marchegiano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marchegiano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Marchegiano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marchegiano.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marchegiano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Marchegiano might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marchegiano. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marchegiano misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body kick there by Silva.
A punch combination from Marchegiano misses.
Marchegiano is breathing heavily.
Silva looks to land a combination. Marchegiano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Marchegiano backpedaling.
A combination from Silva does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marchegiano manages to avoid it.
Silva punishes Marchegiano's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva throws a right hand that Marchegiano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marchegiano also avoids with ease.
Marchegiano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marchegiano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice cross by Silva.
Marchegiano misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Marchegiano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Marchegiano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Marchegiano throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marchegiano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marchegiano dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva slips a jab from Marchegiano.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva looks to land a combination but Marchegiano avoids it well.
Marchegiano misses with a series of wild punches.
Marchegiano dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Marchegiano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook but Marchegiano blocks it.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marchegiano circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva misses with a hook. Marchegiano ducked under it nicely.
Silva lands with a straight right. Marchegiano didn't see that one coming.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Marchegiano's belly button to the back.
Marchegiano looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Thor Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva lands an overhand right.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a series of punches but Marchegiano avoids them all with ease.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Marchegiano looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Rocco Marchegiano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Marchegiano misses.
Marchegiano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva moves out of range as Marchegiano strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Marchegiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marchegiano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a combination
and Marchegiano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Marchegiano misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Marchegiano throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Marchegiano misses with a wild body shot.
Marchegiano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marchegiano loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Marchegiano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Marchegiano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva throws a combination. Marchegiano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva throws a series of punches but Marchegiano avoids them all with ease.
Marchegiano has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Marchegiano's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Marchegiano down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marchegiano works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Thor Silva has been cut.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marchegiano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marchegiano looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Thor Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thor 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Silva!
Thor Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.