PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sylvia Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Lanchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Pride FC Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Lanchester

171 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sylvia Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Liam Lanchester!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids the head kick by Lanchester.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Lanchester is out of range.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lanchester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lanchester lands with a shot to the body.
Lanchester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lanchester leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lanchester staying out of range there.
Lanchester ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook
and Lanchester counters with a left to the body.
Lanchester moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lanchester darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Lanchester landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.
Lanchester landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lanchester.
Lanchester lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lanchester is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lanchester gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lanchester lands with a right to the head.
Lanchester is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lanchester landing knees to the head.
Lanchester lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Lanchester landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lanchester landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lanchester obliges.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lanchester lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Lanchester.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.
Lanchester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lanchester putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lanchester landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lanchester.
Lanchester lands a knee to the body.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lanchester lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lanchester.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lanchester landing knees to the head.
Lanchester lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanchester lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lanchester gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.
Lanchester lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Lanchester scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Lanchester has him pressed against the cage.
Lanchester landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lanchester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lanchester lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lanchester lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lanchester lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lanchester lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Lanchester working Silva over with knees to the body.
Lanchester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lanchester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lanchester putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva trying to stall but Lanchester improves his position.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lanchester lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lanchester lands an elbow inside.
Silva is trying to stall.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lanchester obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lanchester using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Lanchester.
Knees to the body from Lanchester.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lanchester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Lanchester dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lanchester throws out a powerful jab.
Lanchester lands a high kick!
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Lanchester drops Silva with a beautiful combination! Silva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lanchester is looking for the KO!

Silva is rocked!

It looks like Sylvia Silva has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Lanchester counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lanchester lands a nice knee to the body.
Lanchester lands a big knee! That's hurt Silva! Oh, he's all over the place! Lanchester lands another knee that sends Silva to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Lanchester!
Liam Lanchester managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, MaFiA FightWear, into his post fight interview.