PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and New Delight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delight is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: My Pride . New Delight told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Silva
vs
Delight

185 cm
25
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

185 cm
22
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, New Delight!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Delight lands a nice uppercut.
Delight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Delight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Delight scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Delight - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Delight prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Delight.
Delight lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva tries to pull guard but Delight forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Delight just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocco Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Delight controlling the action here for a moment.
Delight lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Delight manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Delight moves into the clinch.
Delight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Delight.
A short right from Delight.
Silva tries to pull guard but Delight forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Delight pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short right from Delight.
Delight just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Delight lands with a left to the head.
Delight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Delight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Delight.
Delight slowing the pace effectively.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Delight pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delight lands a left hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Delight.
Delight lands a damaging elbow.

Delight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Delight moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

Delight drops Silva with a big knee straight up the middle! Silva is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Silva is rocked!

Delight moves into the clinch.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Delight unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Silva! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Delight is unloading with more strikes now! Silva drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). New Delight!
Our winner, New Delight, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.