PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie Torrez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Torrez

188 cm
29
195 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

184 cm
25
194 lbs
15 - 11 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Meet the Future

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Torrez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torrez misses with a body shot.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torrez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Torrez slips under a jab.
Torrez lands a slapping body shot.
Torrez throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Torrez both land. Nice combination.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torrez.

Torrez lands a big uppercut and Silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Silva looks OK. Torrez waves Silva back to his feet!

Silva is rocked!
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torrez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torrez counters with a nice body shot.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Torrez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Torrez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez connects with a solid leg kick.
Torrez drops Silva with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Silva! Torrez dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Torrez!
In his post fight interview, Eddie Torrez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.