PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cap Roundtree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dario Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Iron as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roundtree
vs
Silva

182 cm
20
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cap Roundtree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dario Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roundtree tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Silva tries to clinch up but Roundtree circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Roundtree counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Roundtree throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva digs a good body shot into Roundtree's ribs.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Roundtree swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roundtree manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roundtree keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Roundtree blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Silva thuds his right hand into Roundtree's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Roundtree's leg but Roundtree calmly moves out of range.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dario Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roundtree throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings widly with a right hand

and Roundtree counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Well, if Roundtree is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Roundtree missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Roundtree is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Cap Roundtree wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Roundtree is just out of range.
Roundtree displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Roundtree keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roundtree feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roundtree scores with a shot to the body.
Roundtree works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva blocks a head kick by Roundtree.
Roundtree thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roundtree. Roundtree obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Roundtree.
Roundtree on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Roundtree throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roundtree connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roundtree tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Roundtree lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Roundtree lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roundtree lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva looks winded!
Roundtree throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Roundtree throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Roundtree looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Roundtree goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva tries to clinch up but Roundtree circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva blocks a head kick by Roundtree.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roundtree swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roundtree thumps Silva with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roundtree throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Roundtree only half commits.
A good leg kick by Roundtree.
Roundtree swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Roundtree lands with a good body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Roundtree.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva tries to clinch there but Roundtree circles away.
Roundtree scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch up but Roundtree keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva wants to clinch up but Roundtree keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cap Roundtree dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roundtree swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roundtree keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva wants to clinch up but Roundtree keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Roundtree moves his leg out of the way.
Roundtree keeps the fight on the outside.
Roundtree tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.

Silva rushes Roundtree and presses him up against the cage.

Roundtree's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Roundtree swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Roundtree with a nice cross.

It looks like Dario Silva has been cut.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva moves out of range as Roundtree strikes.
Cap Roundtree is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Roundtree misses.
Silva is looking to chop away at Roundtree's legs.
Silva throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roundtree lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundtree avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roundtree as Silva tries to tie him up.
Roundtree tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Roundtree is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

Roundtree breaks the clinch.
We've been informed that Silva has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Roundtree misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roundtree scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roundtree swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roundtree feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Roundtree lands a lovely overhand right.
Roundtree misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roundtree avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roundtree rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Roundtree scores with a nice hook to the head.

Roundtree breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Roundtree throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Roundtree.
Roundtree missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roundtree checks a leg kick nicely.

Silva rushes Roundtree and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundtree.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Roundtree is blocking nicely.
Roundtree is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silva is defending well.
Roundtree drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cap Roundtree. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roundtree has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundtree avoids the damage to the body.
Roundtree misses with some punches.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roundtree goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Roundtree's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roundtree is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roundtree has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roundtree is defending well for now.
Roundtree has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roundtree has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Roundtree.
Roundtree blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roundtree drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundtree avoids the damage to the body.
Roundtree working hard to break the clinch.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Roundtree is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Roundtree has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roundtree is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silva is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cap Roundtree dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dario Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva pushes Roundtree up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Roundtree blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roundtree throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Roundtree on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roundtree swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roundtree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Roundtree uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roundtree tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Roundtree shrugs off.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundtree avoids the damage to the body.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Roundtree's takedown attempt.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Roundtree looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roundtree pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roundtree. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roundtree lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch up but Roundtree circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Roundtree is out of range.
Silva feints and then cracks Roundtree's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roundtree down.
Roundtree misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Roundtree misses its intended target.
Roundtree swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva moves out of range as Roundtree strikes.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Silva misses

and Roundtree counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Roundtree improves position.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Roundtree avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Roundtree's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Roundtree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roundtree throws a head kick that misses.
Silva tries to clinch but Roundtree moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Roundtree swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roundtree keeps the fight on the outside.
Roundtree throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Roundtree has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Roundtree and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roundtree's head backwards.
Roundtree misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Roundtree.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up but Roundtree circles away and keeps his distance.
Roundtree misses with a body shot.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Roundtree down.
Roundtree lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roundtree connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Roundtree lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Roundtree.
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!
Roundtree cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Roundtree circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Roundtree.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roundtree.
Roundtree's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Roundtree lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Roundtree connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roundtree looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roundtree misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Roundtree thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Decent striking displayed by Roundtree there.
Nice shot by Roundtree.
Roundtree thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roundtree lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dario Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roundtree tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cap Roundtree showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Roundtree, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cap Roundtree!