PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bob
vs
Silva

180 cm
25
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Grand Royal Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Big Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Bob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bob avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Bob on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Bob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Bob avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
Bob 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.
Silva lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bob is defending well for now.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Bob's ribcage.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Bob tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bob working aggressively here.

Silva lands a vicious elbow to the side of Bob's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Silva tries to finish him with strikes but Bob still seems able to defend himself so Silva steps back and lets Bob get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

Bob is rocked!

It looks like Big Bob has been cut.
Bob is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bob throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Bob is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Bob avoids the head kick by Silva.
Bob has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bob takes a step back to recover.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Antonio Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bob avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a head kick but Bob moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Bob moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob seems to have got his legs back now.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Bob misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bob is defending well for now.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
Bob blocks a body shot from Silva.
Bob managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Bob is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Bob goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bob has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob misses with a body shot.
Bob takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silva - that will leave a mark!
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Silva drives through and clinches with Bob against the cage.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Bob controls the action.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
Silva tries a body shot but Bob blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Bob is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Big Bob's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva darts in and clinches Bob up against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bob tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva has Bob pressed against the cage. He pushes Bob back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Silva throws a beautiful elbow that sends Bob crashing to the floor! Silva piles on the pressure with more strikes! Bob is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Silva!