PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sellus Gravius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, LL CoolJ - Headsprung. Gravius comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Morrowind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Gravius

192 cm
32
280 lbs
30 - 16 - 1

225 cm
29
288 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sellus Gravius!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gravius throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Gravius takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Gravius throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva pushes Gravius away with a front kick.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Gravius steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva thumps Gravius with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravius.
Gravius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravius.
A swing and a miss from Gravius.
Gravius lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gravius throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Gravius throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Gravius throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravius walks into a jab.
Gravius looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravius. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravius has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gravius throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Daniel Silva has been cut.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravius. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sellus Gravius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravius misses with a low kick.
Gravius is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gravius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gravius just misses with a punch to the body.
Gravius takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gravius throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Gravius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravius.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gravius stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gravius looks winded!
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Gravius takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Gravius takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gravius avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Gravius looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Gravius.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gravius.
Gravius throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Gravius's ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva thumps Gravius with a low kick.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Gravius avoids it.
Gravius drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Silva! Gravius is out on his feet! Silva rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Gravius is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Gravius is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Silva!
A very excited looking Daniel Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.