PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cassius Foreman Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dougie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Foreman Frazier comes to the cage accompanied by My Inspiration. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Foreman Frazier
vs
Silva

191 cm
27
194 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
28
200 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition
Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cassius Foreman Frazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dougie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Foreman Frazier. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Foreman Frazier misses with a wild combination.
Foreman Frazier misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Foreman Frazier looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Jab, jab by Foreman Frazier - just one landing.
Cassius Foreman Frazier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Foreman Frazier's leg but Foreman Frazier calmly moves out of range.
Foreman Frazier loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Foreman Frazier throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Foreman Frazier's corner calls for a 1-2. Foreman Frazier obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Foreman Frazier throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Foreman Frazier misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Foreman Frazier in a clinch.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman Frazier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Foreman Frazier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Foreman Frazier takes a shot to the head.
Foreman Frazier prevents a body shot from Silva.
Foreman Frazier prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Foreman Frazier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Foreman Frazier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Foreman Frazier scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Foreman Frazier.
Silva pushes Foreman Frazier back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Foreman Frazier off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a low kick as Foreman Frazier jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Foreman Frazier's defenses.
Foreman Frazier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Foreman Frazier connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Foreman Frazier moves out of range of the strikes.
Foreman Frazier throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Foreman Frazier is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Foreman Frazier misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Silva slips under a jab.
A cross from Foreman Frazier lands.
Foreman Frazier lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Foreman Frazier lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Foreman Frazier takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working aggressively here.
Foreman Frazier misses with a body punch.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Foreman Frazier backwards.
Foreman Frazier works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Foreman Frazier controls the action.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Foreman Frazier controls his hands.
Foreman Frazier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foreman Frazier.
A short uppercut from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier prevents a body shot from Silva.
Foreman Frazier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Foreman Frazier.
Silva blocks a body shot from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier working aggressively here.
Foreman Frazier presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Foreman Frazier's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Foreman Frazier working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Silva is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Foreman Frazier controls the action.
A short right from Foreman Frazier.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Foreman Frazier finish him?
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foreman Frazier blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva gets through Foreman Frazier's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Foreman Frazier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Foreman Frazier lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Silva to his knees! Foreman Frazier keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cassius Foreman Frazier!
Cassius Foreman Frazier took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'C'mon, I'm going back!'.