PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Silva
vs
Rock

195 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

165 cm
26
212 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Rock!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva forces Rock back against the cage and clinches.
Rock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Rock misses with some punches.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rock's efforts to push away.
Rock is trying to break free.
Rock trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Rock prevents a body shot from Silva.

Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Rock.
Rock works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva tries to work over Rock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rock tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Rock breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.

Silva clinches.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rock blocking some punches.
Rock struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Rock lands a body punch.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.

Rock breaks from the clinch.
Rock with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rock throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rock digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Rock looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Rock lands with a nice body punch.
Rock works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to clinch but Rock moves away
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rock 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock scores with a kick to the body.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

Rock breaks from the clinch.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Oooooh!!! Rock has knocked Silva down with a huge combo! Rock steps away and waves a wobbly Silva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Silva is looking to clinch but Rock is avoiding it.
Rock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Rock.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Rock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Rock.
Rock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rock swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Rock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rock stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
The referee calls for Rock to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rock tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Rock back against the cage.
Rock looking to stall.

Rock manages to break the clinch.
Rock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rock fails to land with a series of punches.

Rock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Rock breaks from the clinch.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Rock lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Rock takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rock misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up but Rock circles away and keeps his distance.
Rock takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rock stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rock catches Silva with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Silva forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ben Rock!