PBP Commentary

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

Silva
vs
Smith

200 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

220 cm
20
275 lbs
0 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Theodore Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silva.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith throws a counter combo.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Smith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silva.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith is looking for the big counter here.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Smith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silva.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Smith tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad MMA Rio in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Smith wants to counter with a clinch but Silva pushes him away.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith throws a counter combo.
Silva looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith feints the counter takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith feints the counter takedown.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith wants to counter the offense by Silva and move into the clinch position.
Silva throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And Smith tries to counter it with a takedown but Silva pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith wants to counter with a clinch but Silva pushes him away.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva sets himself, and Smith steps forward looking for the clinch! Silva avoids it this time.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Silva 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.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Theodore Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Smith with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Daniel Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva sets himself, and Smith steps forward looking for the clinch! Silva avoids it this time.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith unleashes a big counter combination but Silva bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
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!
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daniel Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Silva sets himself, and Smith steps forward looking for the clinch! Silva avoids it this time.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Smith changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Theodore Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith wants to counter with a clinch but Silva pushes him away.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Despite the aggression on Smith's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva misses with the combination.
Smith lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Silva backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Silva manages to avoid it all.
Silva throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Silva might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva sets himself, and Smith steps forward looking for the clinch! Silva avoids it this time.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Despite the aggression on Smith's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Silva looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Smith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silva.
Silva throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Smith throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith unleashes a big counter combination but Silva bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Smith lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Daniel Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Silva defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Theodore Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smith has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theodore Smith!