PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Flores

185 cm
30
215 lbs
28 - 17 - 1

195 cm
29
215 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Pitt Nutrition 160Q!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael Flores!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Flores scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
A punch lands to the side of Flores 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Flores slips a straight right by Silva.
Flores slips a straight right by Silva.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab from Flores.
Silva misses with a hook.
Flores throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Flores throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva is looking to counter punch.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Flores is trying to counter with his kicks.
Flores keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flores looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Flores looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Flores fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dante Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Flores misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range as Flores throws a body kick.
Flores tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Flores misses with a body shot.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva backing away here, and Flores unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flores manages to avoid it.
Flores moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Flores ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva misses the body punch
and Flores counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Flores misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
As Flores looks to move away, Silva throws a big counter combo but Flores just gets out of the way.

Flores takes the fight into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Flores's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flores scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flores avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flores throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Flores moved out of range nicely.
Silva scores with a jab. Flores acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Flores scores with a leg kick.
We've been told by Silva's head coaches at Bruize Brothaz that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Silva throws a sloppy body shot
and Flores counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Flores's hands.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Flores's defenses.

Flores is rocked!
Flores cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Flores avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Flores is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Flores fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flores seems to have recovered his senses.
Flores on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Flores fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Flores lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Flores uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Flores scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Flores looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silva throws a hook but Flores avoids it easily.
Silva throws a sloppy body shot
and Flores counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Flores keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Flores buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Flores misses with a hook.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva slips a jab from Flores.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Flores moved out of range.
Silva throws a hook but Flores avoids it easily.
Flores doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
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 throws out a loose jab but Flores uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Flores counters with a straight right hand.

Flores lands a big uppercut and Silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Silva looks OK. Flores waves Silva back to his feet!

Silva is rocked!
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva looks up at the clock. Bad move! Flores lands a right hand from hell, dropping Silva. Flores pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Flores!
Rafael Flores is the new light heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Rafael Flores was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.