PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Alison (ranked 2539 p4p, 251 weight class) and Rodrigo Silva (ranked 2244 p4p, 232 weight class). Alison comes to the cage accompanied by The Greatest (I am). Silva has chosen Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alison
vs
Silva

193 cm
31
273 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

192 cm
43
251 lbs
30 - 46 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benny Alison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 46 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alison lands the left hand.
Alison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Alison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Silva gets a double leg takedown into Alison's guard.

Alison is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silva gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Silva pushing down on Alison's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Alison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Alison is looking to improve his position.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Alison has managed to free his arm - good work.
Alison gets full guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Alison is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Alison is retaining full guard.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Alison tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Alison can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Silva goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Alison has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Silva but great work by Alison.
Alison passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alison controlling from mount.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva is still trying to improve position.
Alison scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Alison controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alison landing strikes, looking to finish!
Alison prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Alison controlling his opponent.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Alison punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alison tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alison content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alison controlling the pace for now.
Silva can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Alison dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Alison forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Alison is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good body shot from Alison.
Alison scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Alison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Silva is rocked!
Alison displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Alison is muscling Silva up against the cage and as Silva bounces back off, Alison cracks him with a huge right hand! Silva crumples to the mat - he's out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benny Alison!
Benny Alison is the new heavyweight champion!
Benny Alison very nearly forgot to thank Pit Bull Development amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.