PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Pallero (ranked 4685 p4p, 3805 weight class) and Gilberto Silva (ranked 523 p4p, 455 weight class). Henry Pallero has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pallero
vs
Silva

200 cm
21
215
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
210
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henry Pallero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gilberto Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pallero takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Silva has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Pallero.
Pallero definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pallero misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pallero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva tests Pallero's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gilberto Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a combination. Pallero tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a right and a left that Pallero avoids nicely.
Silva digs a good hook to Pallero's body.
Pallero misses with a left hand
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pallero misses with a hook.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pallero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pallero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pallero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pallero throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Pallero pushes him off.
Pallero misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pallero throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pallero scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Pallero should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva slips under a jab.
Pallero walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws out a counter right but Pallero avoids it with no problem.
Pallero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Pallero tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pallero is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pallero is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Pallero wants to break the clinch but can't.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva lands the left hand.
Pallero tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pallero misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pallero uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Pallero throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pallero misses with a wild combination.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pallero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Pallero misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pallero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva thuds a left hand into Pallero's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pallero.
Silva lands a jab to Pallero's midsection.
Silva tests Pallero's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pallero misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Pallero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pallero throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Henry Pallero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva works over Pallero's head and body with a nice combination.
Pallero walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Pallero getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pallero 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.
Pallero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Pallero dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Pallero wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice cross by Pallero.
A clash of legs there as Pallero blocks the low kick.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pallero on the side of the head.
Pallero moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva catches Pallero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Pallero backpedaling.
Pallero misses with a hook
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pallero jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pallero looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

Pallero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pallero misses with an uppercut.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Pallero moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Jab by Silva.
Pallero on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva thuds a left hand into Pallero's body.
Pallero looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Pallero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pallero was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Donk. Pallero catches Silva right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Oooooh!!! Silva has knocked Pallero down with a huge combo! Silva steps away and waves a wobbly Pallero back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Pallero is rocked!
Pallero misses with a wild body shot.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Pallero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Pallero throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Gilberto Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pallero under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Pallero seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pallero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pallero closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pallero misses the shot to the body.
Pallero misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pallero misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pallero takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pallero at a distance.
Pallero walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Pallero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Silva wants to clinch up but Pallero keeps it at a distance.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva cracks Pallero with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pallero misses with the combination.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pallero looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Pallero off the cage and back into range.
Pallero with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Pallero walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Pallero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pallero throws a body shot but no joy.
Pallero misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Pallero should have avoided that one.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Pallero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pallero throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva drops Pallero with a naaaaasty hook - Pallero is in real trouble here! Silva dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gilberto Silva!