PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yo Quiero Pinocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago De Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Thiago De Silvia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Quiero Pinocha
vs
De Silvia

201 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yo Quiero Pinocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago De Silvia!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Pinocha.
Pinocha is breathing heavily.
De Silvia moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Silvia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
De Silvia moves out of range as Pinocha strikes.
De Silvia throws a right and a left that Pinocha avoids nicely.
Pinocha loads up on a big right hand but De Silvia slips the punch.
De Silvia scores with a three punch combo!
De Silvia thuds his shin into the meat of Pinocha's side.
Pinocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Silvia.
De Silvia misses with the combination.
De Silvia lands a jab-cross combination.
De Silvia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Silvia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pinocha dodges the punch combination from De Silvia.
A nice combination there by De Silvia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silvia scoring well with a low kick there.
Pinocha misses with a looping left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Silvia misses with a two punch combination.
Pinocha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pinocha throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Silvia counters with a head kick.
Pinocha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Silvia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Silvia is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pinocha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Silvia counters with a big head kick but Pinocha shrugs it off.
De Silvia scores with a three punch combo!
Pinocha misses with a few strikes there.
Pinocha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Silvia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yo Quiero Pinocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinocha misses with a combination
and De Silvia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Silvia slaps away a takedown attempt from Pinocha, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Silvia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Silvia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Silvia throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
De Silvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia counters with a slapping leg kick.
A punch combination from De Silvia misses.
De Silvia moves out of range as Pinocha strikes.
De Silvia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pinocha throws a combination that misses
and De Silvia counters with a head kick. That will keep Pinocha thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
De Silvia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pinocha's head.
Pinocha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Silvia throws a right and a left that Pinocha avoids nicely.
De Silvia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
De Silvia slips a jab from Pinocha.
Pinocha fails to land with a series of punches.
De Silvia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
De Silvia lands with a kick to the temple. Pinocha shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De Silvia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pinocha.
Pinocha misses the body punch
and De Silvia counters with a series of strikes. Pinocha will be more careful next time no doubt.
De Silvia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Silvia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Silvia.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Silvia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Silvia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pinocha.
Pinocha throws a body punch but De Silvia moves out of range.
De Silvia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pinocha changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinocha waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract De Silvia.
De Silvia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pinocha circles away quickly and effectively.
Pinocha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Silvia counters with a good low kick that Pinocha was not able to check.
Pinocha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pinocha.
A head kick from De Silvia lands but Pinocha takes it in his stride.
De Silvia connects with a high kick.
Pinocha misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pinocha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Silvia counters with a head kick. That will keep Pinocha thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Danga de danga de dang - De Silvia scores with a four punch combination!
De Silvia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pinocha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Silvia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pinocha thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Silvia throws a combination that misses
and Pinocha makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thiago De Silvia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pinocha misses with a body punch
and De Silvia counters with a low kick, right behind Pinocha 's knee.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pinocha.
De Silvia lands with a slapping head kick.
De Silvia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pinocha throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Silvia counters with a head kick. That will keep Pinocha thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
De Silvia with a nice cross.
Pinocha tries for a takedown but De Silvia circles away easily
and De Silvia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yo Quiero Pinocha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right-left combo lands from De Silvia.
Pinocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Silvia.
Pinocha swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Silvia counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Pinocha takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Silvia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pinocha looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pinocha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago De Silvia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De Silvia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Silvia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Silvia lunges at Pinocha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pinocha's hand.
Pinocha misses with a double jab.
De Silvia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pinocha circles away quickly and effectively.
De Silvia throws a nice looking combination but Pinocha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Silvia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pinocha's calf.
De Silvia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by De Silvia!
Pinocha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Silvia counters with a three punch combo that has Pinocha backing up. Pinocha nods at De Silvia to acknowledge the strikes.
Pinocha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Silvia.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia counters with a head kick. That will keep Pinocha thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A telegraphed right hand from Pinocha misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Silvia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pinocha throws a body punch but De Silvia moves out of range.
No joy there for Pinocha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pinocha looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Silvia lands a two punch combo.
Pinocha misses with a looping left.
A lazy body kick from Pinocha
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silvia misses with a wild combination.
Pinocha scores with a shot to the body.
De Silvia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pinocha throws a right and a left that De Silvia avoids nicely.
Pinocha throws a combination that misses
and De Silvia counters with a big head kick but Pinocha shrugs it off.
Pinocha avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Silvia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pinocha tries for a takedown but De Silvia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Silvia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pinocha's head.
Pinocha dodges the punch combination from De Silvia.
De Silvia scores with a head kick.
De Silvia lands a two punch combo.
De Silvia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pinocha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pinocha throws a head kick that misses
and De Silvia makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pinocha really felt that one!
A combination from De Silvia does no damage.
Pinocha throws a big shot that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Silvia.
De Silvia lands a high kick!
Pinocha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pinocha lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Silvia at a distance.
De Silvia works over Pinocha's head and body with a nice combination.
Yo Quiero Pinocha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Silvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pinocha lands an overhand right.
Pinocha missing with a left hand there. De Silvia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Silvia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
De Silvia throws a nice looking combination but Pinocha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Silvia misses with a double jab.
De Silvia throws a series of punches but Pinocha moves out of range.
Pinocha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Silvia doesn't seem bothered though.
Pinocha takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinocha wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Silvia lands a front kick.
Pinocha throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Silvia counters with a left and a right that stings Pinocha.
Pinocha misses with a double jab
and De Silvia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pinocha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Silvia.
De Silvia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pinocha throws a hook but De Silvia avoids it easily.
De Silvia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pinocha is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pinocha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pinocha misses with the combination.
De Silvia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pinocha. That did some damage!
De Silvia misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Pinocha does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia counters with a leg kick.
Pinocha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Silvia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pinocha's knee momentarily.
Pinocha takes one to the chin there.
De Silvia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Silvia throws a leg kick which misses Pinocha's front leg but catches the back leg as Pinocha tries to avoid it.
A punch combination from De Silvia misses.
Pinocha throws an overhand right that lands on De Silvia's shoulder, as De Silvia tries to avoid the shot.
Pinocha throws a series of punches but De Silvia avoids them all with ease.
De Silvia avoids the body shot from Pinocha.
A head kick by Pinocha misses
and De Silvia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Silvia.
Pinocha will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pinocha dodges the punch combination from De Silvia.
De Silvia misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago De Silvia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pinocha throws a series of punches but De Silvia moves out of range.
De Silvia's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and De Silvia duly obliges.
De Silvia works over Pinocha's head and body with a nice combination.
Pinocha throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Silvia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pinocha is lucky that one didn't land flush.
De Silvia misses with a series of wild punches.
Pinocha lands a jab-cross combination.
De Silvia fails to land with a series of punches.
De Silvia punishes Pinocha's body with a nice straight punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Silvia.
Pinocha misses with a straight right.
Pinocha is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thiago De Silvia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Silvia.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Silvia scores with a one two! Pinocha had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pinocha missing with a left hand there. De Silvia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pinocha misses with an uppercut. De Silvia saw that one coming.
De Silvia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinocha lands an overhand right.
De Silvia scores with a nice body kick.
Pinocha takes one to the chin there.
De Silvia misses with a double jab
and De Silvia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pinocha misses with a combination
and De Silvia counters with a big head kick but Pinocha shrugs it off.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia counters with a head kick.
Pinocha misses with a hook to the body
and De Silvia counters with a series of strikes. Pinocha will be more careful next time no doubt.
De Silvia lands the left hand.
De Silvia misses with a few strikes there.
De Silvia tries to bum rush Pinocha with a series of wild strikes but Pinocha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pinocha misses with a straight right.
De Silvia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinocha misses with a double jab.
De Silvia throws a right hand that Pinocha ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinocha also avoids with ease.
Pinocha will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pinocha throws a right and a left that De Silvia avoids nicely.
De Silvia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yo Quiero Pinocha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pinocha walks into a stiff left hand from De Silvia.
Pinocha throws a looping overhand right but De Silvia ducks down to avoid it.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia counters with an inside leg kick.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pinocha misses with the combination.
De Silvia's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and De Silvia duly obliges.
Pinocha lands a slapping body shot.
De Silvia lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
De Silvia has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pinocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Silvia.
Pinocha falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Silvia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
De Silvia jabs Pinocha right on the nose. Pinocha blinks but takes it well.
Pinocha throws a right hand that De Silvia ducks under and follows up with a left that De Silvia also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinocha misses with a hook to the body
and De Silvia counters with a two punch combo.
Pinocha looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De Silvia is fending him off so far but Pinocha persists. Nope, De Silvia circles away and we're back to standing.
De Silvia tries to bum rush Pinocha with a series of wild strikes but Pinocha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pinocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silvia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pinocha is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pinocha misses with the combination.
De Silvia throws a leg kick which misses Pinocha's front leg but catches the back leg as Pinocha tries to avoid it.
De Silvia slips a jab and a cross from Pinocha.
Pinocha looks to score with a jab to the body but De Silvia is just out of range.
Pinocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Silvia circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters circling a little - De Silvia finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A lazy left from De Silvia finds it's target.
De Silvia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pinocha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Silvia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pinocha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pinocha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Silvia counters with a thumping low kick.
De Silvia misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
De Silvia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pinocha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pinocha swings for the body but De Silvia moves out of range.
De Silvia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pinocha misses with a kick to the body
and De Silvia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pinocha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pinocha misses with a body shot
and De Silvia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Silvia lands with a nice combination. Pinocha backs away looking to recover.
Pinocha throws a sloppy head kick
and De Silvia counters with a left and a right that stings Pinocha.
De Silvia misses with a wild combination.
De Silvia lands with a nice combination. Pinocha backs away looking to recover.
De Silvia moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
De Silvia is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pinocha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Silvia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pinocha. Pinocha circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Silvia works over Pinocha's head and body with a nice combination.
De Silvia throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pinocha.
Pinocha throws out a loose jab but De Silvia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thiago De Silvia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Silvia.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago De Silvia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Silvia 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago De Silvia!