PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Juggernaut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Juggernaut has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Juggernaut
vs
Silva

192 cm
22
222 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
212 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conviction

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Juggernaut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Juggernaut.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Juggernaut misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva moves away from the strike by Juggernaut.

Silva rushes Juggernaut and presses him up against the cage.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut lands a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Juggernaut tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Juggernaut back against the cage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Juggernaut up against the cage.
Juggernaut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Juggernaut.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Juggernaut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Juggernaut's ribcage.
Juggernaut is breathing heavily.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Silva.

It looks like Johnny Juggernaut has been cut.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Juggernaut fails to land.
Juggernaut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Juggernaut up against the cage.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Juggernaut tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Juggernaut lands with a right to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Juggernaut has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Juggernaut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Juggernaut swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Juggernaut managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Juggernaut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Juggernaut wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Juggernaut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Juggernaut.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Juggernaut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Juggernaut misses with a punch to the body.
Juggernaut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Juggernaut lands a nice elbow.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Juggernaut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Juggernaut lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juggernaut throws an elbow but misses.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Juggernaut lands a body shot.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Juggernaut avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Juggernaut avoids it.
Juggernaut managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

Juggernaut breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Juggernaut connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kenji Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juggernaut scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fighters circling - Juggernaut throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva blocks a jab.
Juggernaut throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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 a lazy head kick
and Juggernaut counters with a two punch combo.
Juggernaut misses with the combination.
Juggernaut throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Juggernaut throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Juggernaut is looking to land body kicks.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kenji Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Juggernaut's cut.
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.

A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Juggernaut checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Juggernaut moves his leg out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Juggernaut checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kenji Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Juggernaut throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juggernaut misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Juggernaut just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Juggernaut moves away
and Juggernaut counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A jab from Juggernaut misses.
Silva tries to clinch up but Juggernaut circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
A head kick from Silva lands but Juggernaut takes it in his stride.
Juggernaut misses with a looping left.
Juggernaut misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Juggernaut.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Juggernaut connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juggernaut.
Silva misses with a kick to the body
and Juggernaut counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Juggernaut keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva misses with a head kick.
A head kick from Silva lands but Juggernaut takes it in his stride.
Silva checks a low kick from Juggernaut.
Johnny Juggernaut is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Juggernaut's calf.
Juggernaut throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Juggernaut swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Juggernaut throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Juggernaut looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Juggernaut has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Juggernaut takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a head kick!
Juggernaut checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Juggernaut.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Juggernaut's front leg but catches the back leg as Juggernaut tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Juggernaut's head.
Juggernaut is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Juggernaut steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Juggernaut's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Juggernaut counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva cracks the inside of Juggernaut's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juggernaut checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Juggernaut misses the target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Juggernaut crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Juggernaut gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Juggernaut manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Juggernaut.
Silva throws a head kick but Juggernaut moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Juggernaut, right into the meat.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Juggernaut moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juggernaut.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Juggernaut throws out the jab.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Juggernaut misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Juggernaut swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut blocks a head kick by Silva.
A head kick misses from Juggernaut.
Juggernaut misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva wants to clinch up but Juggernaut keeps it at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Juggernaut's head.
Juggernaut keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juggernaut misses with a straight left.
Silva looks for the body kick but Juggernaut saw that one coming.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Juggernaut counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Juggernaut misses the jab.
Juggernaut tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from Juggernaut is predictable there
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Juggernaut steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnny Juggernaut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva 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 Alan Glass scores the fight for Kenji Silva!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Kenji Silva!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Kenji Silva!

Kenji Silva wins by unanimous decision!