PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brazilian Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Dirty Hous'. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Silva
vs
Saint

178 cm
22
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

5th Round

Nutrition Oracle

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brazilian Saint!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Saint blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a head kick that Saint semi-blocks.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Saint tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saint takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Saint blocks a jab.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saint scores with a body shot.
Saint swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saint bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saint bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saint. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva scores with a head kick. Saint tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saint avoids the head kick by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Saint misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva wants to clinch.
Saint wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Saint is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva tries to clinch there but Saint circles away.
Saint darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Saint scores with a nice head shot.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Saint off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva cracks Saint with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saint fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Saint looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Saint persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva throws the left hand but Saint avoids the punch easily.
Saint misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva misses with a head kick.
Saint swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Saint's head.

Saint lands a left and a right that send Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Saint thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Silva is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva connects with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Saint pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Mauricio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Saint circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saint swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva wants to clinch up but Saint keeps it at a distance.
Saint throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Saint's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saint avoids the head kick by Silva.
Saint misses with a body shot.
Saint throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Saint throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saint keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva staying out of range there.
Saint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Saint looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Mauricio Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva clinches but Saint breaks the clinch
and Saint counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Saint in a clinch.
Saint looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brazilian Saint will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Saint throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Saint pushes him off.
Saint throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saint takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Saint shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Silva throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Silva cracks Saint with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Saint down.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Saint takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva tries to clinch there but Saint circles away.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Saint. Saint circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Saint takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Saint is rocked!
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Saint is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Saint seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Saint misses with a combination
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Saint sees coming a mile off.
Saint blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Saint.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saint fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is looking to clinch but Saint is avoiding it.
Saint throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saint avoids the head kick by Silva.
Saint throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saint.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Silva!