PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Brooks
vs
Silva

189 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Taylor Brooks !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a low kick but Brooks moves out of range easily.
Brooks misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Brooks moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Brooks manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Brooks .
Brooks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brooks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brooks looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Brooks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Brooks 's front leg but catches the back leg as Brooks tries to avoid it.
Brooks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva motions for Brooks to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brooks takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Some bone on bone action there as Brooks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brooks throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Brooks jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brooks .
Brooks scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Thiago Silva has been cut.
Silva throws a leg kick but Brooks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brooks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Brooks . Those never looked like landing.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A left lands for Brooks .
Brooks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Brooks misses with a series of wild punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Brooks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brooks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brooks 's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Brooks .
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva moves away from the strike by Brooks .
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Brooks moves out of range easily.
Brooks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Brooks .
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brooks throws out the jab.
Brooks misses with a wild combination.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brooks is out of range and Silva settles back down.
A combination from Brooks does no damage.
Brooks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brooks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brooks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brooks misses with a double jab.
Brooks fails to land with a series of punches.
Brooks throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Brooks is out of range.
Brooks 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.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Brooks checks a leg kick nicely.
Brooks cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Brooks 's leg but Brooks calmly moves out of range.
Brooks punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Brooks throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
A big left from Brooks misses.
Brooks checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks misses with a series of wild punches.
Brooks misses the shot to the body.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brooks .
Brooks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brooks checks a leg kick.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brooks throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Brooks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brooks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brooks fails to land with a series of punches.
Taylor Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brooks misses with a double jab.
Brooks lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva misses with a low kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Silva tenderised Brooks 's leg. Brooks is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brooks misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Brooks tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brooks .
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks misses with a straight left.
Brooks misses with the combination.
Brooks loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Brooks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brooks checks the leg kick nicely there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Brooks moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Brooks 's leg but Brooks calmly moves out of range.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brooks .
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brooks misses with a double jab.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brooks cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brooks scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brooks loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Brooks blocks the leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Brooks just misses with a punch to the body.
Brooks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brooks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brooks .
A jab from Brooks misses.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Brooks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Brooks throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brooks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Brooks manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brooks looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Brooks .
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brooks .
Brooks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Brooks looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brooks throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brooks .
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brooks if he has to take too many more of those.
Brooks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Brooks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brooks fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brooks is out of range.
Brooks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva tries to work over Brooks 's front leg with a kick but Brooks checks it.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brooks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brooks throws out the jab.
Silva moves away from the strike by Brooks .
Brooks is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Brooks throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
That kick from Silva tenderised Brooks 's leg. Brooks is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brooks throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brooks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brooks 's calf.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Brooks swinging wildly here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brooks . That did some damage!
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brooks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the ropes.
Brooks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brooks misses with a double jab.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Brooks checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brooks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brooks 's calf.
A punch combination from Brooks misses.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Brooks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brooks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brooks blocks a head kick by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Taylor Brooks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thiago Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Brooks misses with a wild combination.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brooks checks it well.
Sloppy strikes from Brooks . Those never looked like landing.
Brooks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brooks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Brooks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taylor Brooks is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut there from Brooks .
Brooks cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brooks .
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Brooks in the body.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva motions for Brooks to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks .
Brooks scores with a three punch combo!
Brooks misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brooks checks it well.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Brooks scores with a jab to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brooks misses with the combination.
Silva throws a head kick but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks misses with a straight left.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brooks misses with a series of wild punches.
Brooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Brooks misses.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brooks .
Brooks loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Brooks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Brooks takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva misses with a head kick.
Brooks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Brooks moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Brooks moved away.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Brooks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Brooks is able to avoid easily.
Brooks misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks 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 throws out a leg kick but Brooks moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Brooks looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Brooks scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Brooks .
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Brooks takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brooks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva cracks the inside of Brooks 's front leg.
Brooks throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.

Silva is rocked!
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Brooks finish him?
Brooks misses with a double jab.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Brooks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva throws a leg kick but Brooks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Taylor Brooks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brooks fails to land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from Brooks both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks misses with the combination.
Silva looks for the body kick but Brooks saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Brooks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva wants to slow Brooks down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brooks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Brooks .
Brooks swinging wildly here.
Brooks misses with a two punch combination.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brooks connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brooks throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brooks slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brooks checks it well.
A clash of legs there as Brooks blocks the low kick.
Jab, jab by Brooks - just one landing.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks .
Brooks blocks a low kick nicely.
Brooks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Brooks throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Brooks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Brooks tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Brooks .
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks .
Some wild striking there from Brooks .
Brooks misses with a wild body shot.
Silva slips a jab from Brooks .
Brooks throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brooks throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brooks moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brooks swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Brooks .
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva misses with a low kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brooks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brooks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brooks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brooks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks .
Brooks throws a big shot that misses.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Brooks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Brooks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Brooks misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brooks is out of range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips under a jab from Brooks .
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brooks .
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Brooks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brooks will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Brooks .
Brooks blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Brooks misses with a wild combination.
Brooks misses with an uppercut.
Brooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Brooks swinging wildly here.
Brooks stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Brooks throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Brooks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brooks .
Brooks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brooks 's calf.
Brooks is working the combinations to good effect here.
Brooks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Brooks moved away.
Brooks checks a leg kick nicely.
Brooks throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Brooks blocks a low kick nicely.
Brooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taylor Brooks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brooks 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Taylor Brooks !
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Taylor Brooks !
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Taylor Brooks !

Taylor Brooks wins by unanimous decision!