PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Savas Kaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaya has chosen He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Kaya

171 cm
25
165 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
30
168 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Manuel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Savas Kaya!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Kaya.
Kaya lands with a good body shot.
Kaya lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kaya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kaya lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kaya swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaya tries to clinch up
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaya tries a head kick but it misses.
Kaya closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Kaya will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Kaya to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaya throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kaya.
Kaya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kaya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kaya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Kaya rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kaya.
Kaya throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Savas Kaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick there by Kaya.
A head kick misses from Kaya.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Kaya wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva cracks Kaya with an open hand slap.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaya takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kaya. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva throws a hook but Kaya avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kaya.
Kaya closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Kaya scores with a leg kick.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Kaya throws a lazy uppercut
and Kaya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaya motions for Silva to come forward. Kaya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kaya punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Kaya slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Kaya tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Kaya will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kaya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kaya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kaya darts in trying to clinch
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaya throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kaya lands a nice looking body kick.
Silva defending well as Kaya loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
A swing and a miss from Kaya.
Kaya misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Kaya off the cage and back into rage.
Kaya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Kaya blocks a jab.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Kaya saw that one coming.
Kaya throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Kaya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kaya tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Kaya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaya is looking to score with low kicks.
Good leg kick by Kaya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kaya looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.

Kaya is rocked!
Silva cracks Kaya with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Kaya tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Silva pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Kaya is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Silva!