PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gervazio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boxer
vs
Silva

185 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

198 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gervazio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva staying out of range there.
Boxer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Boxer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Boxer shows good takedown defense.
Boxer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boxer throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boxer misses with a wild combination.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Boxer is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Boxer down to the mat. Boxer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mike Boxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gervazio Silva.
Boxer throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Boxer avoids it really well and circles away.
Boxer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Boxer misses with a series of wild punches.
Boxer stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Boxer tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Boxer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Boxer misses with the combination.
Boxer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.

Silva has managed to clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Boxer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boxer sprawls well. Boxer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Boxer leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Boxer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mike Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Boxer shows good takedown defense.
Boxer scores with a decent looking hook.
Boxer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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 is looking to clinch but Boxer is avoiding it.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Boxer misses with a two punch combination.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Boxer avoids it really well and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Boxer misses the target.

Boxer gets caught flat footed, as Silva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Boxer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boxer is keeping the position for now.
Silva trying to move into half guard but instead Boxer has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to strike off his back.

Silva is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boxer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Boxer avoids nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Boxer there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boxer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries for a takedown but Boxer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Boxer misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Boxer which made him look bad.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Boxer sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Boxer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
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 shoots in but no luck this time.
A combination from Boxer does no damage.
Boxer connects with a crisp jab.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries for a takedown but Boxer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Boxer sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Boxer lands a big uppercut and Silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Silva looks OK. Boxer waves Silva back to his feet!

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boxer lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Silva falls backwards - clearly groggy! Boxer dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Boxer!