PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaxon Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aira Panganiban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ain't No Sunshine - (DMX). The key to victory for Jaxon Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silva
vs
Panganiban

189 cm
33
194 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

180 cm
30
198 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaxon Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aira Panganiban!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Panganiban.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Panganiban's sensitive parts.
Panganiban takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Panganiban's hands.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Panganiban's calf.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Panganiban's front leg but catches the back leg as Panganiban tries to avoid it.
Silva tries to bum rush Panganiban with a series of wild strikes but Panganiban uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Panganiban has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Panganiban there as he acknowledges the shot.
Panganiban slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva with a jab.
Silva tries to bum rush Panganiban with a series of wild strikes but Panganiban uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva throws out a leg kick but Panganiban moves out of range and Silva only half commits.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Good work by Panganiban as he checks the leg kick.
Panganiban blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Panganiban counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Panganiban is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
It looks like Panganiban might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Silva wants to stand up but Panganiban is controlling him.
Panganiban must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Panganiban is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Aira Panganiban wasn't active enough on the ground.
Panganiban ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva wants to slow Panganiban down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Panganiban should have avoided that one.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab from Silva.
Panganiban dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Panganiban counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Panganiban moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a low kick.
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!
Panganiban chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Panganiban avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Panganiban displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva motions for Panganiban to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva throws a jab when Panganiban was well out of range.
Silva cracks Panganiban with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaxon Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Panganiban avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Panganiban is out of range.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Panganiban counters with a right hand to the body.
Panganiban checks the leg kick.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Panganiban checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva is looking to slow Panganiban down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a series of punches but Panganiban avoids them all with ease.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva thumps Panganiban with a low kick.
Panganiban takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A good leg kick by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Panganiban's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Panganiban tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Panganiban blocks a leg kick.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Panganiban sees coming a mile off.
Nice defenses there by Panganiban.
Nice body kick from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Panganiban manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Panganiban can do to turn this around?
Panganiban dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Jaxon Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Panganiban moves out of range easily.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Panganiban dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Panganiban checks a leg kick.
Panganiban avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a push kick but Panganiban slaps the foot to one side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Panganiban off balance momentarily.
Panganiban checks a low kick from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaxon Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Silva misses with a leg kick.
Jaxon Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva scores with a head kick. Panganiban tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Panganiban moved out of range nicely.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva throws a head kick but Panganiban moves out of range.
Panganiban slips under a jab.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Panganiban. That did some damage!
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a series of punches but Panganiban moves out of range.
Panganiban blocks a head kick by Silva.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Panganiban in his tracks.
Panganiban ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Jaxon Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Panganiban moves out of range of the body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Panganiban uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Panganiban manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva throws a hook but Panganiban blocks it.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva throws a leg kick but Panganiban moved away.
Panganiban's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a right hand that misses

and Panganiban counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Silva has his feet on Panganiban's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva throws a low kick but Panganiban avoids it.
A head kick by Silva misses

so Panganiban counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Silva has his feet on Panganiban's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Panganiban saw it coming and moves away.
Silva throws a lazy head kick

and Panganiban counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Silva!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Panganiban scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Panganiban is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Silva pushes Panganiban away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Panganiban gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Panganiban throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Panganiban trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Silva pushes Panganiban away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Panganiban gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Aira Panganiban has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Panganiban scores with a couple of short elbows.
Panganiban controls the position.
Silva dodges the ground and pound from Panganiban.
Panganiban is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Panganiban connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva is trying to buck Panganiban off.
Check out the look on Panganiban's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Panganiban's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aira Panganiban.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:27

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