PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoko Gushiken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is UFC Theme Song. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Silva
vs
Gushiken

173 cm
35
142 lbs
47 - 7 - 2

170 cm
37
135 lbs
37 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 47 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoko Gushiken!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a low kick.
Gushiken blocks a leg kick.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gushiken throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Gushiken takes one to the chin there.
Gushiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Gushiken.
Gushiken connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Gushiken sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gushiken avoids the head kick by Silva.
Gushiken connects with a single shot there.
Gushiken misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a leg kick but Gushiken moved away.
Gushiken tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Gushiken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
A cross from Gushiken lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Gushiken's front leg but catches the back leg as Gushiken tries to avoid it.
Gushiken checks a leg kick.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Furia Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Silva throws a body punch but Gushiken moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva lands with a straight right. Gushiken didn't see that one coming.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Gushiken counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gushiken throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Gushiken has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Gushiken lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Gushiken digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Gushiken wants to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Gushiken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva prevents a body shot from Gushiken.
Gushiken just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Gushiken misses with the head strike.
Silva pushes Gushiken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gushiken takes a shot to the head.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Gushiken.
Gushiken misses with a body punch.
Gushiken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gushiken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva blocking some punches.
Gushiken throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Gushiken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Gushiken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Silva.
Gushiken misses with a punch to the body.
Gushiken misses with the head strike.
Gushiken is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gushiken has his back to the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Gushiken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva blocks a body shot from Gushiken.
Gushiken has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silva seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gushiken can turn it around.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gushiken backwards.
Gushiken tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Gushiken back against the cage.
Gushiken tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice left hand lands by Gushiken.
Gushiken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gushiken pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gushiken prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Gushiken misses with a hook to the ribs.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gushiken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Gushiken jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Gushiken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gushiken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Gushiken saw that one coming.
Gushiken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Gushiken moves out of range easily.
Gushiken looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gushiken misses with a left hand
and Gushiken takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Gushiken moves away and avoids it.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Gushiken counters with a right hand to the body.
The fighters circling - Gushiken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws a big counter combination but Gushiken scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gushiken was well out of range. Poor timing from 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 Rafa Silva will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gushiken tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Gushiken 's knee.
Gushiken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Silva.
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 hook but Gushiken avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Gushiken is just out of range.
Gushiken misses the shot to the body.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Gushiken counters with a nice uppercut.
Gushiken throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to bum rush Gushiken with a series of wild strikes but Gushiken uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Gushiken counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gushiken throws a good cross that connects.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Gushiken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Gushiken checks it.
Gushiken swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
A slow jab from Gushiken misses its intended target.
Gushiken slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gushiken blocks the body kick.
Gushiken works the jab nicely.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice cross by Silva.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Gushiken counter with a right hand.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gushiken is able to avoid easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gushiken! But no joy.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gushiken.
A little jabbing left from Gushiken on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Gushiken slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Gushiken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rafa Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Gushiken lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gushiken fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gushiken avoids the head kick by Silva.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Gushiken in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Gushiken throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Gushiken scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gushiken connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gushiken takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Silva cracks the inside of Gushiken's front leg.
Nice body kick there by Silva.
Gushiken lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva punishes Gushiken's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gushiken throws out the jab.
Silva appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silva tries to move into range but Gushiken moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gushiken scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken misses the shot to the body.
Gushiken blocks a leg kick.
Gushiken tries to counter with a clinch but Silva shakes him off and moves away.
Gushiken scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Gushiken throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Nice defenses there by Gushiken.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Gushiken blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva tries a low kick but Gushiken avoids it.

Gushiken drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gushiken blocking some punches.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Gushiken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gushiken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yoko Gushiken seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva tries to circle away but Gushiken has him pinned against the cage.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gushiken fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gushiken's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice body punch from Gushiken - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gushiken.
Gushiken is trying to stall.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gushiken backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gushiken scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Yoko Gushiken will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gushiken misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gushiken.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva slips a straight right by Gushiken.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gushiken connects with a crisp jab.
Gushiken uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gushiken tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gushiken keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gushiken.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva takes a swing at Gushiken's ribcage but misses.
Gushiken swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gushiken lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva misses with a body kick.
A left lands for Gushiken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Gushiken catches Silva right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva is looking to chop away at Gushiken's legs.
Gushiken slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gushiken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gushiken looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Gushiken loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
A lazy body kick from Silva
and Gushiken counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gushiken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gushiken on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Gushiken walks into a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Gushiken dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gushiken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gushiken lands an overhand right.
Gushiken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Gushiken just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSilva.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Gushiken is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gushiken throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gushiken misses with a looping left.
Silva tried to counter with a leg kick but Gushiken avoided it.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Gushiken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a push kick but Gushiken slaps the foot to one side.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Gushiken lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Gushiken moves out of range easily.
Gushiken throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva is looking to counter with a body kick.
Gushiken looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.

Gushiken clinches with his opponent.
Gushiken lands with a right to the head.
Gushiken working aggressively here.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Gushiken's head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gushiken tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva blocks a body shot from Gushiken.
Gushiken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gushiken stalling.
Gushiken keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is trying to push Gushiken away but Gushiken has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva prevents a body shot from Gushiken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Gushiken blocks an uppercut.
Gushiken prevents a body shot from Silva.
Gushiken lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva tries to break the clinch but Gushiken is controlling the position.
Gushiken misses with a punch to the body.
Silva blocks an uppercut.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gushiken takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gushiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Gushiken.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Gushiken on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Yoko Gushiken just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gushiken wants to clinch.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gushiken throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gushiken throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva cracks the inside of Gushiken's front leg.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Gushiken takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva throws a leg kick but Gushiken sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gushiken slips under a jab from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Gushiken.
Gushiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Gushiken.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gushiken connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Gushiken.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Gushiken blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gushiken has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva defending well as Gushiken loads up on a big left hand.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gushiken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva slips a straight right by Gushiken.
Silva is looking to counter punch.
Silva cracks Gushiken with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gushiken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva misses with a left hand
and Gushiken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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.
Gushiken misses with a looping left.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Gushiken checks it.
Gushiken swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throwing a counter right hand but Gushiken manages to avoid it.
Gushiken lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gushiken misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gushiken. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gushiken checks a leg kick.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Gushiken moves out of range easily.
Gushiken throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva throws a head kick but Gushiken moves out of range.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gushiken throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Gushiken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big left from Gushiken misses.
Gushiken checks the leg kick.
Gushiken lands a head shot.
A left and a right from Gushiken both land. Nice combination.

Silva is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Gushiken.
Gushiken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gushiken swinging wildly here.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva slips under a jab from Gushiken.
Silva half committed to a counter leg kick.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gushiken.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gushiken has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gushiken tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Gushiken.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Gushiken slips the punch.
Gushiken throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gushiken tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses the body punch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gushiken misses with a wild body shot.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gushiken just manages to avoid it.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gushiken finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gushiken throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Gushiken throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Gushiken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Gushiken takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoko Gushiken dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva misses with a right hand
and Gushiken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gushiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Gushiken scores with a hook.
Gushiken takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva connects with the punch.
Gushiken loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva avoids the body shot from Gushiken.
Gushiken throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva throws a low kick but Gushiken avoids it.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice combination there by Gushiken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gushiken throws a big shot that misses.
Silva went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gushiken.
Gushiken misses with a double jab.
Silva looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Gushiken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva defending well as Gushiken loads up on a big left hand.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gushiken takes a step back to recover.
Some bone on bone action there as Gushiken checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Gushiken looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Gushiken as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gushiken tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Gushiken in the body.
Gushiken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a low kick but Gushiken moves out of range easily.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gushiken swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gushiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rafa Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva feints and then cracks Gushiken's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gushiken down.
Gushiken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gushiken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva looks for the body kick but Gushiken saw that one coming.
Gushiken now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Gushiken misses.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Gushiken moved away.
Gushiken looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gushiken moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Gushiken on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A leg kick checked by Gushiken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Gushiken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Gushiken. Beautiful body shot.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gushiken swings widly with a right hand
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Yoko Gushiken is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gushiken connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Gushiken moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Gushiken moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Gushiken moves into the clinch.
Gushiken lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Gushiken leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A body shot lands from Gushiken.
Gushiken lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yoko Gushiken.
Well Gushiken has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 46:49
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 46:50
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoko Gushiken!
Yoko Gushiken is the new bantamweight champion!
A less than humble Yoko Gushiken misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.