PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corey Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bailey
vs
Silva

180 cm
18
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Corey Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Silva!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bailey at a distance.
Bailey throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tests Bailey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bailey tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey misses with a low kick.
Silva sizes up Bailey with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bailey throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bailey or not.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey blocks the elbow strike.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Silva pushes Bailey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Silva lands a left hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva gets through Bailey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bailey's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Bailey looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Bailey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Bailey trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Bailey misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Bailey's head.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Bailey has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bailey trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bailey into the cage.
Silva lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bailey misses with some punches.
A short right from Silva.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bailey blocks the elbow strike.
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 scores with a shot to the side of Bailey's head.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.
Bailey trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bailey into the cage.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Bailey tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bailey misses with a right hand
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Bailey misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Juan Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bailey tries to clinch up
and Bailey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bailey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bailey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bailey throws a poor cross that misses
and Bailey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva lands a jab to Bailey's midsection.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bailey misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A low kick from Bailey is predictable there
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Bailey doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Bailey takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bailey throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Bailey takes a shot to the head.
Silva pushes Bailey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.
Bailey stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Juan Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Silva is working Bailey over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Bailey tries to tie him up.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bailey tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Bailey taking a breather.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Bailey's head.
A short right from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva lands a right hand.
Bailey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Bailey taking a breather.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva lands a body punch.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bailey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bailey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bailey misses with a punch to the body.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.
Silva gets through Bailey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bailey scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Bailey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bailey doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva tries to counter with a clinch but Bailey shakes him off and moves away.
Bailey takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bailey misses with a body shot
and Bailey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corey Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bailey misses with a shot to the body
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva connects with a right hand. Bailey shakes it off.
Nice cross by Silva.
Bailey misses with the body kick
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Bailey tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a left hand.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Bailey taking a breather.
Bailey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Bailey taking a breather.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short left from Silva.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.
Bailey 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 scores with a shoulder strike.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Silva.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Silva wants to break free but Bailey has control.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bailey into the cage.
Bailey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maybe Bailey would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Bailey is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Bailey into the cage.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bailey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva pushes Bailey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva is leaning against Bailey and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Corey Bailey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

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