PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Silva Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Hope Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva Jr might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ti Asap. Hope Jr is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dmx The Rain. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva Jr
vs
Hope Jr

188 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Hope Jr!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope Jr throws a leg kick but Silva Jr checks it.
Hope Jr should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Silva Jr dodges the punch combination from Hope Jr.
Hope Jr throws a series of strikes that have Silva Jr backpedaling.

It looks like Antonio Silva Jr has been cut.
Hope Jr with a lazy takedown attempt

and Silva Jr holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hope Jrs head.
Hope Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva Jr lands an elbow that stopped Hope Jr in his tracks for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva Jr.
Silva Jr pushes Hope Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hope Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Hope Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva Jr.
Hope Jr wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Billy Hope Jr has been cut.
Hope Jr is trying to push Silva Jr away but Silva Jr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Silva Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hope Jr backwards.

Silva Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hope Jr is looking to clinch.
It looked like Silva Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Silva Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva Jr lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr gets through Hope Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva Jr tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hope Jr looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Silva Jr fails to land.
Silva Jr keeps control of Hope Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hope Jr throws an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Silva Jr.
Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva Jr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hope Jr tries to work over Silva Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva Jr misses with some punches.
Silva Jr landing knees to the head.
Hope Jr can't break the clinch.
Silva Jr tries to work over Hope Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva Jr avoiding damage as Hope Jr throws knees to the body.
Silva Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Hope Jr avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Silva Jr fails to land.
Silva Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Hope Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva Jr is working Hope Jr over against the cage.
Hope Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Hope Jr.
Hope Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva Jr gets underhooks to prevent Hope Jr's takedown attempt.
Antonio Silva Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Hope Jr.
Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hope Jr lands with a left to the head.

Silva Jr manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Silva Jr dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hope Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hope Jr dips to his left and cracks Silva Jr with an uppercut!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Silva Jr here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Silva Jr instigates a clinch.
Silva Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Hope Jr won't want to take too many of those.

Silva Jr manages to break the clinch.
Silva Jr walks straight into a right hand from Hope Jr - that's dropped him! Hope Jr jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Silva Jr from any more punishment! Silva Jr complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Billy Hope Jr!
Billy Hope Jr decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.