PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 1194 p4p, 154 weight class) and Terry Bogard (ranked 2177 p4p, 245 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ferreira Da Silva
vs
Bogard

180 cm
24
193 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
179 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terry Bogard!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ferreira Da Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bogard, pushing him back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bogard.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.

Bogard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ferreira Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with Bogard.
Bogard working aggressively here.
Bogard working hard to break the clinch.

Bogard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bogard tries to land a leg kick but Ferreira Da Silva saw it coming and moves away.

Ferreira Da Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Bogard.
Bogard working aggressively here.

Bogard breaks from the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick
and Bogard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira Da Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bogard.

Bogard tries to keep at a distance but Ferreira Da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Bogard avoids it by throwing Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bogard breaks from the clinch.
Good work by Bogard as he checks the leg kick.
Bogard walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ferreira Da Silva.

Bogard gets tackled into the cage by Ferreira Da Silva. Ferreira Da Silva maintains the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Bogard shrugs off.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bogard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bogard is trying to break the clinch but Ferreira Da Silva is controlling him.
Bogard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva prevents Bogard from breaking the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva has Bogard pressed against the cage, preventing Bogard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bogard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ferreira Da Silva is working Bogard over against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bogard has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreira Da Silva.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bogards head.

Bogard manages to break the clinch.

Ferreira Da Silva rushes Bogard and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira Da Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ferreira Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bogards head.
Bogard misses with some punches.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard is trying to break the clinch but Ferreira Da Silva is controlling him.
Ferreira Da Silva has Bogard pressed against the cage, preventing Bogard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ferreira Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bogard avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bogard in his tracks for a moment.
Bogard tries to break free but Ferreira Da Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Bogard takes an elbow to the temple.
Bogard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bogard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bogard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ferreira Da Silva. That one must have hurt.

Ferreira Da Silva has Bogard up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Ferreira Da Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Bogard blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bogard's brow.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a right hand underneath Bogard's ribcage. Bogard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bogard looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferreira Da Silva.
Nice elbow from Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard is trying to force a seperation but Ferreira Da Silva has the dominant position.
Ferreira Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Bogard 's eye.

Bogard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira Da Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ferreira Da Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ferreira Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ferreira Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferreira Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bogard's elbow.
Bogard has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Bogard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard tries to work over Ferreira Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bogard tries to circle away but Ferreira Da Silva has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bogard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva has Bogard pressed against the cage, preventing Bogard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body shot.
Bogard blocks an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bogard's defenses.
Bogard is trying to break free.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva.
A short left from Ferreira Da Silva.

Bogard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ferreira Da Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Bogard counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ferreira Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Ferreira Da Silva backs off Bogard throws a huge counter combo but Ferreira Da Silva manages to avoid it all.
Ferreira Da Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bogard is out of range.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bogard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ferreira Da Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a low kick as Bogard jumps back.

Ferreira Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Bogard wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
Bogard wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
Bogard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Ferreira Da Silva.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard is trying to force a seperation but Ferreira Da Silva has the dominant position.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Bogard shrugs off.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ferreira Da Silva keeps control of Bogard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bogard is breathing heavily.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bogard.
Still in the clinch, Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Bogard shrugs off.
Ferreira Da Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva presses Bogard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ferreira Da Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.

Bogard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ferreira Da Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bogard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bogard can do to turn this around?
Ferreira Da Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bogard or not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a left to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Bogard 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.

Bogard is rocked!
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bogards head.
Bogard is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferreira Da Silva finish him?
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A hook to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Bogard seems to have recovered his senses.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a right hand underneath Bogard's ribcage. Bogard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Bogard shrugs off.
Ferreira Da Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bogard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a left to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bogard takes an elbow to the temple.
Ferreira Da Silva works on Bogard's body with a couple of short punches.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Ferreira Da Silva pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Bogard! Ferreira Da Silva unloads with more strikes and Bogard sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!