PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Solomon Cook (ranked 4812 p4p, 124 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 19325 p4p, 168 weight class). Solomon Cook has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cook
vs
Silva

200 cm
40
238 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

186 cm
30
187 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Solomon Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silva throws a right hand that Cook ducks under and follows up with a left that Cook also avoids with ease.
Cook moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Cook avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva slips a straight right by Cook.
Silva replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Cook blocks it well.
Silva throws a low kick but Cook avoids it.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
Cook moves out of range of the body kick.
Cook misses with a hook.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Cook scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cook misses with a leg kick.
Silva cracks the inside of Cook's front leg.
Cook throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Cook throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cook throws a head kick that misses.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Cook lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cook has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Cook, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cook explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cook missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Cook.
Solomon Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva gets a clinch.
Silva blocks a body shot from Cook.
Cook is stalling here.
Cook throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva pushes Cook back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cook blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cook.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Cook throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Cook throws a head punch that misses.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Cook lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cook throws an elbow but misses.
Cook trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Cook lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Cook scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cook managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Cook misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cook takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cook misses with a knee to the head.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cook's defenses.

It looks like Solomon Cook has been cut.
Cook has Silva pressed against the ropes.
Cook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Cook dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cook lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Cook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Cook throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva throws a low kick but Cook avoids it.
Cook connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cook misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cook. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cook throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Solomon Cook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cook on the side of the head.
Cook swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A punch combination from Cook misses.
Cook moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSilva.
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!
Cook throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Cook throws a lazy uppercut
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva throws a leg kick but Cook sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cook seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cook moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Cook on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cook's calf.
Silva connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Cook moves his leg out of the way.
Cook misses with a body kick.
Silva throws out a counter right but Cook avoids it with no problem.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Cook.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cook backwards.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cook misses with the head strike.
Cook with a knee to the head.
Cook misses with a punch to the body.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Cook.
Cook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Cook blocks it.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cook.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Cook trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Cook throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cook lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cook is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva pushes Cook back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Cook lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cook blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaldo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cook connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Cook has managed to clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Cook wants to stall.
Nice body punch from Cook - that landed with a thud.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cook is defending well for now.
Cook scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Cook is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cook tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Cook fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cook.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Cook scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cook lands a shoulder strike.

Silva is rocked!
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 can't find room to land a body shot as Cook controls the action.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Cook finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Cook trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Cook scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Cook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cook softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cook blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
Cook blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Cook makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cook avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Cook controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Cook on the inside.

That has opened up Arnaldo Silva's cut even more.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Cook is working Silva over against the ropes.
Cook 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.
Cook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cook lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good body shot from Cook.
Cook makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Cook clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cook connects with a quick right hand that sends Silva tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Solomon Cook!
Solomon Cook was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.