PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shay O Donnelly (ranked 1771 p4p, 2383 weight class) and Marco Silva (ranked 217 p4p, 276 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Donnelly
vs
Silva

179 cm
28
162
12 - 5 - 1

171 cm
27
161
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Urban Fighter
SynCity Fightwear

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shay O Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Silva!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donnelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
O Donnelly throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva feints and then cracks O Donnelly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Donnelly down.
Nice shot by O Donnelly.
Silva is looking to clinch but O Donnelly is avoiding it.
O Donnelly throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Donnelly.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnelly moves out of range.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A lazy left from O Donnelly finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Marco Silva has been cut.
O Donnelly scores with a punch to the head.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - O Donnelly circles away.
Silva wants to slow O Donnelly down by chopping away at his legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnelly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a front kick but O Donnelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An attempted straight right counter from O Donnelly misses the target.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva is looking to clinch but O Donnelly is avoiding it.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
O Donnelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Donk. O Donnelly catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
O Donnelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Donnelly lands a head shot.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
Silva lands with a right hand.
O Donnelly scores with a shot to the body.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
O Donnelly connects with a body shot.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva misses with a head kick.
O Donnelly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva tries to clinch up but O Donnelly circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
O Donnelly throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnelly is having none of it.
O Donnelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva wants to clinch up but O Donnelly keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a leg kick but O Donnelly checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
O Donnelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva misses with a looping right.
O Donnelly is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
O Donnelly tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Donnelly misses with a hook.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Donnelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva missing with a left hand there. O Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Donnelly misses with the combination.
O Donnelly keeps the fight on the outside.
O Donnelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
O Donnelly scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
O Donnelly throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva wants to clinch up but O Donnelly keeps it at a distance.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Silva cracks O Donnelly with a right hand to the side of the head.
O Donnelly throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Donnelly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
O Donnelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva looks for the body kick but O Donnelly saw that one coming.
Silva swings for the body but O Donnelly moves out of range.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Donnelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That has opened up Marco Silva's cut even more.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but O Donnelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
O Donnelly throws a shot to the body.
Silva looks winded!
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from O Donnelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
O Donnelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up but O Donnelly circles away and keeps his distance.
O Donnelly works Silva's body with a nice hook.
O Donnelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
O Donnelly cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnelly moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and O Donnelly tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Donnelly misses with a double jab.
O Donnelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from O Donnelly.
O Donnelly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
O Donnelly throws a shot to the body.
O Donnelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva slips under a jab from O Donnelly.
Silva throws a jab when O Donnelly was well out of range.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shay O Donnelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

O Donnelly throws out a powerful jab.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Donnelly. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Donnelly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Silva rushes O Donnelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva 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.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Donnelly's elbow.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Donnelly.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
O Donnelly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva works on O Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down O Donnelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Donnelly's elbow.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but O Donnelly avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva keeps control of O Donnelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
O Donnelly avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by O Donnelly.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva digs a right hand underneath O Donnelly's ribcage. O Donnelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Silva.
O Donnelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva cracks O Donnelly with a nice body shot.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva tries to work over O Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Donnelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
O Donnelly prevents a body shot from Silva.
O Donnelly wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as O Donnelly controls his hands.
O Donnelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Donnelly blocks a body shot from Silva.
O Donnelly blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
O Donnelly blocking some punches.
O Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Our sources have told us that O Donnelly has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O Donnelly tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands an elbow inside that O Donnelly shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

O Donnelly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
O Donnelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for O Donnelly. That snapped Silva's head back.
O Donnelly lands a jab to the head.
O Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva connects with a leg kick.
O Donnelly lands with a cross.
O Donnelly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva is looking to clinch.
O Donnelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Donnelly rather than just go for the knockout.
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 needs to keep his hands up - O Donnelly had a free shot at his head there.
Silva connects with a leg kick.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Donnelly manages to avoid it.
O Donnelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
O Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Donnelly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. O Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
O Donnelly lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O Donnelly blocks a head kick by Silva.

Oooooh!!! O Donnelly has knocked Silva down with a huge combo! O Donnelly steps away and waves a wobbly Silva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can O Donnelly finish him?
Silva misses with a wild combination.
O Donnelly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Donnelly throws a monster overhand right that drops Silva! O Donnelly follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shay O Donnelly!
A relieved looking Shay O Donnelly thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Marco Silva stepped up to the mic, saying 'I should have never lost to this bum'.