PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mario Diaz (ranked 1216 p4p, 1657 weight class) and Felipe Silva (ranked 152 p4p, 203 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by Troublesome '96 - 2pac. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ratamahatta - Sepultura kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Diaz
vs
Silva

183 cm
29
168
11 - 7 - 1

180 cm
28
169
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mario Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Silva!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a body shot.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Diaz scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva thumps Diaz with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva stuns Diaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Diaz moved out of range nicely.
Diaz slips under a jab from Silva.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Diaz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Good exchange - Diaz coming out on top.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Diaz avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Silva tries to tie him up.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva cracks Diaz with an open hand slap.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
As Silva looks to move away, Diaz throws a big counter combo but Silva just gets out of the way.
Diaz tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Diaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Diaz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Diaz is breathing heavily.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Diaz walks into a left hand.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Diaz lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diaz counters with a nice body shot.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Diaz backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but Diaz manages to avoid it all.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Diaz avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Diaz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Diaz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diaz throws a big counter combination but Silva scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz half committed to a counter leg kick.
Felipe Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Diaz counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Mario Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Diaz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Diaz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Diaz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.

Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Diaz slips under a jab from Silva.
Diaz throws a big counter combination but Silva scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Silva misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Diaz's head back.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz throws a big counter combination but Silva scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab by Diaz.
Silva wants to clinch.
Diaz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Diaz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diazs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
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 walks into a left hand.
Diaz blocks a jab.
Diaz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Silva.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Diaz.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diaz with a jab.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Diaz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diaz checks a leg kick.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Diaz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Felipe Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Diaz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Diaz closes the distance and clinches.

Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diaz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
A cross from Diaz lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
A lazy body kick from Silva
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Diaz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Diaz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz walks into a left hand.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diaz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Silva misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Diaz is looking to counter punch.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diaz scores with a three punch combo!
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diaz tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Diaz 's knee.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Diaz.

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!
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
That kick from Silva tenderised Diaz's leg. Diaz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diaz throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Diaz stumbling back into the cage.
Silva misses with a double jab

and Diaz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Come on Diaz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.
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!
Nice elbow from Silva.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Diaz blocks a jab.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Silva really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Diaz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice combination there by Diaz.
Diaz checks the leg kick.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Diaz throws a good cross that connects.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
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 slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz fails with an attempt to clinch.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Mario Diaz has been cut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diaz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva connects with a leg kick.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Diaz connects with a looping right hand.
Diaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diaz in his tracks.
Diaz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diaz to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Diaz.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diaz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diaz scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Silva has managed to clinch.

Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva misses with a double jab.
It looked like Diaz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva throws a leg kick but Diaz moved away.
Silva throws a jab when Diaz was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Felipe Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mario Diaz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Diaz counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Silva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
A cross from Diaz lands.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva connects with a right hand. Diaz shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva counters with a body kick.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws a leg kick but Diaz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diaz tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz backing away here, and Silva unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Diaz jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
As Silva looks to move away, Diaz throws a big counter combo but Silva just gets out of the way.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diaz in his tracks.
A clash of legs there as Diaz blocks the low kick.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch but Diaz slips to the side
and Diaz counters with a nice uppercut.
Diaz lands the left hand.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Silva throws a hook but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Diaz is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diaz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diaz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
BOOM! Silva lands a beautiful left hook that drops Diaz. Diaz tries to recover but Silva is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Diaz lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felipe Silva!
Felipe Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.