PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Perry Silva (ranked 5506 p4p, 4427 weight class) and Bo Lin (ranked 582 p4p, 535 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Silva
vs
Lin

181 cm
23
191
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
193
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Seventh Circle Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Perry Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bo Lin!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Lin.
Lin misses with the combination.
Lin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lin duly obliges.
Nice uppercut lands for Lin. That snapped Silva's head back.
Lin lands a jab to the nose.
Silva shoots in but Lin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lin.
Nice body punch from Lin.
Lin tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva tries for a takedown but Lin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Perry Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lin throws a one two combo.

It looks like Perry Silva has been cut.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Lin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice cross by Lin.
Silva throws a jab when Lin was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lin lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Silva is rocked!
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lin sprawls well. Lin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Lin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva tries for a takedown but Lin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lin connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Lin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lin feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Lin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
and Lin counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Silva! He's just covering up as Lin starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Lin!