PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reynaldo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynaldo Da Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Patrick Kenzie's chin.

Da Silva
vs
Kenzie

191 cm
19
179 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Non-Stop Nutrition
Nemesis Cage Clothing

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reynaldo Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Kenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Kenzie circles away.
Kenzie throws out a powerful jab.
Da Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Kenzie sprawls well. He's pushed Da Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kenzie lands with a shot to the body.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Kenzie moves out of range.
Kenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Kenzie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Da Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kenzie lands the left hand.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reynaldo Da Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kenzie lands with a hook. Da Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kenzie paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie lands a nice looking body shot.
Da Silva defending well as Kenzie loads up on a big left hand.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Kenzie is having none of it.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Kenzie circles away.
Kenzie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Da Silva's hands.

It looks like Reynaldo Da Silva has been cut.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Da Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kenzie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Silva momentarily.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Kenzie is having none of it.
Da Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kenzie circles away.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Kenzie pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Kenzie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
Da Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kenzie's efforts to push away.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kenzie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Kenzie takes an elbow to the temple.
Da Silva keeps control of Kenzie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Patrick Kenzie has been cut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Kenzie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kenzie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
Kenzie wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kenzie's defenses.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Kenzie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie tries to break free but Da Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kenzie's face.
Kenzie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Da Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kenzie tries to circle away but Da Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Kenzie working hard to break the clinch.
Da Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kenzie's defenses.
Kenzie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kenzie is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling him.
Da Silva has Kenzie pressed against the cage, preventing Kenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Da Silva has Kenzie pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Kenzie shrugs off.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kenzie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kenzie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Kenzie is trying to break free.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kenzie takes a knee to the side of the body.
A bit of stalling here from Da Silva.
Da Silva gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kenzie tries to circle away but Da Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Patrick Kenzie's cut even more.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kenzie is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling him.
Da Silva has Kenzie pressed against the cage, preventing Kenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kenzie tries to circle away but Da Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Kenzie in his tracks for a moment.
The is referee keeping an eye on Da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Kenzie dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Kenzie.
Kenzie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Kenzie circles away.

Da Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kenzie!
Kenzie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kenzie is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Da Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kenzie is trying desperately to improve position.
Da Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kenzie wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie can't escape the position.
Da Silva looking to ground and pound but Kenzie is blocking nicely.
Da Silva thowing shots but they're missing.
Da Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Da Silva wants to control the pace but Kenzie is squirming around nicely.
Kenzie really wants to buck Da Silva off and get back to his feet.
Kenzie can't escape the position.
Da Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kenzie is looking to escape.
Da Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Da Silva controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Da Silva tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kenzie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Da Silva there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Da Silva looking to ground and pound but Kenzie is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva prevents Kenzie from getting the reversal.
Kenzie sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kenzie is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Kenzie to stand up.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Kenzie pushes him off.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Kenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kenzie misses with an uppercut.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Kenzie.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Da Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The cut above Patrick Kenzie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kenzie is trying to stall.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie is trying to force a seperation but Da Silva has the dominant position.
Da Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kenzie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kenzie takes a knee right on the jaw!

Patrick Kenzie's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Da Silva keeps control of Kenzie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Patrick Kenzie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Reynaldo Da Silva!