PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Kray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kray
vs
Silva

170 cm
23
158 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

171 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronald Kray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Manuel Silva!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Kray misses with a few strikes there.
Kray throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Kray misses with a double jab.
Kray waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Silva.
Kray missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva staying out of range there.
Kray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kray takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Kray misses with a body punch
and Kray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab.
Kray on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronald Kray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kray looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva cracks Kray with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva thumps Kray with a low kick.
Kray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kray looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kray is out of range and Silva settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kray tries a head kick but it misses.
Kray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kray is breathing heavily.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva avoids the head kick by Kray.
Kray keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Kray had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silva misses with a low kick as Kray jumps back.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Kray will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kray misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Kray.
A left lands for Silva.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Kray takes one to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kray throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kray is out of range.
Silva tries to bum rush Kray with a series of wild strikes but Kray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Kray.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva throws a right and a left that Kray avoids nicely.
Kray swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Kray.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Kray throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kray looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva thuds a left hand into Kray's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kray checks the leg kick.
No joy there for Kray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab by Silva.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a right and a left that Kray avoids nicely.
Kray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva connects with the punch.
Kray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva moves away from the strike by Kray.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kray moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva clobbers Kray with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kray on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Kray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Silva throws a right hand that Kray ducks under and follows up with a left that Kray also avoids with ease.
Kray pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kray is able to avoid easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kray. Kray circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Kray takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva lands a jab to Kray's midsection.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Kray backpedaling.
Kray throws a combination that misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva lands with a straight right. Kray didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kray doesn't seem phased though.
Silva looks to land a combination. Kray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kray misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kray on the side of the head.
Kray throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kray throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Kray misses with a straight left.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Kray's defenses.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kray has time to react.
Kray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the body from Kray misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva cracks Kray with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A shot to de liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kray at a distance.
Silva lands with a hook. Kray tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva tries to work over Kray's front leg with a kick but Kray checks it.
Kray throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tests Kray's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva with a jab.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Kray's knee but Kray avoids it well.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kray gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Kray's head.
Kray tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Kray's head back.
Silva scores with a jab. Kray acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kray scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva cracks Kray with a good jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Kray checks a leg kick.
Silva connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Ronald Kray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kray. Kray circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva stuns Kray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good shot there by Silva.
Kray throws a shot to the body.
Silva tests Kray's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kray moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kray misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Kray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kray scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Kray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva moves out of range as Kray strikes.
Silva with a hook.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Kray.
Silva sizes up Kray with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kray misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva blocks a head kick by Kray.
Kray walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.

Kray is rocked!
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kray checks a low kick from Silva.
Kray misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Kray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Manuel Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kray throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva with a jab.
Oh Kray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kray takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kray checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva lands a two punch combo.
Kray misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kray checks the leg kick.
A combination from Kray does no damage.
Kray seems to have got his legs back now.
Kray takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Kray takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kray.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kray is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva works over Kray's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kray will feel that in the morning.
Silva is looking to chop away at Kray's legs.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Kray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kray throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kray has time to react.
Silva tries to work over Kray's front leg with a kick but Kray checks it.
Kray throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Kray off the cage and back into rage.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kray looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Kray backs away looking to recover.
Kray throws a sloppy body shot
and Kray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kray blocks a leg kick.
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.
Kray closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Silva scores with a hook.
Kray misses with a low kick.
Silva throws a leg kick but Kray sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva cracks Kray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kray misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a combination. Kray tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kray.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva lands with a straight right. Kray didn't see that one coming.
Kray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Kray will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kray seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Silva shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Kray is backing up but Silva catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Kray covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Silva Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Silva!
Manuel Silva is the new lightweight champion!