PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Al Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Drive by AMEN blaring out of the sound system. George Obama will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Silva
vs
Obama

177 cm
19
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
168 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Al Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Obama!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva slips under a jab from Obama.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obama.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Silva wants to clinch up but Obama keeps it at a distance.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch up but Obama keeps it at a distance.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Obama circles away.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Obama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Obama drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Obama keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obama swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids the body shot from Obama.
Silva tries to clinch up but Obama circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva throws a series of punches but Obama moves out of range.
Obama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries to clinch but Obama moves out of range.
Obama misses with a wild combination.
Obama loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Obama's head back.
Silva takes a swing at Obama's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Obama.
Obama slips a jab from Silva.
Obama misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Obama keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Obama wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
Obama is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Obama blocks nicely.
Obama is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Obama's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Obama ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Obama throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Obama is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
Obama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Obama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Obama keeps the fight on the outside.
Obama lands a nice looking body shot.
Obama steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva wants to clinch.
Obama throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Jab, jab by Obama - just one landing.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Obama sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Al Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Obama misses with a looping right.
Obama sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Obama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obama.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Nice shot lands for Obama.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Obama pinned against the cage. Obama gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Obama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva moves out of range as Obama strikes.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Obama bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Obama.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obama lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Obama throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Obama. That snapped Silva's head back.
Obama's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Obama duly obliges.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Obama swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva swinging wilding here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Obama.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Obama missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Obama throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Obama is just out of range.
Silva misses with a hook. Obama ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Obama scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Obama is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Obama just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a double jab
letting Obama counter with a right hand.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Obama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Obama takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Obama has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Obama moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Obama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Obama doesn't seem phased though.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Obama lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into rage.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva tries to clinch but Obama is having none of it.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Obama's corner calls for a 1-2. Obama obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Obama bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Obama.
Silva wants to clinch up but Obama keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Obama misses the target.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Obama pushes him off.
George Obama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decent striking displayed by Obama there.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Obama misses.
Obama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Obama counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Obama moved out of range nicely.

Silva clinches.
Silva trying to stall but Obama improves his position.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Obama blocks an uppercut.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Obama up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Al Silva.
Obama connects with a single shot there.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Obama's waist but Obama gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Obama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Obama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Obama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva tries to clinch
and Obama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Obama throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Obama looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Obama looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Obama really dominated that round.
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.

Obama thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Obama.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Obama throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Obama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left lands for Obama.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Obama.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch but Obama is avoiding it.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Obama. Beautiful body shot.
Obama swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Obama wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva lands a body shot.
Obama tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Obama as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Obama up against the cage.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva keeps control of Obama as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Obama improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Al Silva.
A slow jab from Obama misses its intended target.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
enabling Obama to counter with a crisp jab.
Obama misses with a straight right.
Obama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
George Obama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Obama throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Obama ducks down to avoid it.
Silva closes the distance but Obama moves to the side
and Obama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva swings for the body but Obama moves out of range.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Obama.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Obama misses with a straight left.
Obama misses with a body punch

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Silva had his way with George Obama in 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. This is the final round!

Silva throws a right and a left that Obama avoids nicely.
Silva looks to land a combination but Obama avoids it well.
Obama throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obama.
Silva slips a straight right by Obama.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to clinch up but Obama circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to clinch
and Obama makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Some wild striking there from Obama.
Obama looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Obama lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Obama fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Obama moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Obama displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Obama misses with a straight right.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Obama's shoulder, as Obama tries to avoid the shot.
Obama throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obama throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Obama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch.
Obama takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva wants to clinch.
Obama keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Obama throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Obama scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Obama slips under a jab.
Obama throws out a powerful jab.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Obama circles away.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Obama counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva slips a straight right by Obama.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Obama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Obama has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for George Obama!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for George Obama!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for George Obama!

George Obama wins by unanimous decision!
George Obama is the new lightweight champion!