PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: "The Pitbull" Onward to Victory. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Rage
vs
Silva

191 cm
23
194 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
195 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wilson Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rage just misses with a punch to the body.
Rage shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rage moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Rage pushes him off.
Rage swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rage scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rage throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Rage keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Rage moved out of range nicely.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Rage lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Rage.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Jab by Silva.

It looks like Wilson Rage has been cut.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Rage slips the punch.
Silva looks to land a combination but Rage avoids it well.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Rage ducks down to avoid it.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rage is breathing heavily.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Rage blocks the elbow strike.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rage takes an elbow to the temple.
Rage blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rage avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rage avoids the damage to the body.
Rage avoiding damage.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Rage leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Wilson Rage's cut is getting worse.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Rage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage slips a jab from Silva.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Rage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rage throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Rage slips the punch.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rage counters with a one-two to the body.
Jab from Silva.
Rage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rage misses with a wild combination.
Rage takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rage throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Rage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva misses with a hook. Rage ducked under it nicely.
Silva tries to bum rush Rage with a series of wild strikes but Rage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rage misses with a head kick.
Rage ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch there but Rage circles away.

Silva darts in and clinches Rage up against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Rage blocks an elbow strike from Silva.

Rage breaks the clinch.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Rage uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rage tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rage blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Wilson Rage's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rage avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rage takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jeez, Wilson Rage's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rage blocks the elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Rage blocks the elbow strike.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Rage's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rage blocks an elbow strike.
Rage takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage blocks an elbow strike.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rage.
Rage avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Rage is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Rage.
Rage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Rage goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilson Rage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rocky Silva!