PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Aces High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aces High has chosen Knock em Dead Kid as his entrance music. Rich Aces High has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Aces High

180 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
189 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Aces High!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Aces High uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a right and a left that Aces High avoids nicely.
Silva looks to land a combination but Aces High avoids it well.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Aces High is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Aces High looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Aces High staying out of range there.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aces High pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot by Aces High.
Aces High throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva is looking to slow Aces High down with leg kicks.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aces High was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva cracks Aces High with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aces High misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Aces High's front leg but catches the back leg as Aces High tries to avoid it.
Aces High missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aces High thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Aces High shrugs it off.
Aces High keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aces High uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
No joy there for Aces High, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aces High ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Aces High's knee but Aces High avoids it well.
Aces High uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Aces High with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aces High was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick but Aces High checks it.
Silva takes a swing at Aces High's ribcage but misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aces High checks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Aces High off the cage and back into rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aces High keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Aces High throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Aces High misses with a wild body shot.
Aces High throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aces High looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva stuns Aces High with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aces High avoids the body shot from Silva.
Aces High is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Aces High ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rich Aces High seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aces High throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aces High ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Aces High paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Aces High.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aces High.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Aces High is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Aces High avoids a kick to the body.
No joy there for Aces High, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aces High misses with a wild combination.
Aces High takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aces High circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva cracks the inside of Aces High's front leg.
Aces High throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Aces High moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Aces High throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Aces High looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Aces High is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Aces High circles away and we're back to standing.
Aces High thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Aces High falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab from Aces High misses.
Aces High misses with a jab to the body

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva trying to control but Aces High is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aces High managing to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aces High is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Aces High misses with the combination.
Aces High throws a predictable looking body shot

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva trying to control but Aces High is working from the bottom.
Aces High is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva wants to control from the top but Aces High keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Aces High gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Aces High keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Aces High utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aces High keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lyoto Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Aces High scores with a jab to the body.
Aces High misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Aces High looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Aces High with a jab.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Aces High shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aces High's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aces High throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Aces High's head.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Aces High swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Aces High wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Aces High throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Aces High does it's job there.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Aces High misses with a straight right.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aces High moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aces High stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
A shot to the body from Aces High misses
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aces High.
Aces High 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.

Lyoto Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva looks to throw the jab but Aces High is out of range.
Silva throws a low kick but Aces High avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Aces High works the jab nicely.
Lyoto Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Aces High saw that one coming.
Aces High rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva checks a low kick from Aces High.
Aces High 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.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva checks a low kick from Aces High.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva pushes Aces High away with a front kick.
Aces High lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Aces High is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva misses with a low kick as Aces High jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Aces High shrugs it off though.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Aces High's leg but Aces High calmly moves out of range.
Aces High looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Aces High uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Aces High loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aces High tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab lands there for Aces High.
Aces High falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aces High.
Aces High misses with a wild combination.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Silva thumps Aces High with a low kick.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva misses with a combination
and Aces High counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Aces High counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aces High has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Aces High there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aces High.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Aces High uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aces High throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aces High takes a step back to recover.
Aces High throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a series of punches but Aces High avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a leg kick but Aces High sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aces High jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aces High scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aces High looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Aces High throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Aces High to score with a decent uppercut.
Aces High chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva cracks Aces High with a right hand to the side of the head.
Aces High takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Aces High throws a good cross that connects.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Aces High moved out of range.
Aces High moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Lyoto Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aces High closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Aces High swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aces High falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Aces High was not able to check.
Aces High wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice cross by Aces High.
Silva tries for a takedown but Aces High sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aces High on the side of the head.
Silva throws a push kick but Aces High slaps the foot to one side.
Rich Aces High is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva is looking to slow Aces High down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aces High rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aces High throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Lyoto Silva!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Lyoto Silva!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Lyoto Silva!

Lyoto Silva wins by unanimous decision!