PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clint Foote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen eye of the tiger as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Foote
vs
Silva

186 cm
19
264 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
288 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clint Foote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foote keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Foote looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Foote throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Foote circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva misses the jab.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Foote's defenses.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.

It looks like Clint Foote has been cut.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Foote.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Foote.
Foote fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Foote.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Foote stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Foote avoids the body shot from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works Foote's body with a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Foote ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Foote moves away and avoids it.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses

and Foote counters by clinching up.
Foote lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva wants to break free but Foote has control.
Foote is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva is trying to break free.
Foote content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Foote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Foote gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Foote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Foote's takedown attempt.
Silva looking to stall.
Foote tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Foote.
Foote missing with knees to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Foote's takedown attempt.
Foote trying to land knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Foote has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Foote is controlling the position.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Foote is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Foote misses with a knee to the head.
Foote tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Foote is breathing heavily.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Foote has him pressed against the cage.
Foote has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Foote has the dominant position.
Foote stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foote tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Foote has him pressed against the cage.
Foote keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Silva tries to break free but Foote pushes him back against the cage.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Foote has him pressed against the cage.
Foote throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Foote changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Foote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Foote takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Foote at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a sloppy body shot

and Foote holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Foote.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Foote.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Foote is controlling the position.
Foote keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Foote's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva blocks a body shot from Foote.
Silva avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a right hand.
Foote keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Foote throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Foote has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Foote keeps him there for the moment.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Foote has the dominant position.
Foote swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Foote won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clint Foote's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Foote ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva takes a swing at Foote's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Foote's shoulder, as Foote tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Foote does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Foote rather than just go for the knockout.
Silva lands a nice hook to Foote's body. Foote takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Silva misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Foote counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Foote struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Foote keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Foote will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Foote throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Foote is controlling the position.
Foote missing with knees to the body.
Foote leaning his opponent against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Foote fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses with a jab to the body

and Foote counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva wants to break free but Foote has control.
Foote changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Foote ducks down to avoid it.
Foote slips under a jab.
Silva clobbers Foote with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Foote.
Foote defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Foote avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Foote keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Foote avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Foote was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Foote misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Foote slips the punch.
Silva takes a swing at Foote's ribcage but misses.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
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.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Foote's shoulder, as Foote tries to avoid the shot.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Foote keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Foote does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Foote tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Foote takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva avoids the body shot from Foote.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva misses the shot to the body.

Foote forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Foote looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Foote trying to land knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Foote drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot

and Foote counters by clinching up.
Foote has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Foote working aggressively here.
Foote missing with knees to the body.
Foote has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Foote can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Foote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Foote misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Clint Foote's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Foote walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to de liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Foote dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Foote.
Foote swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Foote counters by clinching up.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Foote.
Silva is trying to break free.
Foote is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foote lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Foote missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Foote.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Foote keeps him there for the moment.
Foote tries for a takedown. No joy.
Foote stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Foote is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Foote slows down the pace here.
Silva tries to circle away but Foote has him pinned against the cage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Foote keeps him there for the moment.
Foote is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Foote.
Foote looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Foote tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva jumps guard but Foote stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Foote, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Foote tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Foote has double underhooks.
Foote is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva wants to break free but Foote has control.
Foote is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Foote into the cage.
Foote tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Foote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to break free but Foote pushes him back against the cage.
Silva avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free but Foote has control.
Foote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Foote keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Foote won't allow it.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Foote keeps him there for the moment.
Foote trying to land knees to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Foote.
Silva wants to break free but Foote has control.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Foote gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Foote is working away from the top position though.
Foote lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foote thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Foote 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.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Foote is controlling him well.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Foote working the head and body with strikes.
Foote passes to side control.

Foote working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foote working away.
Silva is trying to buck Foote off.
Silva is trying to control Foote's posture but Foote avoids it.
Clint Foote has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Foote scoring with strikes.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foote cracks Silva with a big elbow.
Foote cracks Silva with a big elbow.
James Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Foote working the head and body with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Foote showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Silva!