PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davis Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus comes to the cage accompanied by "Princes of the Universe," by Queen. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wild Boyz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Marcus
vs
Silva

178 cm
27
200 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

190 cm
26
199 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davis Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Davis Marcus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marcus in his tracks.
Marcus closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Marcus pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marcus throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Marcus tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marcus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Marcus backpedaling.
Silva with a nice cross.
Marcus throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Marcus shoots in.
Marcus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marcus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marcus takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva clobbers Marcus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Marcus has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva scores with a jab.
Marcus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marcus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Marcus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marcus is breathing heavily.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Marcus pushes him off.
Marcus throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Marcus blocks the elbow strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Marcus blocks with his arms.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Marcus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Marcus is blocking nicely.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marcus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcus avoids it.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva keeps control of Marcus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcus blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marcus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davis Marcus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Marcus blocks with his arms.
Marcus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marcus blocks the elbow strike.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Marcus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marcus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Marcus lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Silva is rocked!
Silva misses with a straight right.
Marcus tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Marcus fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva throws a series of punches but Marcus avoids them all with ease.
Marcus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silva lands a jab.
Marcus wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Marcus avoids the body shot from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a combination that misses

and Marcus counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Marcus avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcus avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Marcus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marcus misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Marcus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Marcus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva avoids the head kick by Marcus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Davis Marcus will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Marcus misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Marcus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marcus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marcus shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Davis Marcus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marcus throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Marcus takes a knee right on the jaw!

Marcus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva looks to land a combination but Marcus avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcus circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marcus throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus tries to clinch
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Marcus misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva digs a good body shot into Marcus's ribs.
Marcus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Marcus throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva sizes up Marcus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcus circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Silva clinches up with Marcus and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Marcus is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marcus wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Marcus avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Marcus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marcus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marcus lands a damaging elbow.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Marcus.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davis Marcus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Marcus is struggling to control the position.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Marcus avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.

Marcus gets control of Silva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Marcus will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Silva gets to his feet - Marcus follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Marcus. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marcus.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Marcus ducks down to avoid it.
Carlton Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marcus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marcus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marcus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a body kick that stops Marcus in his tracks momentarily.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marcus's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marcus.
Marcus misses with a few strikes there.
Silva lands with a straight right. Marcus didn't see that one coming.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carlton Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marcus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Marcus throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marcus takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marcus's head backwards.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Marcus misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marcus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marcus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Marcus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Marcus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Marcus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marcus misses with a takedown
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thumps Marcus with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marcus in his tracks.
Marcus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Marcus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Marcus was not able to check.
Silva tests Marcus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marcus misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marcus's sensitive parts.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Marcus closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva thumps Marcus with a low kick.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Marcus dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Marcus throws a combination that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marcus on the side of the head.
Marcus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Marcus.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marcus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marcus misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Marcus was not able to check.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marcus drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Marcus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marcus's head backwards.
A cross from Silva lands.
Marcus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that Marcus semi-blocks.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marcus 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 scores with a head kick.
Nice body kick from Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Marcus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva clobbers Marcus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlton Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:29

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