PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Fenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Vlad the Impaler. Thor Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Fenix
vs
Silva

191 cm
23
217 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
218 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Fenix!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva cracks the inside of Fenix's front leg.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands a high kick!
Fenix scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fenix lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Fenix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Fenix is breathing heavily.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Fenix won't want to take too many of those.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Fenix tries to break Silva's hands from around his neck, Silva unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Fenix will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Thor Silva! Thor Silva retains his light heavyweight title!