PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sero Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kim might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to CANON in D Korean Version (with gayageum) . Silva has chosen BLUNT- The Iron Maiden as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Kim
vs
Silva

188 cm
25
194 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

186 cm
26
195 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy + Stamina!
Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy + Stamina!

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sero Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Silva!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva gets a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Kim lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva'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 takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Kim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.

It looks like Matt Silva has been cut.
Kim with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Silva.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kim struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Kim lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Silva.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kim gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Kim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Kim is breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kims head.
Kim misses with a body punch.
Kim working hard to break the clinch.
Silva is working Kim over against the cage.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
A short right from Silva.
Kim is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kim down to the mat. Kim avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Kim.
Sero Kim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Silva.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Kim off the cage and back into rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kim misses with a body kick.
Kim throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Kim moves into the clinch.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kim or not.
Kim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kim stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kim takes a shot to the head.
Silva is working Kim over against the cage.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kim.
Silva blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim misses with a punch to the body.
Silva lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Silva.
A short right from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim takes a shot to the head.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kim prevents it.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kim is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kim has his back to the cage.
Kim 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 lands a nice shot to the body.
Kim's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kim pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kim is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Silva lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Silva.
A short left from Silva.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva works on Kim's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kim gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva is working Kim over against the cage.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Silva lands a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kim wants to hit a switch here but Silva passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kim there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kim tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kim tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kim looks to throw a body kick

and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva wants to control from the top but Kim keeps moving.
Kim is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva postures up in Kim's guard and throws a big left but Kim blocks it.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kim swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kim looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Kim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kim throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Kim fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva checks a low kick from Kim.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

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.
Kim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kim moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Kim throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kim connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Kim.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kim.
Kim thows a leg kick but Silva checks it

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kim's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva postures up.
Kim looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kim is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Kim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Silva wants to stand but Kim is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kim is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Sero Kim wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kim swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kim takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kim throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Kim thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.

Kim rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kim tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Kim avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Matt Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Kim breaks the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Silva.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kim misses with a hook from the clinch.

Kim escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Kim misses.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kim lands with a good body shot.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Kim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Kim misses with a head kick.
Kim throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sero Kim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kim misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva lands a nice hook to Kim's body. Kim takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Kim takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kim.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Kim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A low kick from Kim misses
and Silva counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.
Silva cracks Kim with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kim wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kim has time to react.
Silva tries to clinch there but Kim circles away.
Kim is looking to land body kicks.
Kim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Kim takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Silva drives through and clinches with Kim against the cage.
Kim prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Good body shot from Silva.
Sero Kim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kim gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Kim pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sero Kim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Silva.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kim stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

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