PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Vilas Boas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Vlad the Impaler. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Silva
vs
Vilas Boas

192 cm
21
218 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

194 cm
20
217 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lucas Vilas Boas !
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vilas Boas misses with a series of wild punches.
Vilas Boas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vilas Boas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Vilas Boas .
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vilas Boas .
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Vilas Boas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lucas Vilas Boas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Vilas Boas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vilas Boas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vilas Boas swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Vilas Boas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vilas Boas takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Lucas Vilas Boas has been cut.
Vilas Boas 's corner calls for a 1-2. Vilas Boas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vilas Boas on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Vilas Boas checks it.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A bone on bone clash there as Vilas Boas blocks the leg kick.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vilas Boas misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas tries to clinch up.
Vilas Boas misses with the combination.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Vilas Boas .
Silva scores with a head kick.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vilas Boas . That did some damage!
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Vilas Boas moves out of range easily.
Vilas Boas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Vilas Boas moved away.
Vilas Boas just misses with a punch to the body.
Vilas Boas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Silva clinches.
Vilas Boas tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Vilas Boas managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Vilas Boas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vilas Boas avoids it.
Vilas Boas wants to break free but Silva has control.
Vilas Boas is trying to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Vilas Boas looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Vilas Boas is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vilas Boas 's face.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva is pushing Vilas Boas 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 unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva with a knee to the head.

Vilas Boas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva moves forwards but Vilas Boas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vilas Boas is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vilas Boas checks it well.
Silva feints and then cracks Vilas Boas 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vilas Boas down.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Vilas Boas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vilas Boas avoids the head kick by Silva.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Vilas Boas back into the cage.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vilas Boas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Vilas Boas avoids the damage to the body.

Vilas Boas breaks the clinch.
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice jab there from Vilas Boas .

Vilas Boas gets a clinch.
Vilas Boas is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Vilas Boas into the cage.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vilas Boas 's efforts to push away.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Vilas Boas is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Vilas Boas blocks it.

Vilas Boas 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vilas Boas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vilas Boas is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vilas Boas blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Vilas Boas wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vilas Boas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Vilas Boas scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vilas Boas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Vilas Boas . Vilas Boas maintains the clinch.
Vilas Boas is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva is looking to control Vilas Boas 's arms but Vilas Boas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Vilas Boas gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Vilas Boas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vilas Boas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vilas Boas lands a body shot.
A solid body kick from Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Vilas Boas . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva throws a head kick that misses.

Vilas Boas has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Vilas Boas 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Vilas Boas is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Lucas Vilas Boas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva throws a leg kick but Vilas Boas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vilas Boas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vilas Boas misses with a few strikes there.
Vilas Boas throws a shot to the body.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch up

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Vilas Boas wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Vilas Boas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vilas Boas tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Vilas Boas tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Vilas Boas tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Vilas Boas is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Vilas Boas blocks it.

Vilas Boas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vilas Boas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilas Boas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Vilas Boas manages to break the clinch.
Vilas Boas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thor Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice cross by Vilas Boas .
A decent looking cross lands there for Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Silva clinches up with Vilas Boas and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Vilas Boas avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vilas Boas 's face.
Vilas Boas is trying to break free.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vilas Boas is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Vilas Boas is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Vilas Boas wants to break free but Silva has control.
Vilas Boas wants to break free but Silva has control.
Vilas Boas tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Vilas Boas is trying to break free.
Vilas Boas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vilas Boas can't break the clinch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Vilas Boas blocks with his arms.
Vilas Boas digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vilas Boas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vilas Boas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vilas Boas can't break the clinch.

Vilas Boas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vilas Boas lands with a shot to the body.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vilas Boas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vilas Boas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Vilas Boas .
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vilas Boas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Vilas Boas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Vilas Boas connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Vilas Boas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Vilas Boas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Vilas Boas blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Vilas Boas can't break the clinch.
Vilas Boas is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Vilas Boas 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vilas Boas trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Vilas Boas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.

Vilas Boas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vilas Boas jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vilas Boas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vilas Boas checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vilas Boas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vilas Boas digs a good hook to Silva's body.

Vilas Boas gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva keeps control of Vilas Boas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vilas Boas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vilas Boas wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Vilas Boas trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vilas Boas into the cage.

Vilas Boas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vilas Boas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vilas Boas avoids the head kick by Silva.
Vilas Boas wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Vilas Boas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Vilas Boas .
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Vilas Boas moves out of range easily.
Vilas Boas scores with a body shot.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Vilas Boas shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight stays on the outside here - Vilas Boas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vilas Boas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Vilas Boas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vilas Boas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Thor Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lucas Vilas Boas '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. This is the final round!

Some bone on bone action there as Vilas Boas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva tries to clinch up but Vilas Boas circles away and keeps his distance.
Vilas Boas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vilas Boas keeps the fight on the outside.
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vilas Boas throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Vilas Boas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Vilas Boas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Vilas Boas doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vilas Boas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Donk. Vilas Boas catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Vilas Boas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Vilas Boas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Vilas Boas .
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vilas Boas checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilas Boas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Vilas Boas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vilas Boas misses with a double jab.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice uppercut lands for Vilas Boas . That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva throws a leg kick but Vilas Boas checks it.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vilas Boas 's calf.
Vilas Boas lands with an overhand left.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vilas Boas throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Vilas Boas scores with a punch to the head.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Vilas Boas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vilas Boas throws a good cross that connects.
Vilas Boas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva throws a head kick but Vilas Boas moves out of range.

That's two 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.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vilas Boas scores with a jab to the head.
Silva motions for Vilas Boas to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vilas Boas connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vilas Boas misses with a two punch combination.
Vilas Boas tries to clinch up.
Vilas Boas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Vilas Boas 's head.
Vilas Boas checks the leg kick.
Vilas Boas lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vilas Boas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vilas Boas avoids the head kick by Silva.
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vilas Boas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vilas Boas .
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Vilas Boas .
Silva throws a head kick but Vilas Boas moves out of range.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva moves away from the strike by Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas lands with an overhand left.
Vilas Boas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lucas Vilas Boas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vilas Boas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Vilas Boas cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Nice straight punches there by Vilas Boas . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas lands a body shot.
Vilas Boas checks the leg kick.
Vilas Boas throws a shot to the body.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Vilas Boas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vilas Boas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Vilas Boas throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Vilas Boas blocks the leg kick.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vilas Boas connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Vilas Boas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vilas Boas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vilas Boas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vilas Boas .
Thor Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Vilas Boas throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vilas Boas darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Vilas Boas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!