PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silvas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khali comes to the cage accompanied by Masters of Mixed Martial Arts . Brij Khali has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Khali
vs
Silvas

175 cm
27
162 lbs
16 - 19 - 0

185 cm
21
167 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Thiago Silvas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khali manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khali throws an off balance right hand
and Silvas counters with a nice body kick.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khali paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvas tries to clinch up
and Khali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Thiago Silvas has been cut.
Khali throws a poor cross that misses

and Silvas counters by moving into the clinch.

Khali manages to break the clinch.
Silvas tries to clinch but Khali moves out of range.
Khali circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khali throws an off balance right hand
and Silvas counters with a good low kick that Khali was not able to check.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khali. Silvas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khali throws out a powerful jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Khali avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silvas counters with an inside leg kick.
Khali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silvas counters with a thumping low kick.
Silvas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvas slips under a jab from Khali.
Khali throws a big shot that misses.
Silvas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khali manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khali misses with a lunging right hand
and Silvas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Khali's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvas.
Silvas tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
Khali misses with a two punch combination.
Khali throws a nice looking combination but Silvas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khali misses with a left hand
and Silvas counters with a body kick that stops Khali in his tracks momentarily.
Silvas is looking to clinch.
Silvas throws a head kick that half lands.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Khali misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Khali is breathing heavily.
Khali clobbers Silvas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silvas wants to clinch
and Khali cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khali stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silvas.
Silvas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silvas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Khali misses with a body shot.
Brij Khali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Khali misses
and Silvas counters with a big head kick but Khali shrugs it off.
Silvas moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.
Silvas scores with a head kick. Khali tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch but Khali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khali manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khali stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silvas.
Silvas tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khali paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvas tries to clinch there but Khali circles away.
Khali throws a lazy uppercut
and Silvas counters with an inside leg kick.
Silvas tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvas.
Khali circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silvas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali throws a poor cross that misses
and Silvas counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvas wants to clinch.
Silvas tries to clinch there but Khali circles away.
Silvas wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.

Silvas clinches with his opponent.
Khali avoiding damage as Silvas throws knees to the body.
Silvas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khali has had enough of the clinch but Silvas keeps him there for the moment.
Silvas lands a knee to the head.
Khali tries to break free but Silvas pushes him back against the cage.
Khali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khali avoiding damage as Silvas throws knees to the body.
Khali looking to stall.
Silvas throws an elbow but it misses.
Khali dodges an elbow strike from Silvas.
Silvas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khali on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silvas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khali blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khali managing to block the knees to the body from Silvas.

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.

Khali breaks the clinch.
Silvas moves to clinch but Khali breaks away
and Khali counters with a three punch combo that has Silvas backing up. Silvas nods at Khali to acknowledge the strikes.
Khali has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silvas.
Silvas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvas wants to clinch.

Silvas gets a clinch.
Silvas with a knee to the head.
Khali takes an elbow to the temple.
Silvas trying to land knees to the body.
Silvas wants to stall.
Silvas tries a knee to the head but Khali blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Khali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silvas looks to clinch
and Khali counters with a three punch combo that has Silvas backing up. Silvas nods at Khali to acknowledge the strikes.
Khali swings widly with a right hand
and Silvas counters with a leg kick.
Khali keeps the fight on the outside.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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 Brij Khali will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thiago Silvas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khali misses with a right hand
and Silvas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvas.
Silvas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brij Khali is winning the standup battle so far.
Khali throws a right hand that misses

and Silvas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Khali throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silvas blocks it with crossed arms.
Khali unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khali avoids the elbow strike from Silvas, against the cage.
Khali dodges an elbow strike from Silvas.
Silvas tries to land knees in the clinch but Khali avoids the damage to the body.

Khali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silvas moves out of range of the strikes.
Silvas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khali.
Brij Khali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silvas counters with a leg kick.
Khali swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silvas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvas wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.
Khali throws a body punch but Silvas moves out of range.
Khali avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silvas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khali's sensitive parts.
Silvas moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.
Khali throws a right hand that misses
and Silvas counters with a body kick that stops Khali in his tracks momentarily.
Khali misses with a double jab
and Silvas counters with a body kick that stops Khali in his tracks momentarily.
Silvas wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali throws an off balance right hand
and Silvas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silvas lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silvas wants to clinch.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khali paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Silvas closes the distance and pushes Khali back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A knee to the head by Silvas.
Silvas tries to land a knee to the head but Khali blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khali avoids a wild elbow strike from Silvas.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khali looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silvas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khali's face.
Silvas looking to stall.
Khali lands a left hand.
Silvas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silvas missing with knees to the body.
Silvas pushes off an throws an elbow but Khali leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khali takes an elbow to the temple.
Khali has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Khali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khali misses the body punch
and Silvas counters with a slapping leg kick.

Silvas instigates a clinch.
Khali is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Silvas's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Khali takes an elbow to the forehead.

Khali manages to break the clinch.
Silvas tries to clinch there but Khali circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khali swings widly with a right hand

and Silvas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silvas.
Khali managing to block the knees to the body from Silvas.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khali pushes off an throws an elbow but Silvas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silvas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khali in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silvas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khali with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silvas tries to land knees in the clinch but Khali avoids the damage to the body.
Silvas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khali is defending well for now.
Khali blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silvas trying to land knees to the body.

Khali breaks the clinch.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silvas tries to clinch up but Khali circles away and keeps his distance.
Khali throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silvas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Khali is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Khali is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khali throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silvas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Khali is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Khali throws a looping overhand right but Silvas ducks down to avoid it.
Silvas wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khali paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khali swings widly with a right hand

and Silvas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Khali manages to break the clinch.
Silvas moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.
Khali misses with a hook
and Silvas counters with a good low kick that Khali was not able to check.
Khali misses with a left hand
and Silvas counters with a good low kick that Khali was not able to check.
Silvas moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.

Silvas moves into the clinch.
Khali misses with an elbow strike.
Silvas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khali.
Khali avoids the elbow strike from Silvas, against the cage.
Khali avoiding damage as Silvas throws knees to the body.

Khali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khali keeps the fight on the outside.
Khali misses with a straight right.
Khali swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silvas tries to clinch there but Khali circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Silvas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thiago Silvas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silvas moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.
Silvas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khali.
Khali missing with a left hand there. Silvas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silvas doesn't manage to clinch there - Khali circles away.
Silvas doesn't manage to clinch there - Khali circles away.
Khali throws a right hand that misses
and Silvas counters with a leg kick.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvas.
Khali swings widly with a right hand

and Silvas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silvas.
Khali trying to control the position but instead, Silvas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khali into the cage.
Silvas misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvas throws a knee to the head but misses.

Khali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khali misses with a right hand
and Silvas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khali avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khali blocks a leg kick.
Silvas throws a leg kick which misses Khali's front leg but catches the back leg as Khali tries to avoid it.
Khali misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali misses with an uppercut
and Silvas makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Khali really felt that one!
Silvas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khali falls off balance throwing a combination

and Silvas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silvas.
Khali has had enough of the clinch but Silvas keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silvas.
Silvas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Khali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silvas throws a quick inside leg kick.

Silvas has managed to clinch.
Khali will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silvas missing with knees to the body.
Silvas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Khali's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khali trying to land knees to the body.
Silvas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khali lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silvas tries to stall but Khali uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silvas effectively controlling the action here.
Silvas lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvas misses with an elbow over the top.
Silvas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khali landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Khali breaks the clinch.
Silvas wants to clinch.
Silvas tries to clinch
and Khali counters with a nice body shot.
A swing and a miss from Khali.
Khali misses with a wild combination.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvas.
Silvas thuds his shin into the meat of Khali's side.
Khali keeps the fight on the outside.
Silvas doesn't manage to clinch there - Khali circles away.
Silvas wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.
Khali misses with a body shot
and Silvas makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Khali really felt that one!
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali swings widly with a right hand
and Silvas counters with a leg kick.
Silvas tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
Silvas doesn't manage to clinch there - Khali circles away.
Khali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khali throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silvas tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
Khali throws a combination that misses
and Silvas counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Silvas connects with a high kick.
Silvas tries to clinch up.
Silvas throws a nice head kick!
Khali misses with a combination
and Silvas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silvas doesn't manage to clinch there - Khali circles away.
Khali missing with a left hand there. Silvas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khali paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khali throws a nice looking combination but Silvas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silvas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khali throws a poor cross that misses

and Silvas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silvas missing with knees to the body.
Khali lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silvas or not.
Silvas taking a breather.
Silvas trying to land knees to the body.
Silvas misses with a knee strike.

Khali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silvas moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.
Silvas is looking to clinch but Khali is avoiding it.
Khali on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Khali swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silvas.
Crunch! Silvas slams his shin into Khali's torso.
Khali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khali avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khali misses with a double jab.
Silvas tries to clinch up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Silvas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silvas 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Silvas!