PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thanawat Kanokvichitra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thanawat Kanokvichitra could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Silva's chin.

Kanokvichitra
vs
Silva

174 cm
19
153 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thanawat Kanokvichitra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kanokvichitra drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kanokvichitra trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Kanokvichitra passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva prevents Kanokvichitra from improving position.
Kanokvichitra working the ground and pound but Silva is defending the strikes.

Kanokvichitra decides to stand back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kanokvichitra is keeping busy.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kanokvichitra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kanokvichitra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva can't get the takedown.

Kanokvichitra jumps guard.
Kanokvichitra controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.

Kanokvichitra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Kanokvichitra blocks nicely.
Silva wants to control from the top but Kanokvichitra keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Kanokvichitra not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Silva misses with a body shot.

Kanokvichitra instigates a clinch.
Silva wants to break free but Kanokvichitra has control.
Kanokvichitra slowing the pace effectively.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanokvichitra avoids it.
Kanokvichitra slows down the pace here.
Silva jumps guard but Kanokvichitra stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thanawat Kanokvichitra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Silva.
Kanokvichitra jumps guard but Silva stands there with Kanokvichitra around his waist. Kanokvichitra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kanokvichitra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kanokvichitra can't get the takedown.
Kanokvichitra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kanokvichitra.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kanokvichitra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kanokvichitra drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kanokvichitra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kanokvichitra scores with a head kick.
Kanokvichitra takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kanokvichitra throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Kanokvichitra is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kanokvichitra.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Kanokvichitra. Kanokvichitra gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kanokvichitra counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silva misses with the combination.
Kanokvichitra throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Kanokvichitra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kanokvichitra lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Kanokvichitra tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva wants to break free but Kanokvichitra has control.
Silva is trying to push Kanokvichitra away but Kanokvichitra has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kanokvichitra leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kanokvichitra gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kanokvichitra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Kanokvichitra lands a nice elbow.
Kanokvichitra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanokvichitra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kanokvichitra missing with knees to the body.
Kanokvichitra tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kanokvichitra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kanokvichitra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thanawat Kanokvichitra dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva clinches.
Kanokvichitra missing with knees to the body.
Kanokvichitra has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kanokvichitra working Silva over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kanokvichitra.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Kanokvichitra has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Kanokvichitra is controlling him.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kanokvichitra misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva wants to break free but Kanokvichitra has control.
Knees to the body from Kanokvichitra.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kanokvichitra.
Kanokvichitra tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Kanokvichitra 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.

Kanokvichitra is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Silva can't fight it off and eventually Kanokvichitra manages to take the fight to the floor. Silva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kanokvichitra passes Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Silva is not content to let Kanokvichitra control the position.
Kanokvichitra thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva trying to control but Kanokvichitra postures up.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Kanokvichitra sits in half guard.

That's two 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Thanawat Kanokvichitra wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.

Kanokvichitra scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Kanokvichitra wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kanokvichitra trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva trying to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kanokvichitra wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thanawat Kanokvichitra.

Kanokvichitra has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kanokvichitra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Kanokvichitra.
Kanokvichitra swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kanokvichitra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Kanokvichitra pulls guard.
Silva trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kanokvichitra manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Kanokvichitra looking to pass the guard.
Kanokvichitra wants to stand but Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to improve his position but instead Kanokvichitra has moved into half guard.
Kanokvichitra seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kanokvichitra thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kanokvichitra is looking to advance position but Silva won't allow it.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kanokvichitra stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Silva to get to his feet.

Kanokvichitra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thanawat Kanokvichitra dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva darts in and clinches Kanokvichitra up against the cage.
Kanokvichitra has Silva pushed against the cage.
Silva tries to pull guard but Kanokvichitra holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva is working for takedown but Kanokvichitra is calmly controlling the position for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thanawat Kanokvichitra.
Kanokvichitra misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Thanawat Kanokvichitra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kanokvichitra shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kanokvichitra moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kanokvichitra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Kanokvichitra's head.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mike Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kanokvichitra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanokvichitra tries a head kick but it misses.
Kanokvichitra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kanokvichitra takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mike Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Kanokvichitra counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kanokvichitra.
Silva is trying to push Kanokvichitra away but Kanokvichitra has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kanokvichitra landing knees to the head.
Kanokvichitra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kanokvichitra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kanokvichitra lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Kanokvichitra lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Kanokvichitra will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Kanokvichitra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra lands a nice elbow.
Kanokvichitra tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.

Kanokvichitra pulls guard.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.
Silva won't allow Kanokvichitra to sweep him here.

Silva stands up and waves to Kanokvichitra to follow him.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Kanokvichitra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kanokvichitra shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kanokvichitra showed some decent athleticism there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kanokvichitra wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

Kanokvichitra postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Silva to stand up.

Kanokvichitra pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Thanawat Kanokvichitra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Silva.
Kanokvichitra has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kanokvichitra lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Kanokvichitra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kanokvichitra has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanokvichitra has Silva pushed against the cage.
Silva blocks a body shot from Kanokvichitra.
Kanokvichitra lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Kanokvichitra fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Kanokvichitra pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a hook but Kanokvichitra blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Kanokvichitra. Beautiful body shot.

Kanokvichitra has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Kanokvichitra prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Thanawat Kanokvichitra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice elbow from Kanokvichitra.
Mike Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva jumps guard but Kanokvichitra stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kanokvichitra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thanawat Kanokvichitra.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kanokvichitra, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thanawat Kanokvichitra!