PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafael da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Prospherrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

da Silva
vs
Prospherrie

171 cm
19
133 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

179 cm
26
137 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafael da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Liam Prospherrie!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prospherrie throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range.
da Silva is looking to clinch.
Prospherrie fails to land with a series of punches.
da Silva tries to clinch up.
Liam Prospherrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prospherrie swats away the attempt to clinch by da Silva.
Prospherrie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
da Silva tries to clinch but Prospherrie moves out of range.
da Silva tries to clinch but Prospherrie is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prospherrie throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range.
Prospherrie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but da Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Prospherrie.

da Silva drives through and clinches with Prospherrie against the cage.
Prospherrie keeps control of da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Prospherrie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left and a right from Prospherrie both land. Nice combination.
da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prospherrie misses with a combination

and da Silva counters with a crisp one two that drops Prospherrie! da Silva thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Prospherrie to his feet! Prospherrie is in big trouble!

Prospherrie is rocked!

da Silva instigates a clinch.
Prospherrie is still on wobbly legs! Can da Silva finish him?
Prospherrie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
da Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Prospherrie's efforts to push away.
Prospherrie seems to have recovered his senses.
Prospherrie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Prospherrie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
da Silva has Prospherrie pressed against the cage, preventing Prospherrie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
da Silva keeps control of Prospherrie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prospherrie has had enough of the clinch but da Silva keeps him there for the moment.

Prospherrie manages to break the clinch.
Prospherrie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Prospherrie works over da Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
da Silva looks to land a right hand but Prospherrie moved out of range.
da Silva tries to clinch but Prospherrie moves out of range.
da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Prospherrie circles away.
Prospherrie throws a nice looking combination but da Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Prospherrie fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Prospherrie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
da Silva dodges the punch combination from Prospherrie.
Prospherrie throws a left and a right that both miss
and da Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Prospherrie swats away the attempt to clinch by da Silva.
da Silva wants to clinch.
Prospherrie fails to land with a series of punches.
Prospherrie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Prospherrie.
da Silva is looking to clinch.
Prospherrie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Prospherrie swats away the attempt to clinch by da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Silva throws a series of punches but Prospherrie avoids them all with ease.
da Silva dodges the punch combination from Prospherrie.
Prospherrie throws a nice looking combination but da Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Prospherrie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prospherrie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prospherrie walks into a stiff left hand from da Silva.
Prospherrie dodges the punch combination from da Silva.
da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Prospherrie circles away.
da Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prospherrie throws a right and a left that da Silva avoids nicely.
da Silva slips a jab and a cross from Prospherrie.
da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prospherrie swinging wildly here.
da Silva slips a jab and a cross from Prospherrie.
Prospherrie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and da Silva counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Prospherrie! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael da Silva!