PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Silva
vs
Thunder

195 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
20
230 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Slam-or-Fist

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renzo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Big Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thunder working hard to break the clinch.
Thunder working hard to break the clinch.
Thunder misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thunder missing with knees to the body.
Thunder has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Silva landing knees to the head.

It looks like Big Thunder has been cut.

Thunder pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thunder stuffs the takedown.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Thunder, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Thunder against the ropes but Thunder circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.

Thunder instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Thunder tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva has Thunder pressed against the ropes, preventing Thunder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva stalling.
Thunder has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Thunder looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.
Silva working Thunder over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Thunder won't want to take too many of those.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Thunder takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Renzo Silva.

Thunder gets tackled into the ropes by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Thunder being controlled against the ropes.
Thunder tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Silva breaks the clinch.

Silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thunder's guard.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thunder wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Thunder really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva passes Thunder's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Thunder sees it coming and defends easily.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thunder defends it well.
Silva moves nicely into side control.

Silva tries for a kimura but Thunder is defending well.
Thunder is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silva asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder taking a bit of punishment here - Silva scoring with strikes.
Silva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Thunder is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thunder, who protects the arm well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva prevents Thunder from escaping the position.
Silva cracks Thunder with a big right hand but Thunder just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Thunder down.

Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renzo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Big Thunder's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Thunder blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Thunder wants to get back to his feet.
Thunder is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva thows a huge punch but Thunder dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Silva there.

Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Thunder is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Silva seems to be looking for submissions.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Thunder is breathing heavily.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thunder's head.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Silva stands up from half guard.
Big Thunder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thunder up against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Renzo Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thunder in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thunder can do to turn this around?
Knees to the body from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Thunder's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on Thunder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thunder's efforts to push away.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Thunder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thunder up against the ropes.
Thunder wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Thunder tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Thunder won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Thunder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thunder is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Thunder wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Thunder struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Thunder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thunder lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Thunder is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Thunder into the ropes.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thunder lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Thunder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Thunder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thunder takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thunder wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Thunder's ribcage.
Thunder is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renzo Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Big Thunder's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva drives through and clinches with Thunder against the ropes.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Thunder is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva stalling in the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Thunder wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Thunder tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Thunder wants to break free but Silva has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thunder is trying to stall.

Thunder's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Renzo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Thunder scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Silva clinches with his opponent.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Thunder gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Thunder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.

Thunder breaks from the clinch.

Thunder instigates a clinch.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Thunder is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva thows a huge punch but Thunder dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Silva.

Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Thunder is in no mood to give up.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Thunder is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Silva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Thunder manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva decides to stand back up. Silva steps back and let's Thunder get back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.

Silva pushes Thunder up against the ropes in a clinch.
Renzo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Thunder tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva working Thunder over with knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thunder is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
Silva stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Thunder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
A frustrated look appears on Thunder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva stalling in the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Thunder.
Big Thunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renzo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25

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