PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter has chosen A Kind Of Magic as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Da Silva
vs
Potter

185 cm
24
198 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harry Potter!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Da Silva counters with a good low kick that Potter was not able to check.

Da Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Potter, pushing him back against the ropes.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Potter.
Da Silva is struggling to control the position.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harry Potter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Da Silva effectively controlling the action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter tries to stall but Da Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Potter tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Potter.
Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Potter wants to clinch
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.
Da Silva with a hook.
Potter tries to clinch up
and Da Silva counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Potter tries to clinch up
and Da Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Potter shrugs it off.
Da Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter looks for the body kick but Da Silva saw that one coming.
Potter closes the distance but Da Silva moves to the side
and Da Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Potter looks to land a combination but Da Silva avoids it well.
Potter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Da Silva.

Da Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter trying to stall but Da Silva improves his position.
Potter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Potter tries to stall but Da Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Potter on the inside.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Da Silva.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from Da Silva, against the ropes.
Da Silva stalls.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potter's knee momentarily.
Da Silva lands a right hook to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Potter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Potter tries to clinch
and Da Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Potter. That did some damage!
Da Silva throws a jab when Potter was well out of range.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Da Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Potter thinking.
Potter looks gassed!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Da Silva as Potter tries to tie him up.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Potter shrugs off.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.

Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a straight right hand.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Da Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Potter counters with a left to the body.

Da Silva has closed the distance and engaged Potter in a clinch.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Da Silva stalling.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva leaning against his opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva has Potter pressed against the ropes.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Potter.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
A short body shot lands from Potter as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Potter.
Potter is looking to control Da Silva's arms but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter misses with some punches.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Da Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Da Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with Potter.
A short right from Da Silva.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Potter lands a right hand.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva working Potter over with knees to the body.
Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Da Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter prevents a body shot from Da Silva.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Potter wants to stall.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
Da Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Potter can do to turn this around?
Potter tries to stall but Da Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Da Silva.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Da Silva lands with a right to the head.

That's two 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.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Da Silva working Potter over with knees to the body.
Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Potter's elbow.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Da Silva.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Da Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Potter improves position.
Potter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Potter taking a breather.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Silva controls his hands.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
David Da Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Potter is trying to stall.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
Potter looking to stall.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Potter lands a shoulder strike.
Potter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva is looking to control Potter's arms but Potter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Da Silva has his back to the ropes.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Potter trying to stall but Da Silva improves his position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with some punches.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Potter improves position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Potter working aggressively here.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
Potter misses with a body punch.

Da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potter works the jab nicely.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Harry Potter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's six 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.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.
Potter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Da Silva.
A slow jab from Da Silva misses its intended target.
Potter takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Da Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Da Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Da Silva connects with a leg kick. Potter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Potter is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Da Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Potter tries to clinch up
and Da Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A shot to the body from Potter misses
and Da Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Da Silva misses with a kick to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Da Silva.
Potter tries to clinch but Da Silva moves away
and Da Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Potter is lucky that one didn't land flush.
David Da Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Da Silva misses with a head kick.
Potter looks to land a left hand but Da Silva moved out of range nicely.
Da Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Potter counters with a leg kick.
Potter misses with an uppercut

and Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Da Silva trying to stall but Potter improves his position.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Potter thuds his right hand into Da Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Da Silva looks for the body kick but Potter saw that one coming.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Da Silva 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Da Silva. Potter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potter wants to clinch
and Da Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Potter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Da Silva dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Potter tries to clinch
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.
Da Silva is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big left from Da Silva misses.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter looks to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a body kick that stops Potter in his tracks momentarily.

Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.

Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Potter tries to clinch up
and Da Silva counters with a big head kick but Potter shrugs it off.
Potter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Potter taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Potter tries to stall but Da Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva wants to stall.
Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter looking to stall.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Da Silva's elbow.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Da Silva is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potter's knee momentarily.
Potter tries to land a body kick

and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Da Silva manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Potter at a distance.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Potter moves away.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with a left to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Potter counters with a series of strikes. Da Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Potter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Potter tries to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a thumping low kick.

Da Silva drives through and clinches with Potter against the ropes.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Potter.
Potter taking a breather.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.

Da Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Potter wants to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Potter thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Potter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Da Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Da Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Da Silva trying to stall but Potter improves his position.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Da Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter lands a left hand.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter lands an uppercut.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Potter up against the ropes.
Potter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Potter cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Potter thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Da Silva misses with a double jab
and Potter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Potter tries to clinch but Da Silva moves away

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Da Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Da Silva clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A chopping leg kick lands by Potter.
Potter with a nice cross.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
A lazy body kick from Potter
and Da Silva counters with a left to the body.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter digs a right hand into Da Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Da Silva's gas tank.

Da Silva manages to break the clinch.
Potter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Da Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva counters with a head kick.
Potter throws a lazy uppercut
and Da Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.
Da Silva throws a series of punches but Potter moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter looks to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Potter wants to clinch

and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Da Silva effectively controlling the action here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Potter lands a body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Potter moves away.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a series of strikes. Potter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Da Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Potter lands a glancing blow to the side of Da Silva's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Da Silva, as that shot connected.
Potter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Potter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Da Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Potter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Da Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Da Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Potter wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
enabling Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter avoids the head kick by Da Silva.
Potter moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away
and Da Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Da Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Potter looks to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a good low kick that Potter was not able to check.

Potter tries to keep at a distance but Da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.

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

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Potter closes the distance but Da Silva moves to the side
and Da Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Potter swings widly with a right hand
enabling Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Potter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Silva.
A head kick by Da Silva misses
and Potter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Da Silva connects with a body shot.
Da Silva lands a jab to the nose.
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!
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Potter 's knee.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Potter looks to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a body kick that stops Potter in his tracks momentarily.
Nice jab there from Da Silva.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva.
A short right from Potter on the inside.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Potter is looking to control Da Silva's arms but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Potter takes an elbow to the temple.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potter's face.
Da Silva taking a breather.
Potter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Da Silva.
Potter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
A short right from Potter.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Nice body punch from Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Potter.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Da Silva.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter is looking to control Da Silva's arms but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Da Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Potter up against the ropes.
Potter scores with a hook to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Potter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Potter cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Da Silva misses with some punches.
Da Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Potter or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Da Silva had his way with Harry Potter in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Potter closes the distance but Da Silva moves to the side

and Da Silva counters by clinching up.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter presses Da Silva against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Da Silva avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Da Silva.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Da Silva's elbow.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
Potter is looking to control Da Silva's arms but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
Potter has Da Silva pressed against the ropes, preventing Da Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Potter has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
Nice body punch from Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Potter is trying to stall.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Potter is controlling him.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Potter scores with a hook to the body.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Potter trying to stall but Da Silva improves his position.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Da Silva is keeping busy.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Potter can pounce on him.
Da Silva misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands with a slapping head kick.

Da Silva drives through and clinches with Potter against the ropes.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Potter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Potter up against the ropes.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
Da Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Potter was well out of range. Poor timing from Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Da Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Potter tries to clinch but Da Silva moves away
enabling Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Da Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Da Silva throws a looping overhand right but Potter ducks down to avoid it.
Potter darts in trying to clinch

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Potter avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
Da Silva pushes Potter back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva is struggling to control the position.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Potter trying to stall but Da Silva improves his position.
A nice left hand lands by Da Silva.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Da Silva is trying to push Potter away but Potter has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Potter misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter lands an uppercut.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva stalling the fight.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Da Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Da Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Potter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Da Silva or not.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Potter.
Potter trying to stall but Da Silva improves his position.

Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Da Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Potter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Potter tries to clinch up but Da Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Potter misses with a hook
and Da Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Potter 's knee.
Potter looks to land a right hand but Da Silva moved out of range.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Da Silva misses with a hook. Potter ducked under it nicely.
Potter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Da Silva takes a step back to recover.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Da Silva. Potter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Potter wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
and Da Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Potter looks to clinch
and Da Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Da Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Potter counters with a good low kick that Da Silva was not able to check.
Potter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harry Potter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from Potter. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Da 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for David Da Silva!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for David Da Silva!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for David Da Silva!

David Da Silva wins by unanimous decision!