PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Veni Domine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Domine's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pagan's Mind - Through Osiris Eyes . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Domine
vs
Silva

185 cm
27
190 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Veni Domine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Domine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Jose Silva has been cut.
Domine misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Domine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Domine misses with a looping left.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Domine throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Domine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Silva pushes Domine up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Domine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Domine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Domine leaning his opponent against the cage.
Domine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva blocking some punches.
Domine misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Domine lands with a light punch inside.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Domine.
Domine tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Domine blocks an elbow strike.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Domine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Domine's brow.
Domine throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Domine is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Domine.
Silva tries to work over Domine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Domine working aggressively here.
Domine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Domine.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Domine cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
A short right from Domine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Domine slows down the pace here.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Domine breaks the clinch.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Domine misses its intended target.
Domine lands with a good body shot.
The fighters circling - Domine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Domine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Domine swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Domine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circle momentarily. Domine darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Domine lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into rage.
Domine throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Domine scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Domine. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Domine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Domine.

Domine moves into the clinch successfully.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Domine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva lands with a straight right. Domine didn't see that one coming.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Domine moves away.
Domine misses with a two punch combination.
Domine tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Domine.
Domine wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva lands a nice hook to Domine's body. Domine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body kick there by Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Domine.
Domine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Domine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Domine.
Domine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Domine avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Domine is defending well for now.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Domine throws a head punch that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Domine avoids it.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva pushes Domine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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 Veni Domine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jose Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Domine tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Domine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Domine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Domine avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Domine's defenses.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Domine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Domine dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Domine.
Domine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Domine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Domine looking to stall.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Domine's defenses.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Veni Domine has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Domine avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.

Domine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Domine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Domine.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Domine counters with a two punch combo.

Silva is rocked!
and Domine counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Silva! He's just covering up as Domine starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veni Domine!
Veni Domine retains his middleweight title!