PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sigmar Magnusson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magnusson comes to the cage accompanied by Go Go Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult. Silva has chosen heart for sale as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Magnusson
vs
Silva

194 cm
21
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
29
230 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sigmar Magnusson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Silva!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Magnusson does it's job there.
Magnusson scores with a jab to the head.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice takedown defense from Magnusson. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Magnusson misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Magnusson slips a jab from Silva.
Magnusson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magnusson misses with a body shot.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Magnusson. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnusson throws out a powerful jab.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Magnusson stuffs the takedown.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Magnusson throws out the jab.
Magnusson swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries for a takedown but Magnusson circles away easily
and Magnusson counters with a stiff right hand.
Sigmar Magnusson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Silva.
Silva throws the left hand but Magnusson avoids the punch easily.
Magnusson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magnusson leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnusson misses with a wild body shot.
Magnusson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Magnusson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Magnusson.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab lands there for Magnusson.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Magnusson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva is trying desperately to land a takedown but Magnusson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Silva.
Magnusson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sigmar Magnusson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magnusson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva moves away from the strike by Magnusson.
Magnusson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Magnusson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Magnusson wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnusson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Magnusson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnusson loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Magnusson as he jumps to the side.
Magnusson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magnusson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Magnusson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigmar Magnusson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Magnusson misses with a looping left.
Magnusson cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Magnusson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Magnusson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magnusson. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Magnusson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnusson throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Sigmar Magnusson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magnusson. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Magnusson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab from Silva misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnusson thows a body shot but no joy.
Magnusson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Magnusson counters with a stiff right hand.
Sigmar Magnusson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magnusson. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Magnusson misses.
Magnusson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magnusson misses with a body shot.
Silva slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnusson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magnusson loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Magnusson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magnusson throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Magnusson lands a nice shot to the body.
Magnusson misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Magnusson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Magnusson jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magnusson misses with a wild body shot.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva defending well as Magnusson loads up on a big left hand.
Magnusson scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigmar Magnusson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Magnusson thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva with a poor takedown
and Magnusson counters with a nice body shot.
Magnusson throws a big shot that misses.
Magnusson throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Magnusson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Magnusson missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Magnusson sprawls well.
Magnusson scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Magnusson misses.
Magnusson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Magnusson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magnusson.
Magnusson swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Magnusson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Magnusson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Magnusson.
Magnusson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magnusson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Magnusson as he jumps to the side.
Sigmar Magnusson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Silva.
Magnusson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magnusson.
Magnusson connects with the punch.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Silva is rocked!
Silva slips under a jab from Magnusson.
Magnusson throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Magnusson gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Silva is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigmar Magnusson!
Sigmar Magnusson very nearly forgot to thank 1337 ANZAC amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.