PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mads Rosenkilde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rosenkilde
vs
Silva

187 cm
18
223 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mads Rosenkilde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nino Silva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rosenkilde - that will leave a mark!

Silva rushes Rosenkilde and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Silva has eaten all the pies!
Rosenkilde throws an elbow but it misses.

Rosenkilde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rosenkilde is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rosenkilde trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Rosenkilde defending well.
Rosenkilde knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva is thwarting Rosenkilde's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Rosenkilde defends it.
Rosenkilde slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Rosenkilde blocks nicely.

Silva stands up and waves to Rosenkilde to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rosenkilde.

Rosenkilde closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Rosenkilde with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Nino Silva has been cut.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva avoiding damage as Rosenkilde throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosenkilde is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Rosenkilde controlling the action here for a moment.
Rosenkilde trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenkilde with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to work over Rosenkilde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rosenkilde slows down the pace here.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rosenkilde lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Rosenkilde manages to break the clinch.
Rosenkilde displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Rosenkilde lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rosenkilde, right into the meat.

Rosenkilde takes the fight into the clinch.

Rosenkilde breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Rosenkilde moves into the clinch.

Rosenkilde breaks from the clinch.

Rosenkilde has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosenkilde working Silva over with knees to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Rosenkilde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rosenkilde scores with a nice body kick.
Rosenkilde lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rosenkilde.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mads Rosenkilde dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nino Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rosenkilde scores with a decent looking hook.
Rosenkilde falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rosenkilde. That's going to slow Silva down.
Mads Rosenkilde is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Rosenkilde misses.

Silva gets a clinch.
Rosenkilde lands a knee to the body.

Rosenkilde breaks the clinch.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Rosenkilde.
Rosenkilde stalling the fight.
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!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Rosenkilde scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenkilde stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mads Rosenkilde.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rosenkilde.
Rosenkilde keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rosenkilde lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rosenkilde connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rosenkilde bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rosenkilde buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenkilde connects with a combination that backs up Silva into the cage. Rosenkilde lands a flurry of punches that gets past Silva's guard. Silva is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Rosenkilde bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mads Rosenkilde!