PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Flint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barnabeh Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flint comes to the cage accompanied by Benga & Coki - Night. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Flint
vs
Silva

194 cm
28
190 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

181 cm
23
187 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Flint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barnabeh Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Flint slips the punch.

Silva drives through and clinches with Flint against the cage.
Flint misses with a body punch.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Flint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Flint lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Flint blocks it.
Silva digs a right hand into Flint's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Flint's gas tank.
Flint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Flint tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva presses Flint against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Flint tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Flint.
Flint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Flint tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Flint using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Flint with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Flint is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Flint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Flint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Flint won't want to take too many of those.
Flint is breathing heavily.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Silva.
Flint tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Flint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Silva.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

Flint is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Oh Flint is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Flint crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Barnabeh Silva!