PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pit Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Dirty Hous' blaring out of the sound system. 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.

Silva
vs
Bull

178 cm
26
182 lbs
10 - 1 - 1

160 cm
25
195 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

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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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pit Bull!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Bull fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bull tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva avoiding damage as Bull throws knees to the body.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bull.

It looks like Mauricio Silva has been cut.
A right hook to the body lands for Bull.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bull.
Bull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bull dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bull avoids it.
Bull lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Bull.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bull has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bull misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bull lands a knee to the body.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bull's defenses.
Bull lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Bull.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull blocks the elbow strike.
Bull blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bull lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Bull controls the action.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Bull on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Bull.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bull tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Bull.
Bull missing with knees to the body.
Bull landing knees to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Bull.
Silva blocking some punches.
Bull tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bull misses with a punch to the body.
Bull misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull 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.
Bull scores a nice knee to the body.
Bull tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Bull.
Silva avoiding damage as Bull throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Bull leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bull lands an uppercut.
Bull with a knee to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bull is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bull blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Silva.
Bull lands an elbow inside.
Bull managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva stalling the fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bull creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Bull.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Bull.
Bull lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Bull.
Bull avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bull.
Bull putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bull digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bull lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
A short right from Bull.
Bull lands an elbow inside.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A hook to the body from Bull.
Bull lands with a left to the head.
Bull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bull scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bull landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bull connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
A short left from Bull.
Bull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Silva is rocked!
Bull softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bull tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Bull tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva is looking to control Bull's arms but Bull gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Bull lands a damaging elbow.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Bull avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bull crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
A short left from Bull.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good body shot from Bull.
Bull lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bull misses with a knee strike.
Bull lands a shoulder strike.
Bull lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Bull.
Bull working Silva over with knees to the body.
Bull lands a nice shot to the body.
Bull lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bull avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Bull lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bull putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bull is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bull.
Bull scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bull's elbow.
Bull tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bull lands with a right to the head.
Bull lands a body punch.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bull lands an elbow inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bull.
Bull scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Bull working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bull trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Bull avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Bull.
Bull 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.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bull lands with a right to the head.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right handed body shot lands from Bull.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bull working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Bull lands with a light punch inside.
Bull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bull blocks it with crossed arms.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bull softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bull blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bull throws an elbow but misses.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Bull avoids the damage to the body.
Bull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bull lands a damaging elbow.
Bull pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bull obliges.
Bull lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bull just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Bull lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bull makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bull lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bull working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bull lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Bull lands with a light punch inside.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bull pushes Silva against the cage. Bull is working some dirty boxing. Bull pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Bull moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pit Bull!
Pit Bull is the new middleweight champion!
After the fight, Pit Bull was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.