PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Erik Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pearl Bazooka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Sunshine - DMX. Bazooka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Snoop Dogg - Boom ft. T-Pain. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva
vs
Bazooka

183 cm
19
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Big heart

Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Erik Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pearl Bazooka!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bazooka is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Bazooka circles away.
Bazooka misses with a leg kick.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bazooka. That did some damage!
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Bazooka throws a head kick that misses.
Bazooka misses with a few strikes there.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Bazooka throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Bazooka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Bazooka closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva has Bazooka pressed against the ropes, preventing Bazooka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Bazooka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the ropes.
Bazooka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Bazooka.
Bazooka tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Bazooka looking to stall.
Bazooka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva tries to break free but Bazooka pushes him back against the ropes.

Bazooka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Bazooka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bazooka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva is looking to slow Bazooka down with leg kicks.
Bazooka throws a lazy head kick
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva avoids the head kick by Bazooka.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva tries to clinch up but Bazooka circles away and keeps his distance.
Pearl Bazooka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bazooka is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bazooka tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bazooka.

Silva clinches up with Bazooka and pushes him back against the ropes.
Bazooka is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bazooka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bazooka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva blocks a body shot from Bazooka.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva avoiding damage as Bazooka throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva prevents Bazooka from breaking the clinch.
Silva has Bazooka pressed against the ropes, preventing Bazooka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva is looking to control Bazooka's arms but Bazooka gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the ropes.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bazooka as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Bazooka has double underhooks.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bazooka is keeping busy.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Bazooka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bazooka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bazooka is trying to break free.
Silva is trying to push Bazooka away but Bazooka has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva is trying to break free.
Bazooka takes a shot to the head.
Bazooka tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bazooka throws an elbow but misses.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bazooka doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Bazooka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bazooka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bazooka.

Bazooka gets tackled into the ropes by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Bazooka has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bazooka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bazooka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bazooka there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bazooka wants to clinch.
Bazooka doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva avoiding damage as Bazooka throws knees to the body.

Bazooka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva avoids the head kick by Bazooka.
Bazooka tries to land a body kick
and Silva counters with a left to the body.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bazooka, pushing him back against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bazooka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bazooka breaks from the clinch.
Bazooka tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bazooka.
Bazooka tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Bazooka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Bazooka.
Silva is looking to clinch but Bazooka is avoiding it.
Bazooka keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to clinch there but Bazooka circles away.
Bazooka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Bazooka tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva slips a jab from Bazooka.
Erik Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Bazooka needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bazooka tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Bazooka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Bazooka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bazooka swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Bazooka pushes him off.
Bazooka misses with a two punch combination.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Bazooka.

Bazooka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the ropes.
Silva gets through Bazooka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Bazooka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bazooka is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to stall but Bazooka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bazooka's efforts to push away.
Bazooka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
Silva is leaning against Bazooka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva has Bazooka pushed against the ropes.
Bazooka takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazooka won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Bazooka circles away.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva keeps control of Bazooka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bazooka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Bazooka is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bazooka wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Bazooka.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Bazooka improves position.
Bazooka working hard to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Bazooka is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
Bazooka misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva landing knees to the head.

It looks like Pearl Bazooka has been cut.
Silva trying to stall but Bazooka improves his position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pearl Bazooka's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silva lands a front kick to the face, that drops Bazooka to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bazooka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Bazooka's front leg but catches the back leg as Bazooka tries to avoid it.
Silva with a nice cross.

Bazooka is rocked!
Bazooka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bazooka is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Bazooka throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Bazooka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bazooka misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bazooka seems to have recovered his senses.
Bazooka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bazooka can do to turn this around?
Crack! A monster head kick from Silva and Bazooka falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Erik Silva!
Erik Silva is the new welterweight champion!
A less than humble Erik Silva misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.