PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paz Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Odin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vic Odin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Paz Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Odin

174 cm
26
180 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

185 cm
26
177 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paz Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vic Odin!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Odin thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Odin's ribs.
Odin lands a jab to the nose.
Odin lands a lovely overhand right.
Vic Odin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Vic Odin has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Odin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Odin swinging wildly here.
Silva throws a jab when Odin was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Odin connects with a body shot.
A big right from Silva misses.
A slow jab from Odin misses its intended target.
Odin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Odin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Odin moves away.
Odin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Odin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Odin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Odin misses with a left hand
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Odin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Odin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Odin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Odin scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Odin finds it's target.
Odin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Odin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Odin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Odin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Decent striking displayed by Odin there.
Silva slips under a jab.
Odin works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Odin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Odin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Odin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Odin finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Odin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Odin jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Odin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Odin lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vic Odin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vic Odin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva cracks Odin with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Odin tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Silva pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Odin is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paz Silva!
In his post fight interview, Paz Silva started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.