PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Romo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Kincade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Mad Cobra - Put Gunshot. Kincade is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Good Rats. 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
Kincade

185 cm
22
179 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

162 cm
23
144 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rory Kincade!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kincade misses with a low kick.
Kincade drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kincade pinned against the cage. Kincade gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kincade. Kincade obviously looking to wear him down.

Kincade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Kincade controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kincade lands a left hand.
Kincade pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kincade cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Kincade is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Kincade backwards.
Kincade taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kincade with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kincade.

It looks like Romo Silva has been cut.
Kincade stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kincade trying to land knees to the body.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Kincade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kincade trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Kincade scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Silva tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kincade landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kincade's elbow.
A knee to the head by Kincade.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kincade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kincade blocking some punches.
Kincade effectively controlling the action here.
Kincade landing knees to the head.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kincade unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincade working Silva over with knees to the body.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kincade stalling against the cage.
Silva misses with some punches.
Kincade has Silva pushed against the cage.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Kincade.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kincade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Kincade as the two fighters clinch.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Kincade improves position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Kincade lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kincade lands an elbow inside.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Silva.
Kincade trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kincade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva working aggressively here.
Kincade tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kincade unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rory Kincade will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Romo Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kincade throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rory Kincade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Kincade enables Silva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kincade manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kincade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Silva trying to control but Kincade is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Romo Silva wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jab, jab by Kincade - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincade pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kincade connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Kincade is out of range.
Kincade connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Kincade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kincade misses with a looping right.
Silva misses with a hook. Kincade ducked under it nicely.
Kincade feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Kincade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva is trying to control. Kincade wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kincade trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kincade does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kincade is looking to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva is controlling the pace.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Kincade is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Silva prevents Kincade from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincade trying to control from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
An inside leg kick from Kincade misses.
Kincade thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Kincade slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kincade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kincade.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kincade.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kincade was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kincade.
Nice sprawl there from Kincade as Silva shoots in.
Kincade scores with a leg kick.
Kincade throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kincade moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Nice body kick there by Kincade.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kincade throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rory Kincade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kincade, as that shot connected.
Kincade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
A good leg kick by Kincade.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Kincade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Romo Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kincade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kincade looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.

Kincade has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rory Kincade seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kincade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.

Romo Silva's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Kincade.
Kincade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Kincade. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Kincade misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kincade is struggling to control the position.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Kincade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Kincade scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Kincade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Kincade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Kincade unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Kincade lands a nice elbow.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Kincade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kincade has Silva pressed against the cage.
Kincade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincade landing knees to the head.

Romo Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kincade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kincade lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Kincade.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kincade scores a nice knee to the body.
Kincade misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Kincade.
Kincade stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kincade blocking some punches.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Silva.
Kincade lands a knee to the head.
Kincade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Kincade lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincade blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Kincade.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kincade blocks an uppercut.
Kincade lands a knee to the head.
Kincade lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Kincade lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Kincade.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kincade.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kincade is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are getting on Kincade's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kincade misses with a punch to the body.
Kincade lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Romo Silva's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva avoiding damage as Kincade throws knees to the body.
Kincade leaning his opponent against the cage.
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 has a couple of punches blocked by Kincade.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kincade utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Kincade.
Kincade throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Kincade really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Romo Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kincade has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Kincade putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kincade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Kincade can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Kincade.
Kincade lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kincade landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Romo Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rory Kincade! Rory Kincade retains his welterweight title!
After the big win, Rory Kincade made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors BioPharm Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.