PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Human Sacrifice. Paul Poulter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rich Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Poulter

193 cm
30
267 lbs
24 - 6 - 0

189 cm
26
217 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rich Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Poulter swivels and escapes.
Poulter clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Poulter tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Poulter is just out of range.
Poulter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva avoids the head kick by Poulter.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Poulter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rich Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva lands a high kick!

It looks like Paul Poulter has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
A lazy body kick from Silva
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Poulter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Poulter.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Poulter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Poulter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rich Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poulter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poulter cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Poulter wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Poulter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poulter throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Poulter throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Poulter takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva misses with a looping right.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Poulter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good work by Poulter as he checks the leg kick.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Poulter moved out of range.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Poulter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Poulter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poulter.
Poulter throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Poulter counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva throws a hook but Poulter blocks it.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Poulter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Poulter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Poulter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Poulter moves out of range easily.
Poulter lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Poulter thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Poulter throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Poulter counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poulter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Poulter throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Poulter.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poulter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poulter.
Paul Poulter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Poulter.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poulter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rich Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Poulter's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Poulter throws a lazy body kick
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Poulter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva blocks a head kick by Poulter.
A nice leg kick lands there from Poulter.
Poulter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Poulter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Poulter counters with an inside leg kick.
Poulter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Poulter cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poulter misses with a leg kick
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jab, jab by Poulter - just one landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poulter throws a head kick that half lands.
Poulter does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jab by Silva.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Poulter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Poulter.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poulter.
Nice jab there from Poulter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poulter thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Poulter counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Poulter throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Poulter counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Poulter.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Poulter.
Poulter works the jab nicely.
Poulter thows a left - swing and a miss!
That kick from Poulter tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Poulter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Poulter pushes Silva away with a front kick.
Poulter pushes Silva away with a front kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Poulter.
Poulter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Poulter punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Poulter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Poulter can pounce on him.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Silva is rocked!
Poulter cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Poulter throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva throws a sloppy body shot
and Poulter counters with a leg kick.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Poulter pushes Silva away with a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Paul Poulter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Silva misses.
A head kick misses from Poulter.
Poulter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poulter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Poulter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Poulter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Decent striking displayed by Poulter there.
Poulter misses with a head kick.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Poulter.
Poulter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Poulter throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poulter.
Poulter staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva blocks a head kick by Poulter.
Poulter slips a straight right by Silva.
Poulter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Poulter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Poulter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Poulter misses with a wild body shot.
Poulter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Silva might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a low kick but Poulter avoids it.
Silva will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slow jab from Poulter misses its intended target.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Poulter counters with a slapping leg kick.
Poulter connects with a solid leg kick.
Poulter wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Poulter.
Silva throws a hook but Poulter blocks it.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Poulter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Poulter is just out of range.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Poulter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Poulter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Poulter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poulter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Poulter lands a jab.
Poulter sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poulter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poulter throws out a powerful jab.
Poulter lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Poulter throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Poulter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Poulter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Poulter checks a leg kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Poulter scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Poulter.
Poulter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Poulter checks a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Poulter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Poulter.
Poulter throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Poulter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Poulter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva throws a body punch but Poulter moves out of range.
Poulter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Poulter missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Poulter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poulter.
Poulter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poulter connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Poulter cracks Silva with a good jab.
Poulter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Poulter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Poulter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poulter. Poulter obviously looking to wear him down.
Poulter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Poulter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Poulter thuds a left hand into Silva's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Poulter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Poulter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Poulter!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Paul Poulter made sure he mentioned CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*), along with how happy he was to win his fight.