PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaarlo Gustav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Gustav

167 cm
29
146 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

169 cm
22
148 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaarlo Gustav!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gustav pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gustav misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva throws a right and a left that Gustav avoids nicely.
Silva throws a right hand that Gustav ducks under and follows up with a left that Gustav also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gustav misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gustav. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gustav misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gustav.
Gustav scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gustav moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Gustav fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Gustav throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Gustav - just one landing.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Gustav's head.
Gustav misses the jab.
Silva defending well as Gustav loads up on a big left hand.
Gustav lands a jab.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Gustav.
A big right from Gustav misses.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gustav.
Gustav misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Gustav cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gustav throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva throws a head kick but Gustav moves out of range.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Nice straight punches there by Gustav. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gustav.
Gustav throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Gustav takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gustav.
Gustav misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Gustav is rocked!
Kaarlo Gustav is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gustav misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Gustav is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Silva engages and cracks Gustav with a massive lead left hook - Gustav tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Silva is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcos Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcos Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.