PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Neil has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Silva
vs
Neil

155 cm
26
142 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

163 cm
26
138 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luiz Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Neil!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice cross by Neil.
Silva could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Neil in a clinch.
Neil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neils head.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Neil fails to land.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Neil takes a shot to the head.
Neil is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Neil scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Neil has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva pushes Neil back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works on Neil's body with a couple of short punches.
Neil being controlled against the cage.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
Silva has Neil pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva cracks Neil with a nice body shot.
Silva pushes Neil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Neil up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Silva.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Neil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neil or not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Neil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Neil's head.
Neil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Neil's head.
Neil working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva is leaning against Neil and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva pushes Neil back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Neil looks gassed!
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Neil can't break the clinch.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Neil tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva gets through Neil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Neil tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neil backwards.

Neil is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neil takes a shot to the head.
Neil is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva 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.

Luiz Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva throws a series of strikes that have Neil backpedaling.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Silva misses with a low kick.
A big right from Neil misses.
Luiz Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Neil seems to have recovered his senses.
Neil is trying to stall.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
A short left from Silva.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neil can do to turn this around?
Neil misses with a punch on the inside.
Neil lands a body shot.
Neil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Luiz Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Neil's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Neil misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Neil.
Neil throws a head punch that misses.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva is working Neil over against the cage.
Neil takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Neil struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a right hand.
Neil struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Neil has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Neil's head.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Neil.
Neil is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Neil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neil has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neil takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Neil looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neils head.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva digs a right hand into Neil's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Neil's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neil.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva closes the distance and pushes Neil back into the cage.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neil or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Neil backwards.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva pushes Neil against the cage. Silva is working some dirty boxing. Silva pushes off with a quick right hook! Neil goes down! Neil tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Silva moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luiz Silva!
Luiz Silva made sure to mention his sponsor, Steel Penn's Exchange Extravaganza in his post fight interview.