PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Credible (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RZ Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Credible comes to the cage accompanied by Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows . RZ Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Credible
vs
Silva

180 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Justin Credible!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, RZ Silva!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Credible is just out of range.
Credible gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Credible takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
RZ Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Credible's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Credible scrambles back to his feet.
Silva misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Credible.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Credible sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Credible shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Credible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Credible shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Credible's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Credible. Credible gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Credible shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Credible keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Credible slips a jab from Silva.
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Credibles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Credible steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Credible gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Credible needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
RZ Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Credible shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Credible tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
No luck for Credible with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a right and a left that Credible avoids nicely.
A left lands for Silva.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Credible drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.

Credible drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Credible jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Credible. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Credible pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Credible controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RZ Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Credible takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Credible looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Credible defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a hook.
Credible has a takedown stuffed.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Credible's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Credible gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Justin Credible is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Credible shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Credible's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Credible stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva works Credible's body with a nice hook.
Jab from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
RZ Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Credible fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Credible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Credible shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Credible on the side of the head.
Credible shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Credible, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Silva lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Credible with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva punishes Credible's body with a nice straight punch.
Credible tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Credible has time to react.
Credible shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Credible's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Credible shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Credible takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RZ Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva clobbers Credible with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva lands a body shot.
Credible shoots in but no luck this time.
Credible on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Credible's belly button to the back.
Credible changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Credible manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Credible.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Credible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot by Silva.
Credible fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
RZ Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Credible looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Credible avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Credible takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Credible walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Credible closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Silva throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Credible.
Credible dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Credible takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Credible's shoulder, as Credible tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Credible saw that one coming.
Silva throws a series of punches but Credible avoids them all with ease.
Credible closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Credible pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Justin Credible has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Credible takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
RZ Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... RZ Silva!