PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Declan Sweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sweeney comes to the cage accompanied by Four Star Mary - Pain. Santiago Da Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sweeney
vs
Da Silva

225 cm
27
280 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

201 cm
38
288 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Declan Sweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Santiago Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweeney connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Silva momentarily.

It looks like Santiago Da Silva has been cut.
Da Silva misses with a right hand
and Sweeney counters with a nice low kick that buckles Da Silva's knee momentarily.
Da Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Da Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Sweeney's side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Sweeney moves out of range easily.

Sweeney lands a big right hand that sends Da Silva crashing to the mat! Sweeney stays standing though and waves Da Silva back to his feet!
Sweeney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Da Silva.
Da Silva avoids the body shot from Sweeney.
A lazy body kick from Da Silva

and Sweeney counters with a crisp right hand that drops Da Silva! Sweeney lets Da Silva back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Da Silva is rocked!

That has opened up Santiago Da Silva's cut even more.
Da Silva swings for the body but Sweeney moves out of range.
Sweeney scores with a leg kick.
Sweeney throws a nice outside leg kick.
Da Silva looks winded!
The fighters circling - Da Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sweeney scores with a jab to the jaw.
Da Silva 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeney throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sweeney is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Da Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Sweeney cracks Da Silva with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Da Silva looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sweeney finish him?
Da Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Sweeney finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sweeney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sweeney scores with a leg kick.
Da Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Da Silva tries to land a front kick but Sweeney steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sweeney closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Da Silva! Sweeney dives in looking to finish! Da Silva is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Declan Sweeney!
Declan Sweeney was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.