PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Syn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stop (Blue Mix) - Ghost K. The crowd seem to be enjoying Syn's choice of entrance music: Truth by Alexander. Franky Syn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Silva
vs
Syn

183 cm
20
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
212 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Hellbent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eduardo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franky Syn!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Syn keeps Silva at a distance using the push kick.
Syn throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Eduardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva tries to clinch there but Syn circles away.
A good leg kick by Syn.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Syn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva thuds his right hand into Syn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Syn.
Silva thuds his right hand into Syn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Franky Syn has been cut.
Syn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Syn avoids the body shot from Silva.
Syn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva looks to clinch

and Syn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva is trying to break free.
Syn lands a body punch.
A short right from Silva on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Syn breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Syn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Syn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Syn misses with a leg kick.
Syn lands a lovely overhand right.
Syn looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Syn throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Syn throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Syn.
A left lands for Syn.
Syn takes one to the side of the head.
Silva wants to clinch up but Syn keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
enabling Syn to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syn punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Syn jabs at Silva's body.

Silva has Syn up against the cage in a clinch.
Syn lands with a left to the head.
Syn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Syn has him pressed against the cage.
Syn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Syn has the dominant position.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Syn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Syn swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Syn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Syn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Syn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Syn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva clinches.
Syn lands with a right to the head.
Syn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Syn lands with a light punch inside.

Syn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Syn slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Syn finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Syn scores with a nice head shot.
Syn throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Syn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Syn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Syn scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Syn tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Syn lands with a right to the head.
Syn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Syn blocking some punches.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Syn blocks an uppercut.
Syn blocks the elbow strike.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Syn manages to break the clinch.
Syn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Syns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Syn had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Syn throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Syn scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Syn slips under a jab.
Syn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Franky Syn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Franky Syn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Syn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to clinch but Syn is having none of it.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Syn in a clinch.

Syn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Syn's defenses.
Syn tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Syn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Syn counters with a straight right hand.
Syn misses with a head kick.
Syn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Syn misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Syn counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook but Syn blocks it.
Syn throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Syn lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Syn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Syn ducks down to avoid it.

Silva darts in and clinches Syn up against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Syn won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Syn tries to tie him up.
Syn misses with a punch to the body.
Syn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Syn gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Syn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Syn - just one landing.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Syn counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Syn's shoulder, as Syn tries to avoid the shot.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Syn's brow.
Nice body punch from Syn - that landed with a thud.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Syn lands a nice uppercut.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Syn.
A short right from Syn on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Syn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Syn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva stuns Syn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Syn lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Syn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Syn pushes him off.
Syn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Syn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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 looping left.

Silva gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Syn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.

Syn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Syn throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Syn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Eduardo Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva wants to clinch up but Syn keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Syn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Syn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syn tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Syn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Syn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Syn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Syn thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Syn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Syn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Syn tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left lands for Syn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Syn ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Syn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Syn fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Franky Syn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Franky Syn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Syn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva tries to move into range but Syn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Syn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Syn connects with the punch.
Syn defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Syn ducks down to avoid it.
Syn feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Syn tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva swinging wildly here.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a hook but Syn blocks it.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Syn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Syn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Syn looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva is looking to clinch.
A big right from Silva misses.
Syn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva looks to clinch
and Syn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch but Syn moves out of range.
Syn scores with a nice strike.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Syn.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Syn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Syn lands with a right hand.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Syn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eduardo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Syn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice jab there from Syn.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Syn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Syn.
Silva misses with a hook
and Syn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Syn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Syn.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Syn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Syn swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Syn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
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.
Syn's corner calls for a 1-2. Syn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Syn slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Syn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Silva is rocked!

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Syn.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Syn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Syn in his tracks for a moment.
Syn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Syn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Syn prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Syn won't allow it.

Syn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Syn throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva jabs Syn right on the nose. Syn blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a hook. Syn ducked under it nicely.
Silva tries to clinch there but Syn circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Syn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Syn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Syn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Syn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Syn thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Syn lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
Franky Syn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Syn.

And that's the end of the fight!
Franky Syn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Syn 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franky Syn!
During a confident post fight interview, Franky Syn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.