PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honda Dedechi (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. Dedechi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun. Honda Dedechi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eduardo Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Dedechi

183 cm
21
217 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Honda Dedechi!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dedechi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva lands a jab to Dedechi's midsection.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Sports Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Dedechi slips under a jab from Silva.
Dedechi throws out a powerful jab.
Dedechi blocks a jab.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Dedechi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Dedechi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dedechi.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dedechi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.

Dedechi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dedechi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Dedechi trying to control the position but Silva is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dedechi tries to move to mount but Silva blocks the move with his legs.
Silva is not content to let Dedechi control the position.
Dedechi in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Silva pushes Dedechi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dedechi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dedechi misses with the ground and pound.

Silva bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Honda Dedechi has been cut.
Silva takes a swing at Dedechi's ribcage but misses.
Dedechi lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dedechi is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Dedechi moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dedechi.
Dedechi fails to land the takedown.
Dedechi scores with a jab to the head.
Dedechi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Dedechi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook
and Dedechi counters with a right hand to the body.
Dedechi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Nice body kick from Dedechi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dedechi avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Dedechi.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Dedechi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Eduardo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dedechi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dedechi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Dedechi counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dedechi lands with a right hand.
Dedechi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Dedechi has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Silva misses with a hook. Dedechi ducked under it nicely.
Dedechi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Dedechi cracks Silva with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Dedechi has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Silva to stand back up!

Silva is rocked!
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dedechi darts in looking for a takedown but Silva gets double underhooks and turns Dedechi into the cage.
Dedechi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dedechi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dedechi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dedechi lands a left hand.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dedechi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Dedechi lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Honda Dedechi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Honda Dedechi's cut.
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.

Dedechi lands a big right hand that sends Silva crashing to the mat! Dedechi stays standing though and waves Silva back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dedechi avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dedechi counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Silva to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Dedechi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Honda Dedechi!
Honda Dedechi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
In defeat, Eduardo Silva stepped up to the mic, saying 'Hats off to my opponent. He was better tonight. I was impressed with his performance, his game tonight surprised me. I hope he will give me the chance to fight him again in the future! I've got nothing but respect for him.'.