PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benji Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benji Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
Bacon

190 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

172 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benji Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Bacon!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacon lands a nice shot to the body.
Bacon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva is looking to clinch but Bacon is avoiding it.
Bacon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Bacon.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bacon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Bacon misses with a body punch

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Bacon fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bacon keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Silva postures up in Bacon's guard and throws a big left but Bacon blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bacon wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Silva is now in half guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stalling.

Silva gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bacon is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Silva misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bacon stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bacon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bacon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bacon gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Bacon avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Bacon pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bacon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bacon lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Bacon.
Bacon lands an uppercut.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bacon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bacon slips a jab from Silva.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Silva is rocked!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Bacon.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bacon cracks Silva with a hook to the temple - Silva is on wobbly legs here! Bacon swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Silva falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Bacon wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kevin Bacon!