PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mufasa Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Ribeiro Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro Da Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Soulfly - Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Taylor
vs
Ribeiro Da Silva

190 cm
25
193 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

KAISER
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mufasa Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joao Ribeiro Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Ribeiro Da Silva.

Taylor pushes Ribeiro Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ribeiro Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor misses with a knee strike.
Ribeiro Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ribeiro Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a body punch.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Ribeiro Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor misses with a knee strike.
Ribeiro Da Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a left hand.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Ribeiro Da Silva is trying to stall.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Taylor's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ribeiro Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ribeiro Da Silva into the cage.
Ribeiro Da Silva gets through Taylor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ribeiro Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taylor's elbow.

Ribeiro Da Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ribeiro Da Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ribeiro Da Silva, right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a leg kick.
Donk. Ribeiro Da Silva catches Taylor right on the button with a cross.
Taylor tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A good leg kick by Ribeiro Da Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribeiro Da Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Taylor.
Taylor is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taylor. That did some damage!
Taylor misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a head kick. Taylor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Ribeiro Da Silva moves out of range easily.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Ribeiro 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.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Ribeiro Da Silva circles away.
Taylor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Ribeiro Da Silva darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ribeiro Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ribeiro Da Silva avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ribeiro Da Silva into the cage.
Taylor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ribeiro Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ribeiro Da Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva is blocking nicely.
A short left from Ribeiro Da Silva.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ribeiro Da Silva into the cage.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a right to the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Ribeiro Da Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ribeiro Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Taylor has the dominant position.
Taylor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Ribeiro Da Silva gets through Taylor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taylor being controlled against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ribeiro Da Silva is defending well for now.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Ribeiro Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Ribeiro Da Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Ribeiro Da Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taylor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ribeiro Da Silva. Ribeiro Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.

Taylor tries to keep at a distance but Ribeiro Da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Ribeiro Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva scores with a head kick.
Taylor needs to keep his hands up - Ribeiro Da Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Ribeiro Da Silva. That snapped Taylor's head back.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taylor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Taylor clinches up against the cage.
Joao Ribeiro Da Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Ribeiro Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a leg kick
and Taylor counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ribeiro Da 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Ribeiro Da Silva moves out of range easily.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with an uppercut. Taylor saw that one coming.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ribeiro Da Silva thows a body kick. Taylor tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Taylor throws a head kick but Ribeiro Da Silva moves out of range.
Taylor takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Joao Ribeiro Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ribeiro Da Silva works Taylor's body with a nice hook.
Ribeiro Da Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Taylor is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Taylor off balance momentarily.
Ribeiro Da Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Taylor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a body shot.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ribeiro Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva is blocking nicely.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ribeiro Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ribeiro Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ribeiro Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ribeiro Da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Taylor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taylor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries a body shot but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva blocks it.
Ribeiro Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ribeiro Da Silva taking a breather.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Ribeiro Da Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ribeiro Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Taylor controls his hands.
Taylor lands a nice elbow.
Ribeiro Da Silva is struggling to control the position.
Ribeiro Da Silva is working Taylor over against the cage.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribeiro Da Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor working Ribeiro Da Silva over with knees to the body.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Ribeiro Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taylor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ribeiro Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taylor with a knee to the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.
Ribeiro Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taylor lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Ribeiro Da Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor trying to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Taylor to work.
Still in the clinch, Ribeiro Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Ribeiro Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Ribeiro Da Silva circles away.
Ribeiro Da Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ribeiro Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Taylor will feel that in the morning.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Taylor checks a leg kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Taylor's head.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a low kick as Taylor jumps back.
Ribeiro Da Silva blocks a head kick by Taylor.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Ribeiro Da Silva is avoiding it.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Taylor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor moves out of range of the body kick from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ribeiro Da Silva. Ribeiro Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Ribeiro Da Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ribeiro Da Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taylor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Ribeiro Da Silva moves out of range easily.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Ribeiro Da Silva.
Ribeiro Da Silva is looking to slow Taylor down with leg kicks.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ribeiro Da Silva is looking to slow Taylor down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from Taylor.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Taylor closes the distance and pushes Ribeiro Da Silva back into the cage.
Ribeiro Da Silva wants to break free but Taylor has control.
Ribeiro Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Taylor takes a shot to the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ribeiro Da Silva is trying to push Taylor away but Taylor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Joao Ribeiro Da Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ribeiro Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Ribeiro Da Silva avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Taylor tries to move into range but Ribeiro Da Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Ribeiro Da Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ribeiro Da Silva avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Taylor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Taylor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mufasa Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribeiro Da Silva misses with a head kick.
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a head kick. Taylor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Taylor has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Taylor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ribeiro Da Silva.
Taylor darts in trying to clinch
and Ribeiro Da Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Taylor 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Taylor closes the distance and clinches.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva blocks with his arms.
Ribeiro Da Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor tries a knee to the head but Ribeiro Da Silva blocks it.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Ribeiro Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ribeiro Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mufasa Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ribeiro Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Taylor's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ribeiro Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Ribeiro Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor taking a breather.
Ribeiro Da Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joao Ribeiro Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ribeiro Da Silva 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao Ribeiro Da Silva!
Joao Ribeiro Da Silva decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.