PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Booby Von Trapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Kashmir. Von Trapp has chosen Smile - Tupac & Scarface as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Silva
vs
Von Trapp

197 cm
39
270 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

192 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shogun Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Booby Von Trapp!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Trapp fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva jabs Von Trapp to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Von Trapp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Von Trapp misses with the combination.
Von Trapp avoids a kick to the body.
Von Trapp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Von Trapp slips the punch.
Von Trapp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Von Trapp is looking to clinch.
Von Trapp tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Von Trapp tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Trapp was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
enabling Von Trapp to counter with a crisp jab.
Von Trapp tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.

Von Trapp moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Von Trapp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Von Trapp pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Von Trapp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva misses with the head strike.

Von Trapp breaks the clinch.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Von Trapp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Von Trapp throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Beast in the buildup to the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Trapp tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Von Trapp's hands.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Von Trapp moves away and avoids it.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Von Trapp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Von Trapp has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva working aggressively here.
Von Trapp throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Von Trapps head.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Von Trapp backwards.
Nice elbow from Von Trapp.
Von Trapp with a knee to the head.

It looks like Shogun Silva has been cut.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Von Trapp digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Von Trapp blocks an uppercut.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Von Trapp controls the action.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Von Trapp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva misses with some punches.
Von Trapp prevents a body shot from Silva.
Von Trapp prevents a body shot from Silva.
Von Trapp working Silva over with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Von Trapp creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Trapp looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Von Trapp trying to land knees to the body.
Von Trapp unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Von Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Von Trapp lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Von Trapp creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Von Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Von Trapp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Von Trapp is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Von Trapp has his back to the cage.
Von Trapp blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Von Trapp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Von Trapp tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Von Trapp takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Von Trapp.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Trapp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Booby Von Trapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Trapp lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Von Trapp misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Von Trapp.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Von Trapp throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Von Trapp.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Von Trapp.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva defending well as Von Trapp loads up on a big left hand.
Silva scores with a jab. Von Trapp acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Shogun Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shogun Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Trapp takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Von Trapp.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Von Trapp.
Nice shot by Silva.
Shogun Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Von Trapp moves out of range easily.
Von Trapp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Von Trapp in his tracks.
Von Trapp misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Trapp. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Trapp tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Von Trapp slips a straight right by Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Trapp uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Trapp was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Von Trapp has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Von Trapp in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Von Trapps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Von Trapp on the side of the head.
Von Trapp wants to clinch.
Von Trapp misses with a few strikes there.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Von Trapp - that will leave a mark!
Von Trapp looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Trapp.
Von Trapp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Trapp tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva avoids the head kick by Von Trapp.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Trapp slips a jab from Silva.
Silva tests Von Trapp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Von Trapp throws a nice inside leg kick.
Von Trapp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Von Trapp moved out of range.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Von Trapp's hands.
Von Trapp tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a jab when Von Trapp was well out of range.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Von Trapp checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Von Trapp throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Von Trapp lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Von Trapp moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Von Trapp.
Von Trapp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Von Trapp tries to clinch up.
Von Trapp fails to land with a series of punches.
Von Trapp wants to clinch.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Von Trapp ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Von Trapp doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Von Trapp moves into the clinch.
Silva tries a body shot but Von Trapp blocks it.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding damage as Von Trapp throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Von Trapp throws knees to the body.
Von Trapp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Von Trapp unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Trapp taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Von Trapp throws an elbow but it misses.
Von Trapp throws an elbow that misses.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Von Trapp, against the cage.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Von Trapp prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Von Trapp.
Silva misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Trapp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Von Trapp wants to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Von Trapp throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shogun Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shogun Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Silva misses with an uppercut.
Von Trapp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Von Trapp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Von Trapp does no damage.
Von Trapp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Von Trapp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Von Trapp is looking to clinch.
Von Trapp misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva lands the left hand.
Von Trapp chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Von Trapp is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Von Trapp moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Von Trapp is out of range.
Von Trapp shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Von Trapp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Trapp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Von Trapp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Von Trapp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Trapp.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Trapp is looking to clinch.
Von Trapp throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Von Trapp throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Von Trapp takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Trapp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Trapp slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Von Trapp counters with a straight right hand.
Von Trapp checks a leg kick.
Silva throws the left hand but Von Trapp avoids the punch easily.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Von Trapp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Von Trapp sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Von Trapp slips under a jab from Silva.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Von Trapp bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Von Trapp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Trapp throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Von Trapp throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a swing at Von Trapp's ribcage but misses.
Silva cracks Von Trapp with an open hand slap.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Von Trapp moves away.
Von Trapp scores with a shot to the body.
Von Trapp lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Von Trapp saw that one coming.
Von Trapp thumps Silva with a low kick.
Von Trapp with a hook.
Von Trapp lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Booby Von Trapp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a right hand that Von Trapp ducks under and follows up with a left that Von Trapp also avoids with ease.
Von Trapp blocks a jab.
Von Trapp has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Von Trapp misses with the combination.
A jab from Silva misses.
Von Trapp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Trapp tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Von Trapp throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.

Von Trapp has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Von Trapp trying to land knees to the body.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Von Trapp lands an elbow inside.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Von Trapp improves position.
Von Trapp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Von Trapp'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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Silva.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Von Trapp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Booby Von Trapp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shogun Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Von Trapp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shogun Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shogun Silva!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Shogun Silva made sure he mentioned Milwaukee's Best 160 , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
The defeated Booby Von Trapp had this to say: 'I will be back stonger and better next time.'.