PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Philrow Tasius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Tasius
vs
Silva

180 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Good chin

Counter fighter
Intelligent

Bad Man Clothing

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philrow Tasius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch but Tasius is having none of it.
Silva tries to clinch up but Tasius circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva looks to clinch

and Tasius counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tasius lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Tasius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tasius moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Tasius wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tasius comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Tasius has him pressed against the ropes.
Tasius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tasius is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tasius can't break the clinch.
Tasius has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tasius clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasius is trying to break free.
Silva gets through Tasius's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tasius trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva tries to break free but Tasius pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Tasius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva pushes Tasius back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tasius is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
Tasius trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Tasius throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Tasius improves position.
Tasius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tasius's elbow.
Tasius avoiding damage.
Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tasius seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silva can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tasius's efforts to push away.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tasius stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Tasius is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tasius.
Silva misses with a knee strike.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Tasius tries a head kick but it misses.
Tasius misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tasius tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tasius's calf.
Tasius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Tasius throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rodrigo Silva will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva slips a jab and a cross from Tasius.
Silva tries to clinch but Tasius moves out of range.
Philrow Tasius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tasius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tasius circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Tasius.

Tasius has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Tasius.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tasius throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Tasius thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tasius.
Tasius will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tasius swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Tasius wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Tasius tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries to clinch but Tasius is having none of it.
Tasius looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Silva misses with a head kick.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tasius's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up but Tasius circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tasius pushes Silva up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tasius has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Tasius pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tasius wants to clinch.
Tasius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tasius circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tasius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tasius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rodrigo Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Tasius moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.

Tasius closes the distance and clinches.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tasius misses with a two punch combination.
Tasius looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Philrow Tasius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Tasius circles away.
Tasius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Tasius.
Silva tries to clinch up but Tasius circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Silva lands but Tasius takes it in his stride.

It looks like Philrow Tasius has been cut.
Tasius doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Tasius keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva cracks the inside of Tasius's front leg.
Tasius fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tasius counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Tasius to acknowledge the strikes.
Tasius goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva tries to clinch but Tasius is having none of it.
Philrow Tasius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks for the body kick but Tasius saw that one coming.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tasius working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Tasius avoids it by throwing Silva back against the ropes.
Tasius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tasius misses with a punch to the body.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Tasius's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tasius will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a head kick but Tasius moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:30

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