PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Reyes Devante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronaldo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Devante comes to the ring accompanied by Mustasch / Thank You for the Demon. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Devante
vs
Silva

186 cm
20
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
38
191 lbs
27 - 12 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reyes Devante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Devante lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the ropes and back into range.
Devante swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Devante missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Devante doesn't seem bothered though.

Silva clinches up with Devante and pushes him back against the ropes.
Devante can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Devante is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Devante is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Devante is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Devante throws a head punch that misses.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Devante tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Devante as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets through Devante's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Devante.
Silva gets through Devante's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Devante controls his hands.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Devante backwards.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Devante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Devante fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Devante taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Devante stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Devante controls the action.
Devante looking to slow down the pace here.
Devante works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Devante's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Devante is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Devante taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronaldo Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Devante manages to avoid it.
Devante moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Devante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Devante throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Devante's belly button to the back.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva cracks Devante with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Devante.
Devante misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Devante closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Devante cracks Silva with a good jab.
Some wild striking there from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Devante.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Devante counters with a stiff right hand.
Devante misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Devante.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Devante moves away.
Devante staying out of range there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Devante lands a body shot.
Devante misses with a punch to the body.
Devante is trying to stall.
Devante looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Devante tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Devante back against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Devante's elbow.
Devante misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Devante blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Devante is trying to break free.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Devantes head.

Devante breaks from the clinch.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronaldo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva connects with a body shot that sends Devante's belly button to the back.
Silva jabs Devante to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Devante misses with the combination.
Devante looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Devante misses the shot to the body.
Devante takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Devante misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Devante looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Devante counters with a nice body shot.
Devante thows a body shot but no joy.
Devante definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Devante misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Devante throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Devante takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Devante throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva scores with a big combo that sends Devante crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Devante flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Silva jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronaldo Silva!
A relieved looking Ronaldo Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.