PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Konrad Kurze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: UFC Theme Song. Konrad Kurze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kurze
vs
Silva

150 cm
32
130 lbs
33 - 18 - 0

173 cm
31
142 lbs
33 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Konrad Kurze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurze works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Kurze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kurze feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kurze is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Kurze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Kurze slips under a jab from Silva.
Rafa Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kurze scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Kurze throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kurze if he has to take too many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to bum rush Kurze with a series of wild strikes but Kurze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kurze has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kurze looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Kurze throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kurze's calf.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kurze tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Silva misses with a hook.
Kurze moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rafa Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kurze digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva clobbers Kurze with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kurze uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurze tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kurze takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kurze.
Kurze misses the jab.
Kurze looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
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!
Kurze swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Kurze steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Kurze throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.

Kurze looking to score a takedown here. Silva is defending well but Kurze drives through and ends up in Silva's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Kurze is proving a slippery customer.
Kurze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kurze throws a big elbow that misses.
Kurze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kurze has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kurze trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kurze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kurze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Kurze wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva moves out of range as Kurze throws a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurze cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kurze avoids the head kick by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rafa Silva will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kurze's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kurze checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kurze throws a shot to the body.
Silva jabs at Kurze's body.
Kurze throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Kurze lands a body shot.
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.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Kurze ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Kurze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kurze.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva digs a good hook to Kurze's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Kurze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kurze's head.
Kurze misses with a wild body shot.
Kurze throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Kurze misses with a body shot.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kurze tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurze with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Kurze is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kurze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva misses with a hook. Kurze ducked under it nicely.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Kurze misses with a hook.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kurze throws a big shot that misses.
Silva lands a head kick. Kurze smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva tries to work over Kurze's front leg with a kick but Kurze checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kurze misses the target.
Kurze lands a nice shot to the body.
Rafa Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Kurze down.
Kurze moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kurze crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Kurze gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Kurze manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva looks for the body kick but Kurze saw that one coming.
Kurze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kurze ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kurze checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That kick from Silva tenderised Kurze's leg. Kurze is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva tries to clinch up but Kurze circles away and keeps his distance.
Kurze ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva slips under a jab.
Kurze throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Kurze avoids a kick to the body.
Kurze misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kurze misses the shot to the body.
Silva throws a hook but Kurze avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurze clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Kurze off the cage and back into range.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Kurze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafa 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 on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Kurze's side.
Kurze looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kurze checks a low kick from Silva.
Kurze shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Kurze dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva pulls Kurze in to control the position.
Kurze stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kurze manages to get himself to full guard.

Kurze working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Silva has passed into half guard!
Kurze might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva prevents Kurze from improving his position.

Kurze looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kurze wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurze is not content to let Silva control the position.
Kurze is trying to get back to full guard.
Kurze trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Silva prevents Kurze from getting the reversal.
Silva controlling from mount.
Kurze sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Kurze is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kurze is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Kurze looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Silva is taking a breather. Kurze says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rafa Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kurze is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva swings for the body but Kurze moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kurze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kurze manages to avoid it.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kurze crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Kurze gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Kurze manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Kurze will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kurze throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kurze off to one side.
Kurze misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kurze.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Kurze with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Kurze cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Kurze moved away.
Silva is looking to clinch but Kurze is avoiding it.
Kurze looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Kurze off balance momentarily.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kurze just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kurze checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Kurze's ribs.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kurze doesn't seem phased though.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Kurze moved out of range nicely.
Silva misses with the body kick

and Kurze counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurze taking a breather here.
Kurze is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Kurze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kurze goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Silva rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Kurze's guard! Nice work there by Silva!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Kurze working for submissions but it's allowed Silva to get to half guard.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva works his way into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze is trying desperately to improve position.
Kurze regains half guard.
Konrad Kurze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.

Kurze looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurze tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Rafa Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kurze misses with a head kick.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Kurze walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kurze swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Kurze throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva wants to clinch up but Kurze keeps it at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Kurze pushes him off.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked

and Kurze counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to sweep here but Kurze controlling him for the moment.
Kurze trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kurze has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Kurze's legs - danger averted.
Kurze not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kurze wants to improve his position but instead Silva has moved into half guard.
Konrad Kurze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurze wants to get back to full guard but Silva has passed into side control.
Kurze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva trying to control the action but Kurze is working from the bottom.
Kurze wants to control but Silva postures up.
Kurze tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva has control of an arm but Kurze manages to advance to Silva's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Kurze doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.
Silva content to stall in guard here.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kurze doesn't seem phased though.
Kurze tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Kurze down.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva pushes Kurze away with a front kick.
Kurze misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a combination that misses

and Kurze counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rafa Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Kurze seems to be looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kurze is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Konrad Kurze showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 47:49
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafa Silva!
Rafa Silva is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Rafa Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.