PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gandalf Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Stop (Blue Mix) - Ghost K. Grey has chosen You shall not pass as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Silva
vs
Grey

183 cm
24
217 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
217 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

VIRAL COMBAT
Zipp Zapp

BeastMode
Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gandalf Grey!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey thumps Silva with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Grey. Beautiful body shot.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grey fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Grey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Grey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grey swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva darts in and clinches Grey up against the cage.
Silva definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grey is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Grey tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grey told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grey as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grey.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grey.
Grey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working aggressively here.
Grey misses with some punches.
Silva pushes Grey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Grey controls the action.
Grey swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Grey controls his hands.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grey's elbow.

Grey manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Grey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Grey.
Grey swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Grey misses with a two punch combination.
Grey moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grey swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Grey's knee momentarily.
Gandalf Grey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Grey avoids the head kick by Silva.
Grey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Grey holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Grey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grey.
Grey looks winded!
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Greys head.
Grey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey lands with a left to the head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Grey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grey has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Grey blocks a body shot from Silva.
A frustrated look appears on Grey's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva tries to work over Grey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grey presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Grey wants to stall.
Grey swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grey being controlled against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grey struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grey misses with some punches.
Grey looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva throws a head kick but Grey moves out of range.
Grey lands a head shot.
Grey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grey thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Eduardo Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Grey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grey blocks a head kick by Silva.
Grey misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grey.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Grey misses with an uppercut
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Grey off balance momentarily.
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!
Grey throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Grey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grey misses with a punch on the inside.
Grey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grey looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grey's elbow.
Grey misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Grey is breathing heavily.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grey backwards.
Grey scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grey scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Grey takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva lands a left hand.
Grey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Grey backwards.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Grey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva tries to work over Grey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grey is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grey throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grey takes a shot to the head.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Grey controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grey's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.

Grey is rocked!
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grey backwards.
Grey is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva digs a right hand into Grey's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grey's gas tank.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grey.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grey being controlled against the cage.
Clinched against the cage, Silva lands a big elbow that drops Grey! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Grey is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eduardo Silva!
Eduardo Silva retains his light heavyweight title!
Eduardo Silva tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.