PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renan Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Musashi has chosen Sword of the Stranger - Mukoh Hadan as his entrance music. Renan Da Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Da Silva
vs
Musashi

190 cm
22
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
214 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renan Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Da Silva closes the distance and pushes Musashi back into the cage.
Musashi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Musashi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Da Silva.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Musashi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Musashi.
Musashi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Da Silva or not.
Musashi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Musashi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Musashi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
A nice left hand lands by Musashi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi lands with a short shot to the head.
Musashi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Musashi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Musashi lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Musashi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Musashi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Musashi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Musashi - that landed with a thud.
Musashi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Musashi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Musashi.
Good body shot from Musashi.
A right hand to the body from Musashi.
Musashi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Musashi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Musashi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Musashi lands an uppercut.

Da Silva is rocked!
A body shot lands from Musashi.
A nice left hand lands by Musashi.
Oh Da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Musashi throws a big uppercut that drops Da Silva! More strikes from Musashi and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Da Silva lies dazed against the cage as Musashi celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryu Musashi!
A very excited looking Ryu Musashi 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.