PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ricardo
vs
Silva

191 cm
23
220 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

180 cm
29
200 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ricardo misses.
Ricardo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ricardo.

It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Ricardo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
A combination from Ricardo does no damage.
Ricky Ricardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ricardo throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ricardo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ricardo.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Ricardo.
Ricardo throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Silva dodges the punch combination from Ricardo.
Ricardo connects with a single shot there.
Ricardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Ricardo.
Ricardo tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Ricardo throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ricardo throws a big shot that misses.
Ricardo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ricardo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ricardo.
Ricardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ricardo misses with a few strikes there.
Ricardo tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ricardo misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ricardo misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva defending well as Ricardo loads up on a big left hand.
Ricardo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva staying out of range there.
Ricardo misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Ricardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ricardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ricardo throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ricardo is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Ricardo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Ricardo catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That has opened up Wanderlei Silva's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva checks a low kick from Ricardo.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ricardo scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Ricardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ricardo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ricardo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Ricardo. Those never looked like landing.
Ricardo tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ricardo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Silva is rocked!

Ricardo lands a huge takedown. Silva is out but the ref is slow to react and Ricardo lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Silva lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Ricardo!
In his post fight interview, Ricky Ricardo gave a big smile as he said 'Obrigado a todos. Este é apenas o começo. Vou continuar a ficar melhor e eu vou, se tornar o maior lutador do mundo.'.