PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Punter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

De Silva
vs
Punter

193 cm
30
216 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

190 cm
22
222 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Punter!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Punter.
De Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Punter.
Punter fails in his attempt to clinch.

Punter shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. De Silva is trying to defend but Punter finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
De Silva wants to control but Punter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
De Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Punter is working away from the top position though.
Punter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've been hearing good reports from De Silva's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
De Silva tries to roll over but Punter keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
De Silva is looking to control Punter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Silva avoid being mounted?
De Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
De Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Punter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Punter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De Silva wants to control but Punter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Punter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Punter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Silva defending well though.
Punter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Punter wants to control but De Silva is keeping him busy.
Punter throwing shots but De Silva is blocking nicely.
De Silva is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva is positioning himself well to prevent Punter advancing to mount.
De Silva wants to control but Punter is keeping busy.
Punter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Punter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Punter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De Silva's head.
De Silva wants to improve his position but Punter is controlling well.
Punter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Punter takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
De Silva keeping hold of Punter's head, controlling as best he can.
Nice strikes from Punter there.
De Silva wants to get back to full guard.
De Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if De Silva tries to get out of the position.
Ground and pound from Punter.
Punter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva is trying to control but can't.
Punter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Punter prevents De Silva from improving his position.
De Silva moves into full guard.
Punter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
De Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Punter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Punter is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Punter postures up.
Punter trying to control the position from guard on top but De Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Punter engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Punter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Punter postures up in De Silva's guard and throws a big left but De Silva blocks it.
Punter trying to control but De Silva is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Punter told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Punter sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A swing and a miss from De Silva.
Punter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Silva.
Punter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Silva's waist but De Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Punter off to one side.
Punter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Punter slips a straight right by De Silva.
De Silva throws a hook but Punter avoids it easily.
Junior De Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Punter avoids the body shot from De Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Punter dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

De Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Punter takes one on the chin but seems OK.

De Silva forces Punter back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Silva.
Punter takes a shot to the head.
De Silva digs a right hand underneath Punter's ribcage. Punter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Punter tries to break the clinch but De Silva is controlling the position.
De Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from De Silva.
Punter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Silva is keeping busy.
Punter tries to break free but De Silva pushes him back against the cage.
De Silva lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Punter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Silva is keeping busy.
A body shot lands from De Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva stops a takedown attempt from Punter.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Silva as Punter tries to tie him up.
A short right from De Silva on the inside.
A hook to the body from De Silva.
Punter is breathing heavily.
De Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Punter misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from De Silva.
De Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Punter wants to get back to striking at distance but De Silva won't allow it.
De Silva pushes Punter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Punter backwards.
A short left from De Silva.
De Silva cracks Punter with a nice body shot.
De Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Punter can do to turn this around?
De Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Silva works on Punter's body with a couple of short punches.
De Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Junior De Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Silva pushes Punter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for De Silva.
De Silva is working Punter over against the cage.
De Silva lands with a right to the head.
De Silva works on Punter's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from De Silva.
De Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
De Silva digs a right hand into Punter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Punter's gas tank.
De Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Silva lands an elbow just above Punter 's eye.
De Silva cracks Punter with a nice body shot.
De Silva works on Punter's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from De Silva.
De Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Punter backwards.
De Silva effectively controlling the action here.
De Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Silva digs a right hand underneath Punter's ribcage. Punter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
De Silva lands a body punch.
De Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Punter backwards.

Punter is rocked!
A shot in the inside from De Silva.
Punter is still on wobbly legs! Can De Silva finish him?
De Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Silva lands a shoulder strike.
De Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Silva dips a shoulder and cracks Punter with a mighty uppercut! Punter falls back against the cage and De Silva unloads with a barrage of strikes! Punter is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - De Silva screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior De Silva!
Junior De Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.