PBP Commentary

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

Top
vs
Silva

185 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
16
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chop Top!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafinha Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Top takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Chop Top has been cut.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Top doesn't seem bothered though.
Top takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Top shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Top shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chop Top seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva stuns Top with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Top is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Top shoots and misses

and Silva counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chop Top. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Top's ribcage. Top let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Silva on the inside.

Top is rocked!

Chop Top's cut is getting worse.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Top is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A body shot lands from Silva.
Top seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Silva.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Nice body punch from Silva.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Top backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.

Silva drops Top onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Top is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Silva drops Top onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Top is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva drops Top with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Top is out cold! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rafinha Silva!