PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Baumgartner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rejinaldo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Roy Jones - Can't be touched as his entrance music. Roger Baumgartner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Baumgartner
vs
Silva

183 cm
25
192 lbs
9 - 3 - 2

188 cm
26
200 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roger Baumgartner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rejinaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baumgartner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Baumgartner scores with a nice right hand.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Baumgartner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Baumgartner back into the cage.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baumgartner blocks a body shot from Silva.
Baumgartner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baumgartner misses with some punches.
Baumgartner misses with a punch on the inside.

Baumgartner breaks from the clinch.
Rejinaldo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baumgartner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baumgartner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Baumgartner is avoiding it.
Baumgartner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Rejinaldo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Baumgartner misses the target.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baumgartner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baumgartner appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Baumgartner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Baumgartner counters with a nice body shot.
Baumgartner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Baumgartner throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baumgartner lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Silva's coach down at The Kingdom was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Silva's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baumgartner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva lunges at Baumgartner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Baumgartner's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Baumgartner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Baumgartner's head but Baumgartner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baumgartner jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baumgartner is defending well for now.
Baumgartner misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baumgartner avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.

Baumgartner breaks from the clinch.
Baumgartner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva tries to clinch up but Baumgartner circles away and keeps his distance.
Baumgartner drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silva sprawls and moves away.
Baumgartner throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baumgartner, pushing him back against the cage.
Baumgartner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Baumgartner struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Baumgartner has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Baumgartner swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva presses Baumgartner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Baumgartner tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Baumgartner drops back down to his feet.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baumgartner backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Silva.
Baumgartner prevents a body shot from Silva.
Baumgartner struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Baumgartner misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Baumgartner controls the action.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baumgartner backwards.
Baumgartner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roger Baumgartner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Baumgartner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Baumgartner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Baumgartner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roger Baumgartner is winning the standup battle so far.
Baumgartner works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Baumgartner keeps the fight on the outside.
Baumgartner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baumgartner looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a jab when Baumgartner was well out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baumgartner lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch
and Baumgartner counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Silva badly! He tries to strike back but Baumgartner puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Silva out cold! Oh man, Silva will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Roger Baumgartner!
An out of breath Roger Baumgartner thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.