PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Roosevelt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Stop (Blue Mix) - Ghost K. The crowd seem to be enjoying Roosevelt's choice of entrance music: Soulfly - Pain. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Silva
vs
Roosevelt

183 cm
27
217 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

188 cm
30
210 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Pearson Specter Litt
AnonymouS

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Roosevelt!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Silva.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Roosevelt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab from Silva.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva throws a leg kick but Roosevelt sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Roosevelt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A jab from Roosevelt misses.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Roosevelt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roosevelt wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Roosevelt under the eye.
Roosevelt moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roosevelt.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roosevelt. That did some damage!
Roosevelt digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Roosevelt tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosevelt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Roosevelt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roosevelt moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Roosevelt moves away from the strike by Silva.
Roosevelt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Roosevelt throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Eduardo Silva has been cut.
Roosevelt blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva blocks a head kick by Roosevelt.
Silva thuds a left hand into Roosevelt's body.
Silva lands a nice hook to Roosevelt's body. Roosevelt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roosevelt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Roosevelt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Roosevelt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Roosevelt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roosevelt's sensitive parts.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva lunges at Roosevelt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roosevelt's hand.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Roosevelt lands a head shot.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
letting Roosevelt counter with a right hand.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Roosevelt lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Silva feints a jab promting Roosevelt to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Roosevelt slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roosevelt flicks out a counter leg kick but Silva steps away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Roosevelt sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Silva jabs Roosevelt right on the nose. Roosevelt blinks but takes it well.
Silva throws a body punch but Roosevelt moves out of range.
Roosevelt appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Roosevelt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Roosevelt wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva is looking for a counter combo.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roosevelt takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Roosevelt connects with a jab.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva scores with the left hand. Roosevelt knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roosevelt.
Roosevelt looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roosevelt.
It looks like Silva has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roosevelt tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
It appears Silva was looking to counter with a kick there.
Roosevelt digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Roosevelt tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eduardo Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Roosevelt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Roosevelt.
Eduardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roosevelt can pounce on him.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Roosevelt in the body.
Roosevelt lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Silva misses with a combination
and Roosevelt counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Roosevelt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roosevelt tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roosevelt can do to turn this around?
Roosevelt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roosevelt.
Roosevelt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Roosevelt doesn't seem phased though.
Roosevelt wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Roosevelt drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roosevelt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roosevelt ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Roosevelt avoids the body shot from Silva.
Roosevelt shapes to counter with a head kick.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva looks for the body kick but Roosevelt saw that one coming.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roosevelt lands a body shot.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Roosevelt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roosevelt slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Roosevelt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
It looked like Silva was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Roosevelt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roosevelt manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Roosevelt throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Roosevelt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roosevelt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva misses with a low kick as Roosevelt jumps back.
Roosevelt wants to counter with a clinch but Silva pushes him away.
Roosevelt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Roosevelt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Roosevelt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Roosevelt checks a leg kick nicely.
Roosevelt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Roosevelt counters with a thumping low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Good leg kick by Roosevelt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roosevelt misses the shot to the body.
Roosevelt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eduardo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Roosevelt clinches with his opponent.
Roosevelt lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roosevelt pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roosevelt lands a right hand.
Roosevelt misses with a punch to the body.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roosevelt throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roosevelt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roosevelt dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Roosevelt scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt lands with a short shot to the head.
Roosevelt gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eduardo Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

It looks like Karl Roosevelt has been cut.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Roosevelt lands with a cross.
Silva takes a swing at Roosevelt's ribcage but misses.
Roosevelt misses with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Silva.

Roosevelt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Roosevelt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roosevelt has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Roosevelt has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roosevelt.
A head punch on the inside from Roosevelt fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roosevelt.
Roosevelt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roosevelt's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roosevelt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Roosevelt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roosevelt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Roosevelt.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Roosevelt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Roosevelt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roosevelt throws a head punch that misses.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roosevelt tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Roosevelt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roosevelt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eduardo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roosevelt wants a takedown.
Roosevelt presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roosevelt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roosevelt is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roosevelt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roosevelt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roosevelt throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Roosevelt swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roosevelt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Roosevelt gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Roosevelt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roosevelt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roosevelt misses with the head strike.
Roosevelt drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Eduardo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Roosevelt.
Roosevelt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Roosevelt improves position.
Roosevelt misses with a punch to the body.
Karl Roosevelt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roosevelt lands a left hand.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Roosevelt's takedown attempt.
Roosevelt misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Karl Roosevelt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roosevelt blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Roosevelt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Silva!
Eduardo Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.