PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Bravie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvio Soldan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bravie
vs
Soldan

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Vikai Gear Island

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Magnus Bravie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Silvio Soldan!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soldan tries to bum rush Bravie with a series of wild strikes but Bravie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bravie tries to clinch but Soldan moves out of range.
Bravie wants to clinch
and Soldan counters with a straight right hand.
Bravie avoids a punch combination nicely.

Soldan gets tackled into the cage by Bravie. Bravie maintains the clinch.
Soldan has a couple of punches blocked by Bravie.
Bravie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bravie struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldan controls his hands.
Bravie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soldan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soldan taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bravie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bravie moves into the clinch.
Bravie lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bravie has him pressed against the cage.
Bravie lands a nice shot to the body.
Soldan tries a body shot but Bravie blocks it.
Bravie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bravie lands with a short shot to the head.
Bravie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bravie pushes Soldan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bravie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soldan or not.
Still in the clinch, Bravie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Soldan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soldan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soldan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Soldan tries to work over Bravie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soldan lands a body shot.
Bravie taking a breather.
Come on Bravie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Soldan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bravie's elbow.
Soldan misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bravie slowing the pace effectively.

Bravie manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bravie tries to clinch up but Soldan circles away and keeps his distance.
Soldan swinging wildly here.
Soldan misses with the combination.
Soldan misses with a two punch combination.
Bravie moves in looking to clinch but Soldan pushes him off.
Bravie wants to clinch.
Soldan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bravie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bravie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldan.
Bravie is looking to counter punch.
Soldan missing with a left hand there. Bravie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Soldan throws out a loose jab but Bravie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bravie tries to clinch up but Soldan circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bravie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bravie gets a clinch.
Soldan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Bravie.
Soldan has had enough of the clinch but Bravie keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soldan.
Soldan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bravie swings wildly with an uppercut but Soldan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bravie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soldans head.
Bravie lands a right hand.
Bravie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soldan looking to stall.
Bravie lands with a left to the head.
Soldan looks winded!
Soldan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Bravie breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldan throws a nice looking combination but Bravie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Bravie clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bravie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bravie gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Bravie is stalling here.
Bravie seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Bravie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldan's efforts to push away.
Soldan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soldan blocking some punches.
Bravie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soldan.
Soldan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soldan tries to work over Bravie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Bravie.
Soldan throws a punch but it's blocked by Bravie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Bravie dominated that round.
That's time! Bravie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bravie wants to clinch.
Bravie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soldan can do to turn this around?
Soldan lands a body shot.
Soldan lands a really nice looking cross but Bravie seems unphased.
Bravie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soldan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bravie tries to clinch but Soldan moves out of range.
Soldan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Soldan fails to land with a series of punches.
Bravie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soldan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bravie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soldan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bravie is looking to clinch but Soldan is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Magnus Bravie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Soldan.
Bravie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bravie swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soldan wants to get back to striking at distance but Bravie won't allow it.
Soldan has had enough of the clinch but Bravie keeps him there for the moment.

Soldan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soldan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bravie's hands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bravie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bravie misses with a few strikes there.
Bravie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soldan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bravie wants to clinch up but Soldan keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Soldan misses the target.
Soldan lands with a hook. Bravie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Soldan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bravie.

Bravie forces Soldan back against the cage and clinches.
Soldan blocks an uppercut.
Bravie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bravie has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bravie lands with a light punch inside.
Soldan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bravie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bravie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soldan digs a good hook to Bravie's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bravie tries to clinch but Soldan is having none of it.
Bravie tries to clinch up.
Bravie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soldan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bravie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bravie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bravie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bravie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Soldan is rocked!
Bravie staying out of range there.
Soldan is still on wobbly legs! Can Bravie finish him?
Bravie moves in looking to clinch but Soldan pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bravie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Soldan! But no joy.
Soldan throws a right and a left that Bravie avoids nicely.
Silvio Soldan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Bravie moves into the clinch.
Bravie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Soldan up against the cage.
Soldan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bravie's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bravie.
Bravie misses with a punch to the body.

Bravie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soldan misses with a two punch combination.
Bravie ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Soldan's jaw. Soldan's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Bravie does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Magnus Bravie!
Silvio Soldan was interviewed post fight and said 'I can't belive I just lost the fight against Justin Bieber.'.