PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Cutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Cutter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ernesto Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Cutter

185 cm
25
240 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

197 cm
20
270 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernesto Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Cutter!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Cutter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cutter is looking to land body kicks.

Cutter has managed to clinch.
Cutter managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva with a knee to the head.

It looks like William Cutter has been cut.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cutter is defending well for now.

Cutter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cutter lands a high kick!
William Cutter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutter lands with a good body shot.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Cutter breaks from the clinch.
Cutter throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Silva scores with a takedown into Cutter's guard.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Cutter prevents Silva from improving position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva trying to control the position but Cutter is working away.
Silva works to advance to full mount. Cutter defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cutter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cutter is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Cutter is on top in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.

Cutter wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cutter as he jumps to the side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cutter, right into the meat.

Cutter moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cutter tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Cutter avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cutter tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva prevents Cutter from standing back up.
Silva wants to take a breather but Cutter is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cutter wants to get back to his feet.

Silva seems to be looking for submissions.

Cutter kicks Silva off and gets back to his feet.

Cutter darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cutter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cutter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Cutter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cutter misses with a head kick.
Silva attempts a counter takedown but Cutter avoids it well and moves away.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Cutter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cutter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cutter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Cutter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cutter darts in trying to clinch

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cutter's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but William Cutter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Cutter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cutter throws a head kick that misses.
Silva feinted with a counter takedown.
Cutter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva tries to counter with a takedown but Cutter is quick to defend against it.
Cutter swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cutter scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutter. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cutter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cutter clinches up against the cage.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cutter lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cutter throws a head kick that half lands.
Cutter is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
Cutter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Cutter. Cutter maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cutter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
William Cutter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cutter tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to counter with a takedown but Cutter is quick to defend against it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Cutter breaks the clinch.
Cutter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cutter connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Cutter.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cutter is looking to score with low kicks.

Cutter moves into the clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cutter just stands there and leans against the cage.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Cutter.
Cutter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cutter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cutter lands with a shot to the body.
Cutter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Ernesto Silva has been cut.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

Cutter moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Cutter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cutter lands a head kick!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Cutter! Silva is out on his feet! Cutter rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Silva is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Silva is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Cutter!
A victorious William Cutter thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.