PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rham Kota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kota comes to the cage accompanied by Won't Let You Down - Chamillionaire. Rham Kota has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kota
vs
Silva

225 cm
31
307 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

193 cm
20
283 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rham Kota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leandro Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kota swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Kota with an uppercut!
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kota at a distance.
Kota avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva takes a swing at Kota's ribcage but misses.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Kota is out of range.
Silva misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva thuds a left hand into Kota's body.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kota takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kota tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Silva defends well and Kota ends up having to push Silva into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Silva throws out a counter right but Kota avoids it with no problem.
Kota fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Jab from Silva.
Kota takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kota is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kota on the side of the head.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kota shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kota walks into a jab.

Kota is rocked!
Kota avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kota had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kota on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kota is breathing heavily.
Silva cracks Kota with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Kota slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kota avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva with a jab.
Kota avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck for Kota with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rham Kota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kota swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!

Kota fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Kota persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Kota sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Kota not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Kota is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kota is working away from the top position though.
Kota thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kota. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kota is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Kota thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leandro Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva lands a jab to Kota's midsection.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva lands a nice hook to Kota's body. Kota takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kota fails to land the takedown.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Silva. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Kota fails with the takedown.
Leandro Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kota looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rham Kota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kota moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva lands the left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Rham Kota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Kota has his takedown stuffed
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Kota is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands an uppercut, right on the button! Kota tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leandro Silva!