PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Marko Rzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver has chosen Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rzic
vs
Silver

189 cm
32
186 lbs
15 - 9 - 2

185 cm
30
186 lbs
25 - 20 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marko Rzic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Billy Silver!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rzic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silver moves away from the strike by Rzic.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rzic!
Rzic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silver has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silver motions for Rzic to come forward. Silver throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rzic misses with a kick to the body.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rzic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silver will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rzic throws a leg kick but Silver moved away.
Silver lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rzic at a distance.
Silver connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rzic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rzic, right into the meat.
A lazy left from Rzic finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Silver.
Donk. Rzic catches Silver right on the button with a cross.
Silver throws a body punch but Rzic moves out of range.
Marko Rzic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic wants to land a leg kick but Silver is out of range.
Rzic throws a body kick that misses.
Silver throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silver throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rzic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silver is trying to counter with his kicks.
Rzic throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
Silver swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silver.
Silver connects with a leg kick. Rzic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rzic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silver counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silver lands a high kick!
Rzic takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rzic.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rzic was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.

That's two 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!
Silver throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rzic misses with a body punch
and Silver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Silver tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice straight punches there by Rzic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rzic.
Silver slips under a jab from Rzic.
Silver pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rzic is out of range and Silver settles back down.
Rzic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rzic scores with a decent looking hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Silver.
Silver will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silver.
Rzic catches Silver with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A low kick from Silver is predictable there
and Rzic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rzic lands a jab to Silver's midsection.
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 Marko Rzic will probably get the nod.
That's time! Rzic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silver takes a swing at Rzic's ribcage but misses.
Silver throws a nice head kick!
Silver takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rzic. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rzic lands a right hook to the body.
Silver avoids the body shot from Rzic.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silver.
Rzic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silver lands a right hook to the body.
Rzic checks a low kick from Silver.
Rzic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silver throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rzic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silver misses with a head kick.
Silver swings for the body but Rzic moves out of range.
Rzic lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver tries to bum rush Rzic with a series of wild strikes but Rzic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rzic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rzic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silver scrambles back to his feet.
Rzic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Rzic scores with a leg kick.
Rzic throws a good cross that connects.
Marko Rzic is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rzic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silver throws a head kick that misses.
Silver throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rzic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rzic connects with a single shot there.
Rzic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rzic scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rzic throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rzic swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silver counters with a head kick. That will keep Rzic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rzic moves out of range of the body kick.
Silver ducks right into an uppercut from Rzic.
Rzic moves out of range of the leg kick from Silver.
Rzic misses with a kick to the body
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silver tries a low kick but Rzic avoids it.
Silver avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rzic works the jab nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rzic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silver has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silver and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silver lands a leg kick that knocks Rzic off balance momentarily.
Rzic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rzic looks to throw the jab but Silver is out of range.
Rzic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rzic tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rzic moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Rzic misses its target.
Silver gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rzic throws the kick towards the body but Silver avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Rzic dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rzic tests Silver's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rzic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rzic throws a lazy right hand but Silver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rzic blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silver.
Rzic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silver lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rzic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rzic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver.
Rzic misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rzic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silver.
Silver fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rzic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rzic looks to throw the jab but Silver is out of range.
Silver thinks about the counter body kick.
Rzic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rzic scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rzic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silver goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Silver.
Silver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silver moves forwards but Rzic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rzic cracks Silver with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rzic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silver will feel that in the morning.
Silver staying out of range there.
Rzic scores with a jab. Silver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silver throws a chopping leg kick but Rzic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silver connects with a leg kick. Rzic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silver is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rzic rather than just go for the knockout.
Rzic lands a nice hook to Silver's body. Silver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rzic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver is looking to score with low kicks.
A lazy left from Rzic finds it's target.
Silver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rzic.
Silver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rzic to score with a decent uppercut.
Silver throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rzic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silver counters with a nice leg kick.
Rzic keeps Silver at a distance using the push kick.
Rzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rzic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver misses with a leg kick
and Rzic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rzic throws an overhand right that lands on Silver's shoulder, as Silver tries to avoid the shot.
Rzic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rzic cracks the inside of Silver's front leg.
Rzic throws a lazy uppercut
and Silver counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rzic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rzic backing away here, and Silver unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Rzic clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rzic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rzic scores with a hook.
Rzic misses with a straight left.
Rzic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Rzic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silver throws a head kick but Rzic moves out of range.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rzic.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rzic.
Silver's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rzic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silver scrambles back to his feet.
Rzic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rzic throws a right hand that misses
and Silver counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silver gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rzic counters with a good, hard body kick but Silver shrugs it off.
Rzic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rzic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rzic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rzic swings for the body but Silver moves out of range.
Rzic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silver.
Rzic takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Rzic. Beautiful body shot.
Silver throws a leg kick
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rzic fakes the leg kick and cracks Silver in the body.
Silver tries to work over Rzic's front leg with a kick but Rzic checks it.
Rzic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rzic checks a leg kick nicely.
Rzic moves out of range as Silver throws a body kick.
It looked like Rzic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silver sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rzic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silver.
Rzic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silver tried to score with a low kick but Rzic checks it.
Silver throws a push kick but Rzic slaps the foot to one side.
Rzic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rzic lands a lovely overhand right.
Rzic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silver shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rzic lands with an uppercut that bounces Silver off the ropes and back into range.
Rzic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rzic misses with a wild body shot.
Rzic lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Rzic had his way with Billy Silver in that round.
That's time! Rzic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Silver lands a jab to Rzic's midsection.
Rzic throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
Rzic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silver misses with a body kick.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Rzic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silver works Rzic's body with a nice hook.
Rzic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silver. Silver obviously looking to wear him down.
Silver throws a leg kick but Rzic sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver thuds his shin into the meat of Rzic's side.
Rzic's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Rzic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silver's head backwards.
Silver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rzic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic cracks a nice hook into Silver's ribs.
Rzic lands a nice looking body shot.
Silver is looking to chop away at Rzic's legs.
It looked like Rzic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rzic tests Silver's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silver.
Silver takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silver has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body kick there by Rzic.
Rzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Silver has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rzic.
Rzic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rzic takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rzic throws a hook to the side of Silver's head but Silver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rzic lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver slips a jab from Rzic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rzic throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rzic.
Rzic dips to his left and cracks Silver with an uppercut!
Rzic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Rzic throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver avoids the body shot from Rzic.
Rzic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rzic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Rzic. That snapped Silver's head back.
Silver tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rzic is able to avoid easily.
Good leg kick by Silver there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good work by Rzic as he checks the leg kick.
Rzic misses with a looping left.
Billy Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver throws a hook to the side of Rzic's head but Rzic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Rzic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rzic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:45
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Rzic!
A very excited looking Marko Rzic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.