PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Zsasz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with UFC Theme Song blaring out of the sound system. Zsasz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2Pac: When We Ride ft. Outlawz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Silva
vs
Zsasz

173 cm
38
142 lbs
55 - 10 - 3

182 cm
36
143 lbs
46 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 55 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Zsasz!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids the body shot from Zsasz.
Zsasz throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zsasz.
Zsasz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zsasz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Zsasz is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Zsasz sees coming a mile off.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zsasz moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Zsasz scores with a spinning back kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Zsasz.
Silva throws a leg kick but Zsasz checks it.
And Zsasz responds with a good body kick, but Silva manages to step out the way in time.
Zsasz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Zsasz just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zsasz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsasz throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Zsasz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Zsasz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zsasz jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zsasz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zsasz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Zsasz misses with a straight right.
Zsasz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zsasz takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Zsasz is out of range.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zsasz feints a counter leg kick.
Silva misses with the combination.
Zsasz looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zsasz lands a nice looking body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Zsasz avoids it.
Zsasz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Zsasz lands with a nice body punch.
Silva seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Zsasz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zsasz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zsasz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Zsasz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Zsasz settles back down.
Silva appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zsasz throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Silva throws a low kick but Zsasz moves out of range easily.
Zsasz checks a leg kick.
Silva misses with a hook. Zsasz ducked under it nicely.
Zsasz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Zsasz misses.
Silva tries to counter by clinching up but Zsasz breaks away and moves out of range.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Zsasz back into the cage.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zsasz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Zsasz controls his hands.
Zsasz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zsasz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Zsasz manages to break the clinch.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Zsasz is out of range.
Zsasz replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Silva blocks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Zsasz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zsasz takes a step back to recover.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva looks for the body kick but Zsasz saw that one coming.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva is looking to slow Zsasz down with leg kicks.
Zsasz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Zsasz in the body.
Zsasz throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva thinks about countering with a body kick.
Zsasz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva works Zsasz's body with a nice hook.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Zsasz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zsasz looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafa Silva dominated 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.

Silva ducks under a wild hook from Zsasz.
Zsasz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from Zsasz misses.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Zsasz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zsasz throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Zsasz takes one to the chin there.
Zsasz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zsasz scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zsasz can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zsasz.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zsasz was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Zsasz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zsasz throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva avoids the body shot from Zsasz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsasz scores with a nice body kick.
Silva avoids the body shot from Zsasz.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Zsasz wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva lands a head kick!

It looks like Victor Zsasz has been cut.
Zsasz misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Decent striking displayed by Zsasz there.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Zsasz scores with a jab.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zsasz on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zsasz defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zsasz's sensitive parts.
Zsasz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zsasz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zsasz checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks the inside of Zsasz's front leg.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Zsasz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zsasz! But no joy.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zsasz.
As Zsasz tries to get set, Silva tries to push him back and clinch up but Zsasz manages to avoid the attempt.
Zsasz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zsasz. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zsasz swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zsasz is able to avoid easily.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zsasz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Zsasz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Silva is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zsasz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zsasz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Zsasz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Zsasz moved away.
Silva misses with a hook.
Zsasz misses with a low kick.
Silva jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva tries to clinch but Zsasz moves away
and Zsasz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva thuds a left hand into Zsasz's body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zsasz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zsasz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Zsasz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Silva tries a low kick but Zsasz avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Zsasz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zsasz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zsasz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Zsasz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rafa Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Zsasz is predictable there
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Jab from Zsasz.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva 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 Zsasz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zsasz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zsasz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rafa Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Victor Zsasz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Zsasz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zsasz throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Zsasz moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Zsasz jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zsasz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Zsasz.
Zsasz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Zsasz's head back.

Zsasz is rocked!
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Zsasz is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva slips under a jab.
Zsasz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Zsasz throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zsasz seems to have recovered his senses.
Zsasz jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsasz slips a jab from Silva.
Zsasz scores with a leg kick.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zsasz misses with a low kick.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zsasz blocks a leg kick.
Silva backing away here, and Zsasz unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Zsasz blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a series of punches but Zsasz moves out of range.
Zsasz is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva is looking to chop away at Zsasz's legs.
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zsasz is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva throws a leg kick but Zsasz moved away.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zsasz throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Victor Zsasz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zsasz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zsasz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zsasz has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick but Zsasz moved away.
Zsasz blocks a leg kick.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zsasz misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Zsasz lands with a right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Good work by Zsasz as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks the inside of Zsasz's front leg.
Jab from Zsasz.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Zsasz misses with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Zsasz.
Zsasz swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Zsasz digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Zsasz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Zsasz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Zsasz.
As Zsasz tries to get set, Silva tries to push him back and clinch up but Zsasz manages to avoid the attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zsasz. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Silva tests Zsasz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zsasz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zsasz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zsasz tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zsasz punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Zsasz throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Zsasz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Rafa Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Zsasz tries to get set, Silva tries to push him back and clinch up but Zsasz manages to avoid the attempt.
Zsasz throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zsasz.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafa Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafa Silva!
A relieved looking Rafa Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Victor Zsasz had this to say: 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.