PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Teló (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Stop (Blue Mix) - Ghost K blaring out of the sound system. Teló comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Michel Telo - Ai se eu te pego kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Teló

183 cm
32
217 lbs
27 - 11 - 0

196 cm
29
209 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Invictus
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Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

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 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michel Teló!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teló takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Teló moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Teló takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Teló tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Teló.
Silva looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Teló lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Teló moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Teló on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A cross from Teló lands.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Teló blocks the leg kick.
Teló wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Teló throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Teló ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Teló avoids the head kick by Silva.
A nice leg kick lands there from Teló.
Teló misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teló has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Teló tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.

Teló gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Teló stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
Teló keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Teló is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva is looking to escape.

Teló is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Silva as he works his way to full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Teló from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Teló from controlling successfully.
Teló slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Teló has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Silva!
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Teló.
Teló lands a couple of good shots and Silva has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Silva fending off the submission attempt from Teló.

Silva preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Teló.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Silva trying to get back to his feet but Teló is in full control for now.

Teló has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Teló patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Silva is trying to stand back up.
A lull in the action here.

Teló looking to break Silva's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Silva remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Teló will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló missing with punches from the back.

Teló is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Silva is defending well though. Teló let's go of the attempt for now.

Teló is looking for a choke. Silva gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Silva manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Teló's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Teló is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michel Teló will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Teló uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva tries to bum rush Teló with a series of wild strikes but Teló uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Teló lands with a nice body punch.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Teló.
Silva swings for the body but Teló moves out of range.
Teló swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teló.
Teló misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Teló chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Teló is just out of range.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teló.
Teló moves away from the strike by Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teló connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Teló. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva checks a low kick from Teló.
A lazy body kick from Teló
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Teló 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva tries to clinch up but Teló circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Teló moves out of range of the body kick.
Teló looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Silva slips a straight right by Teló.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Eduardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.

Teló gets a takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Teló in particular looking to stall.
Teló prevents Silva from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva won't allow Teló to pass to mount.

Teló is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Teló sits in half guard.

Teló is looking for a kimura here.
Teló trying to advance position but Silva counters by regaining guard.
Teló working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Teló presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Teló blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Teló tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Teló back against the cage.
Teló effectively controlling the action here.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Teló uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Teló lands a nice uppercut.
Teló is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Teló lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva gets through Teló's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Teló gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Teló lands with a right to the head.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva tries to stall but Teló uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva works on Teló's body with a couple of short punches.

Teló's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eduardo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Teló is able to avoid easily.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Eduardo Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Teló throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Teló works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Teló looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michel Teló will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teló moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teló swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Teló throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Teló displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Teló throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Teló connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Teló counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva moves away from the strike by Teló.
A big right from Silva misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva slips under a jab from Teló.
Teló pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Teló throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Teló defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.

Silva moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Teló as Silva tries to tie him up.

Teló's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Teló takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva throws a body punch but Teló moves out of range.
Teló scores with a jab to the body.
Teló lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Teló pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Teló blocks a leg kick.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Teló's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Teló scrambles back to his feet.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Teló.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
A little jabbing left from Teló on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Teló lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva blocks a head kick by Teló.
Silva is looking for a counter combo.
Eduardo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Teló misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Teló does a little dance to reset his feet.
Teló throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Teló scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Teló paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Teló avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Teló misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Teló uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Teló counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Teló scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Teló counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Teló scores with a head kick.
Teló is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Teló with a hook.

Silva is rocked!
Silva tries to land a front kick but Teló steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva backing away here, and Teló unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Teló goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Michel Teló is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Teló counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teló lands a head kick!
Teló delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Teló finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Teló scores with a jab to the head.
Teló lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva takes a swing at Teló's ribcage but misses.
Teló looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva lands a body shot.
Teló has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Teló is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Teló lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Teló is out of range.
Teló has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Teló.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teló ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Teló! But no joy.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Teló feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Teló connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michel Teló comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Teló has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michel Teló!