PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ding Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Dong
vs
Da Silva

180 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ding Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luiz Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dong keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Da Silva 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.
Dong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dong misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dong.

Da Silva gets tackled into the cage by Dong. Dong maintains the clinch.
Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Dong.
Da Silva trying to control the position but instead, Dong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Da Silva into the cage.
Da Silva trying to stall but Dong improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva misses with some punches.
Da Silva tries a body shot but Dong blocks it.
Dong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Dong.
Dong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Da Silva's elbow.
Dong is leaning against Da Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong lands a shot to the body.
Da Silva trying to stall but Dong improves his position.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Dong improves position.
Dong blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Da Silva fails to land.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Dong.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dong struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Silva controls his hands.
Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Dong tries to work over Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

It looks like Luiz Da Silva has been cut.
Da Silva lands a shot to the body.
Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Dong misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Dong controls the action.
Dong tries to work over Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Dong.
Dong blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Dong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Da Silva wants to stall.
Dong tries to throw a body punch but Da Silva avoids it by throwing Dong back against the cage.
Dong is leaning against Da Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Da Silva's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Dong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva tries to work over Dong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Da Silva tries a body shot but Dong blocks it.
Dong struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Silva controls his hands.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dong's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to work over Dong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Dong.
Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Dong.
Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dong prevents a body shot from Da Silva.
Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Dong's head.
Dong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dong misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Da Silva fails to land.
A short right from Dong.
Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Dong misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Da Silva to work.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Dong.
Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Dong.
Da Silva working aggressively here.
Dong tries to throw a body punch but Da Silva avoids it by throwing Dong back against the cage.
Dong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dong misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Da Silva fails to land.
Dong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Dong controls his hands.
Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Dong.
Dong throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Dong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Dong.
Dong prevents a body shot from Da Silva.
A shot in the inside from Da Silva.
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 Ding Dong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Luiz Da Silva'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.

Dong darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Dong pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dong. Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dong swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Ding Dong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dong misses with a body punch
and Da Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Dong circles away.
Dong feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Da Silva misses with a hook
and Dong counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva misses with a looping left.
Dong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Da Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dong thows a body kick. Da Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.

Dong lands a left and a right that send Da Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Dong thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

That has opened up Luiz Da Silva's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong lands a nice shot to the body.
Da Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dong stuns Da Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Dong cracks Da Silva with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Da Silva looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Dong finish him?

Da Silva is rocked!

The cut above Luiz Da Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Dong has closed the distance and engaged Da Silva in a clinch.
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!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dong lands a left hand.
Dong lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dong throws a big uppercut that drops Da Silva! More strikes from Dong and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Da Silva lies dazed against the cage as Dong celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ding Dong!
A very excited looking Ding Dong 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.