PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Boris Drakivomoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Soa Silva enters the cage!

Drakivomoy
vs
Silva

166 cm
25
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
150 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Sydney Fight Gear
Popeye Nutritional Supplement

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Drakivomoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Soa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Drakivomoy throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Drakivomoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drakivomoy's elbow.
Drakivomoy blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drakivomoy trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Drakivomoy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drakivomoy pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Drakivomoy misses with the head strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Drakivomoy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakivomoy misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with some punches.
Drakivomoy prevents a body shot from Silva.
Drakivomoy lands with a right to the head.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Drakivomoy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drakivomoy taking a breather.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Drakivomoy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drakivomoy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drakivomoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Drakivomoy's head.
A head punch on the inside from Drakivomoy fails to land.
Drakivomoy working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakivomoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Drakivomoy looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Drakivomoy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drakivomoy.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Drakivomoy lands a right hand.
Drakivomoy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Drakivomoy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakivomoy is stalling here.
Drakivomoy slows down the pace here.
Drakivomoy tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Drakivomoy fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Drakivomoy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drakivomoy swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drakivomoy has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakivomoy misses with the head strike.
Our sources have told us that Drakivomoy has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Drakivomoy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drakivomoy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short left from Drakivomoy.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drakivomoy is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Drakivomoy into the cage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drakivomoy misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Come on Drakivomoy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Drakivomoy blocks an uppercut.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drakivomoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Soa Silva will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Drakivomoy ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Drakivomoy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva misses with a straight left.

Silva rushes Drakivomoy and presses him up against the cage.
Drakivomoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Drakivomoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Drakivomoy.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Drakivomoy.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
A hook to the body from Drakivomoy.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Drakivomoy improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakivomoy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Drakivomoy stalling the fight.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drakivomoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drakivomoy.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Drakivomoy lands with a short shot to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drakivomoy.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drakivomoy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy blocks an uppercut.
Drakivomoy lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva prevents a body shot from Drakivomoy.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Drakivomoy scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakivomoy trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva working aggressively here.
Drakivomoy wants to stall.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drakivomoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy blocks a body shot from Silva.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Drakivomoy fails to land.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drakivomoy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Drakivomoy scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Drakivomoy controls his hands.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drakivomoy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Boris Drakivomoy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drakivomoy blocks an uppercut.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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 Boris Drakivomoy will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight stays on the outside here - Drakivomoy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot lands for Drakivomoy.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drakivomoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva pushes Drakivomoy up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva gets through Drakivomoy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drakivomoy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drakivomoy stalls.
Drakivomoy tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Drakivomoy back against the cage.
Drakivomoy misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.
Drakivomoy trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Drakivomoy backwards.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drakivomoy misses with the head strike.
Drakivomoy lands a right hand.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Drakivomoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Drakivomoy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drakivomoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drakivomoy stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Drakivomoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drakivomoy stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drakivomoy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drakivomoy stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.
Drakivomoy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva blocking some punches.
Drakivomoy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drakivomoy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drakivomoy backwards.
Drakivomoy lands a left hand.
Drakivomoy stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
A short left from Silva.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drakivomoy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drakivomoy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Drakivomoy fails to land.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Drakivomoy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Drakivomoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drakivomoy slows down the pace here.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drakivomoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Drakivomoy misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Drakivomoy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Drakivomoy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Boris Drakivomoy.
Well Drakivomoy 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Soa Silva!
Soa Silva bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.