PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Trousers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trousers
vs
Silva

181 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wayne Trousers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trousers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Trousers.
Trousers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left lands for Trousers.

It looks like Juan Silva has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Trousers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Trousers throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Trousers misses with a double jab.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trouserss head.
Trousers misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trousers looking to stall.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Silva pushes Trousers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trousers throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Trousers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Trousers misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva dodges the punch combination from Trousers.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Trousers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Silva gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Trousers's head.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Silva lands a body shot.
Trousers takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Trousers walks into a jab.
Silva cracks Trousers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Trousers walks into a jab.
Trousers slips under a jab from Silva.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trousers avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva pushes Trousers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva digs a right hand into Trousers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trousers's gas tank.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Trousers is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Trousers's efforts to push away.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trousers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trouserss head.
A short right from Silva.
Our sources have told us that Trousers has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trousers or not.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trousers is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trousers tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Silva's cut.
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 throws a hook to the side of Trousers's head but Trousers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trousers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trousers misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trousers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wayne Trousers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Trousers ducks down to avoid it.
Trousers is looking to counter the offense by Silva and move into the clinch.
Trousers throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Trousers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Silva forces Trousers back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva has Trousers pressed against the cage, preventing Trousers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Trousers misses with a two punch combination.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Trousers should have avoided that one.
Trousers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Trousers misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Trousers moves away and avoids it.
Trousers slips under a jab from Silva.
Trousers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Juan Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trousers swinging wildly here.
Silva lands a jab to Trousers's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Trousers throws a combination that misses
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trousers blocks a jab.
Trousers feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Trousers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Trousers dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets through Trousers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva pushes Trousers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Trousers's ribcage. Trousers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva gets through Trousers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva gets through Trousers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva gets through Trousers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trousers keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Trousers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Trousers tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Trousers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Juan Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Trousers gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Trousers.
Silva gets through Trousers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva gets through Trousers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trousers looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trousers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Trousers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Trousers trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trousers into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trousers.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Trousers blocks the elbow strike.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Trousers has double underhooks.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trousers misses with a double jab
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Trousers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trousers misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Trousers thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trousers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Trousers.

Trousers gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva digs a right hand into Trousers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trousers's gas tank.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Trousers's ribcage. Trousers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva is working Trousers over against the cage.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Trousers has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva avoiding damage.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trousers backwards.
Trousers blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Trousers up against the cage.
Wayne Trousers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Trousers tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Silva!