PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manus Grant (ranked 2293 p4p, 106 weight class) and Rafa Silva (ranked 4434 p4p, 214 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck - AC/DC. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. UFC Theme Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Grant
vs
Silva

170 cm
40
140 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

173 cm
45
142 lbs
59 - 19 - 3

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manus Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 59 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Grant.
Grant throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Grant backing away here, and Silva unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Silva looks for the body kick but Grant saw that one coming.
Grant digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Grant scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Manus Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva looks for the body kick but Grant saw that one coming.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grant is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grant. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Grant if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grant!
Grant takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Grant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Grant wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Grant blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Grant avoids it.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Manus Grant has been cut.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grant will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Grant lands a head kick!
Grant throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Grant takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silva throws a push kick but Grant slaps the foot to one side.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grant on the side of the head.
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 clash of legs there as Grant blocks the low kick.
Grant is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant moves out of range of the body kick.
Grant misses with a head kick.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Grant. Grant maintains the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Grant is controlling the position.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Grant has the dominant position.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Grant backwards.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grant misses with an elbow over the top.

Grant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grant throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grant throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva misses with a kick to the body
and Grant counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Grant is looking to counter with head kicks.
Grant misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Grant throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grant.
Grant fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grant takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
Grant lands a head kick!
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grant lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Silva is rocked!
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Grant finish him?
Grant takes one to the chin there.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Grant checks a low kick from Silva.
Grant fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silva just manages to avoid it.
Grant lands with a good body shot.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva misses with a body kick.
A jab from Silva misses.
Grant throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grant misses with a double jab.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grant avoids a kick to the body.
Grant wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grant thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
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 Manus Grant will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Manus Grant's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grant is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Grant wants to clinch.
Grant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Grant lands the left hand.
Silva avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant misses with a hook.
Silva pushes Grant away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Grant will feel that in the morning.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grant lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Grant shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Manus Grant is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Grant throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva moves out of range as Grant throws a body kick.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Grant bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Grant throws a one two combo.
Grant misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick but Grant moves out of range.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Grant avoids it.
Grant misses with a two punch combination.
Grant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva lands a big head kick that sends Grant tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Grant back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Grant is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Grant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crunch! Silva slams his shin into Grant's torso.
Grant scores with a jab to the body.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grant throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grant blocks the body kick.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grant seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Grant saw it coming and moves away.
Grant checks a low kick from Silva.
Grant thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grant misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Grant crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Grant gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Grant manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grant takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Grant connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva slips a straight right by Grant.
Silva throws a leg kick but Grant sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grant misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Grant is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A head kick misses from Grant.
Grant lands with a shot to the body.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grant checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grant avoids a kick to the body.
Grant was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grant misses with a looping right.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grant at a distance.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It looked like Grant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grant connects with a body shot.
Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
Grant thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Nice jab there from Grant.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva checks a low kick from Grant.
Grant tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grant pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grant connects with a solid leg kick.
Grant missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rafa Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Manus Grant's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Grant's side.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Grant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva tries to work over Grant's front leg with a kick but Grant checks it.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Grant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grant checks a leg kick nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grant checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Grant lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva avoids the body shot from Grant.
Silva is trying to counter with his kicks.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant lands a nice shot to the body.
Grant fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant misses with a looping left.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva cracks the inside of Grant's front leg.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva tests Grant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grant stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Grant moves away and avoids it.
Grant lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Grant throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grant misses with a body shot.
Silva feints a counter leg kick.
Grant tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a push kick but Grant slaps the foot to one side.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Grant lands a body shot.
Grant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grant blocks the body kick.
Silva lands a front kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grant. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grant swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Grant will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Grant throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grant checks a leg kick.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
Grant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A solid body kick from Grant.
Silva tries to move into range but Grant moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Grant lands an overhand right.
Grant throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Grant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Grant lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grant lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva with a jab.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Grant.
Silva misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Grant.
Grant throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Grant throws a body kick that misses.
Silva misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva avoids the head kick by Grant.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant checks a leg kick nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Grant. Those never looked like landing.
Grant pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grant lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grant avoids the head kick by Silva.
Grant takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manus Grant showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Grant has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manus Grant!
A very excited looking Manus Grant 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.