PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 4896 p4p, 0 weight class) and Staph Aureus (ranked 10406 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Aureus

192 cm
36
251 lbs
20 - 36 - 0

192 cm
46
275 lbs
36 - 40 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 36 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 40 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Staph Aureus!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Aureus sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Aureus sprawls well.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aureus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aureus can pounce on him.
Aureus tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodrigo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva with a poor takedown

and Aureus moves into the clinch.
Aureus is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aureus lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aureus lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Aureus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Aureus lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aureus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Aureus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Aureus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Rodrigo Silva has been cut.
Aureus works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Aureus misses with a knee to the head.
Silva wants a takedown.
Nice body punch from Aureus.
Aureus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aureus landing knees to the body.
Aureus connects with a knee to the head.
Aureus looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aureus pulls his leg out and moves away.

Aureus clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Aureus pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Aureus.
Aureus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Aureus prevents a takedown attempt there.
Aureus scores with a hook to the body.
Aureus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva wants to take the fight to the mat but Aureus manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aureus.
Aureus working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Silva is rocked!
Aureus landing knees to the body.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aureus.
Aureus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aureus obliges.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Aureus landing knees to the body.
Aureus landing knees to the body.
Aureus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aureus pushes Silva against the cage. Aureus is working some dirty boxing. Aureus pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Aureus moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Staph Aureus!
An out of breath Staph Aureus thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.