PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Toshi Matoshin (ranked 2922 p4p, 286 weight class) and Daniel Silvestre (ranked 2683 p4p, 261 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Matoshin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mortal Kombat theme. Silvestre has chosen El Chapo - The Game feat Skrillex as his entrance music. Daniel Silvestre has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Toshi Matoshin's chin.

Matoshin
vs
Silvestre

180 cm
42
158 lbs
49 - 29 - 3

176 cm
40
165 lbs
34 - 19 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 49 - 29 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Toshi Matoshin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Silvestre!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matoshin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silvestre needs to keep his hands up - Matoshin had a free shot at his head there.
Matoshin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silvestre.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matoshin.
Nice cross by Matoshin.
Matoshin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silvestre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matoshin.
Silvestre slips a jab from Matoshin.
Silvestre throws a hook but Matoshin blocks it.
Silvestre throws a lazy uppercut
and Matoshin counters with a nice leg kick.
Matoshin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Matoshin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silvestre was well out of range. Poor timing from Matoshin.
Silvestre ducks under a wild hook from Matoshin.
Matoshin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matoshin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matoshin with a jab.
Matoshin throws a jab but it's blocked by Silvestre.
Silvestre stuns Matoshin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Matoshin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silvestre in his tracks.
Matoshin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silvestre's sensitive parts.
Silvestre lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silvestre blocks a head kick by Matoshin.
Matoshin takes a swing at Silvestre's ribcage but misses.
Matoshin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Matoshin looks to throw the jab but Silvestre is out of range.
Matoshin throws a hook to the side of Silvestre's head but Silvestre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matoshin jabs Silvestre right on the nose. Silvestre blinks but takes it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Matoshin scores with a four punch combination!
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!
Silvestre gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matoshin misses with a body shot.
Matoshin cracks Silvestre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silvestre walks into a left hand.
Matoshin connects with an inside leg kick.
Silvestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matoshin.
Silvestre on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silvestre misses with a looping right.
Silvestre walks into a jab.
Matoshin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Matoshin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvestre.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matoshin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvestre manages to avoid it.
Silvestre slips a straight right by Matoshin.
Matoshin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshi Matoshin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Silvestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matoshin.
Silvestre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matoshin.
Silvestre throws a big counter head kick but Matoshin avoids it with no problem.
Matoshin tried to score with a low kick but Silvestre checks it.
Matoshin just misses with a punch to the body.
Silvestre wants to counter with a clinch but Matoshin pushes him away.
Matoshin misses with a combination
and Silvestre counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silvestre doesn't manage to clinch there - Matoshin circles away.
Matoshin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matoshin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvestre can do to turn this around?

Silvestre clinches with his opponent.
Matoshin digs a right hand into Silvestre's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silvestre's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silvestre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matoshin stuns Silvestre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silvestre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Matoshin.
Silvestre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Toshi Matoshin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matoshin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Matoshin lands with a kick to the temple. Silvestre shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Matoshin scores with a sloppy right hand. Silvestre should have avoided that one.
Matoshin throws a sloppy head kick and Silvestre moves out of range easily.
Matoshin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silvestre backs up against the ropes.
Silvestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matoshin.
Silvestre misses with a looping left.
Silvestre slips under a jab from Matoshin.
Silvestre is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Matoshin misses the shot to the body.
Silvestre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silvestre takes one on the button.
Silvestre moves out of range of the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Silvestre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Matoshin lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matoshin throws a hook but Silvestre blocks it.
Matoshin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silvestre throws a wild body kick that Matoshin sees coming a mile off.
Matoshin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matoshin throws a looping overhand right but Silvestre ducks down to avoid it.
Matoshin misses with a right hand
and Silvestre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Toshi Matoshin has been cut.
Matoshin sizes up Silvestre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Matoshin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Matoshin throws a hook to the side of Silvestre's head but Silvestre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silvestre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Silvestre.
Silvestre moves out of range as Matoshin strikes.
A little jabbing left from Silvestre on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshi Matoshin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Toshi Matoshin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Matoshin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toshi Matoshin is winning the standup battle so far.
Matoshin throws the left hand but Silvestre avoids the punch easily.
Silvestre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silvestre missing with a left hand there. Matoshin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matoshin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silvestre tries a head kick but it misses.
Silvestre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matoshin. Matoshin obviously looking to wear him down.
Matoshin connects with a leg kick. Silvestre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Matoshin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matoshin scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matoshin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Matoshin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silvestre goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Silvestre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Matoshin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matoshin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Matoshin connects with an inside leg kick.
Silvestre throws a big shot that misses.
Matoshin misses with a low kick.
Matoshin looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvestre is just out of range.
Matoshin lands with a kick to the temple. Silvestre shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice defenses there by Silvestre.
Silvestre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matoshin looks to throw the jab but Silvestre is out of range.
Matoshin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Matoshin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silvestre misses with an uppercut
and Matoshin counters with a three punch combo that has Silvestre backing up. Silvestre nods at Matoshin to acknowledge the strikes.
Silvestre throws an overhand right that lands on Matoshin's shoulder, as Matoshin tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matoshin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silvestre's sensitive parts.
Matoshin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silvestre counters with a straight right hand.
Daniel Silvestre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matoshin misses with an uppercut. Silvestre saw that one coming.
Silvestre might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silvestre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silvestre throws the left hand but Matoshin avoids the punch easily.
Matoshin throws a series of strikes that have Silvestre backpedaling.
Matoshin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silvestre.
Decent striking displayed by Matoshin there.
Matoshin tries to bum rush Silvestre with a series of wild strikes but Silvestre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silvestre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Matoshin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Silvestre misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toshi Matoshin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Matoshin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toshi Matoshin!
Toshi Matoshin took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill for their support in the buildup to the fight.