PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willie Wood (ranked 1850 p4p, 248 weight class) and Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 1680 p4p, 223 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Wood
vs
Ferreira Da Silva

200 cm
24
180 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
193 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Sportivité

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood needs to keep his hands up - Ferreira Da Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Ferreira Da Silva misses the jab.
Wood is looking to counter punch.
Wood scores with a jab. Ferreira Da Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wood tries a low kick but Ferreira Da Silva avoids it.
Wood looks to land a left hand but Ferreira Da Silva moved out of range nicely.
Wood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ferreira Da Silva. Ferreira Da Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Ferreira Da Silva blocks the leg kick.
Wood throws out a loose jab but Ferreira Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wood blocks the body kick.
Wood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ferreira Da Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Ferreira Da Silva slips a jab from Wood.
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!
Ferreira Da Silva throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wood has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood is looking to chop away at Ferreira Da Silva's legs.
Wood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Wood.
A bone on bone clash there as Wood blocks the leg kick.
As Ferreira Da Silva backs away, Wood returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Ferreira Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Wood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferreira Da Silva's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ferreira Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!

Ferreira Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Wood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ferreira Da Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good work by Wood as he checks the leg kick.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Wood misses.
Ferreira Da Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferreira Da Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wood looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ferreira Da Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wood connects with a right hand. Ferreira Da Silva shakes it off.
Wood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a fast counter high kick but Wood manages to duck under it in time.
Ferreira Da Silva throws the kick towards the body but Wood avoids it.
It appears Wood was looking to counter with a kick there.
Good standup being displayed there by Ferreira Da Silva as he connects with a hook.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ferreira Da Silva moves away.
Ferreira Da Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wood avoids the body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tried to score with a low kick but Wood checks it.

Wood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Ferreira Da Silva blocks it.
Wood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Wood comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has been cut.
Ferreira Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva prevents a body shot from Wood.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva looks winded!
Wood lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a body shot from Wood.
Wood lands a nice shot to the body.
Wood scores with a shot to the side of Ferreira Da Silva's head.
Wood misses with a body punch.
Wood digs a right hand into Ferreira Da Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ferreira Da Silva's gas tank.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Ferreira Da Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands a shoulder strike.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wood digs a right hand into Ferreira Da Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ferreira Da Silva's gas tank.
Wood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wood lands an elbow that stopped Ferreira Da Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Wood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wood gets through Ferreira Da Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood lands a shoulder strike.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood prevents a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood scores a nice knee to the body.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wood lands a left hand.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Wood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ferreira Da Silva wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wood misses with a low kick.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick but Wood sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wood lands a head shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Wood counters with a left to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Ferreira Da Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood tries to move into range but Ferreira Da Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a jab to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wood.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood slips a jab from Ferreira Da Silva.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Wood's head.

Wood has managed to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ferreira Da Silvas head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wood struggles to land a body shot inside as Ferreira Da Silva controls his hands.
Wood lands an elbow just above Ferreira Da Silva 's eye.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage.
Wood gets through Ferreira Da Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Wood lands an elbow inside that Ferreira Da Silva shrugs off.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood working aggressively here.
Wood lands a hook that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wood.
Wood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Wood tries to work over Ferreira Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wood landing knees to the head.

Ferreira Da Silva is rocked!

That has opened up Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva's cut even more.
Ferreira Da Silva works on Wood's body with a couple of short punches.
Ferreira Da Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
Wood misses with the head strike.
Ferreira Da Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wood backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Wood.

Ferreira Da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to clinch.
Wood quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a straight left.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body shot.
It appears Wood was looking to counter with a kick there.
Wood tries to clinch but Ferreira Da Silva is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ferreira Da Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wood thuds his right hand into Ferreira Da Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wood tries to clinch there but Ferreira Da Silva circles away.
Wood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a right hand that Wood ducks under and follows up with a left that Wood also avoids with ease.
Ferreira Da Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wood is out of range and Ferreira Da Silva settles back down.

Wood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wood.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ferreira Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Ferreira Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wood blocks an elbow strike.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferreira Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Ferreira Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Willie Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ferreira Da Silva misses the jab.
Wood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ferreira Da Silva avoids the head kick by Wood.
Wood lands with a good body shot.
Wood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wood counters with a left to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Wood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood loads up on a big right hand but Ferreira Da Silva slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wood lands with a right hand.
Ferreira Da Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wood. Ferreira Da Silva shrugs it off though.
Ferreira Da Silva swinging wildly here.
Wood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wood's corner calls for a 1-2. Wood obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ferreira Da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an uppercut. Wood saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood throws a looping overhand right but Ferreira Da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Wood moves out of range of the strikes.
Wood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ferreira Da Silva throws out the jab.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva works Wood's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Wood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ferreira Da Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ferreira Da Silva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Wood takes a swing at Ferreira Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook to the side of Wood's head but Wood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wood takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ferreira Da Silva momentarily.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Wood slips a jab from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Wood counters with a stiff right hand.
Wood takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook but Wood blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ferreira Da Silva. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A shot to the body from Wood misses
and Ferreira Da Silva counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ferreira Da Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreira Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Ferreira Da Silva throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Wood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Ferreira Da Silva.
Nice uppercut lands for Ferreira Da Silva. That snapped Wood's head back.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick from Wood misses.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wood throws a leg kick which misses Ferreira Da Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Ferreira Da Silva tries to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Ferreira Da Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wood checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An attempted straight right counter from Wood misses the target.
Wood tries to land a front kick but Ferreira Da Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a good hook to Wood's body.
Ferreira Da Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood misses with a looping left.
Ferreira Da Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wood counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wood moves away from the strike by Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a low kick but Wood avoids it.
Wood throws a leg kick but Ferreira Da Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a low kick.
Wood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ferreira Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Ferreira Da Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a low kick but Wood avoids it.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a straight left.
Wood checks a leg kick.

Wood moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Wood.
Ferreira Da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferreira Da Silva's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
Wood lands a nice uppercut.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Ferreira Da Silva.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ferreira Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Wood pushes Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wood pushes Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wood misses with the head strike.
Willie Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Wood controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Wood controls his hands.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferreira Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Wood.

Ferreira Da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferreira Da Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wood on the side of the head.
Wood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick but Wood sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ferreira Da Silva connects with a right hand. Wood shakes it off.
A solid body kick from Wood.
Wood tries to clinch there but Ferreira Da Silva circles away.
Wood tries to clinch but Ferreira Da Silva is having none of it.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wood lands a nice shot to the body.
Wood lands with a straight right. Ferreira Da Silva didn't see that one coming.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Wood's shoulder, as Wood tries to avoid the shot.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ferreira Da Silva has time to react.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wood 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Wood!
Willie Wood made sure to mention his sponsor, Sportivité in his post fight interview.