PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between MarceIo H Del Pilar (ranked 5983 p4p, 477 weight class) and Silo Zama (ranked 5717 p4p, 468 weight class). Del Pilar comes into the arena with Noypi by Bamboo blaring out of the sound system. Zama is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Paint it Black. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

H Del Pilar
vs
Zama

196 cm
26
265 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
252 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Powerful

BEAST

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, MarceIo H Del Pilar !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Silo Zama!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Del Pilar ducks under a wild hook from Zama.
Del Pilar misses the jab.
Zama lands a body shot.
Del Pilar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yaw-Yan Ardigma in the buildup to the fight.

Del Pilar has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Del Pilar .
Zama tries a knee to the head but Del Pilar blocks it.
Del Pilar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Pilar lands a body punch in the clinch.

Del Pilar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zama tries to clinch there but Del Pilar circles away.
Del Pilar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zama.
Del Pilar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zama throws out the jab.
Zama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Del Pilar .
A little feinted left hand from Del Pilar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zama paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Del Pilar moves out of range as Zama strikes.
Silo Zama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Del Pilar scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Zama beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.

It looks like Silo Zama has been cut.

Del Pilar pushes Zama up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Pilar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zama struggles to land a body shot inside as Del Pilar controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Del Pilar .
Zama lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Del Pilar cracks Zama with a nice body shot.
Zama looks winded!
Del Pilar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Del Pilar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zama looking to stall.
Zama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Pilar .
Zama lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Del Pilar .
Zama misses with a punch on the inside.
Zama trying to control the position but instead, Del Pilar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zama into the ropes.
Zama misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Pilar lands a body shot.

Del Pilar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Zama gets tackled into the ropes by Del Pilar . Del Pilar maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Pilar prevents a body shot from Zama.
Zama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Del Pilar lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Del Pilar as the two fighters clinch.
Del Pilar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zama is trying to stall.
Del Pilar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zama lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Del Pilar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Del Pilar scores with a shoulder strike.

Zama is rocked!
Del Pilar misses with the head strike.
Zama is still on wobbly legs! Can Del Pilar finish him?
Del Pilar misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Del Pilar .
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Del Pilar cracks Zama with a nice body shot.
Del Pilar throws a punch but it's blocked by Zama.
Zama seems to have recovered his senses.
Del Pilar throws a head punch that misses.
Zama blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zama taking a breather.
Zama takes a shot to the head.
Zama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Del Pilar breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Zama with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Zama looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Zama get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). MarceIo H Del Pilar !
MarceIo H Del Pilar is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, MarceIo H Del Pilar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Silo Zama was interviewed post fight and said 'Do you know what the good thing about pain is? It shows you that you are still alive.'.