PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Buzz Meeks (ranked 1697 p4p, 227 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20368 p4p, 509 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Meeks
vs
Silva

185 cm
31
200 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

186 cm
27
187 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Buzz Meeks!
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, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Meeks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Meeks throws a lazy head kick
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Meeks closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the ropes.
Meeks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Meeks controls his hands.
Meeks can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Meeks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meeks can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Meeks blocks a body shot from Silva.
Meeks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meeks lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Meeks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meeks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meeks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Meeks gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meeks scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Meeks avoids it by throwing Silva back against the ropes.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Meeks.
Meeks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meeks lands a left hand.
Silva blocking some punches.
Meeks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Meeks blocks it.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Meeks blocks a body shot from Silva.
Meeks blocking some punches.
Meeks scores with a hook to the body.
Silva looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Meeks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Meeks fails to land.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Meeks fails to land.
Meeks blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Meeks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva pushes Meeks back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Meeks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks working aggressively here.
Meeks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meeks prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a body shot from Meeks.
A right hand to the body from Meeks.
A short right from Meeks on the inside.
I was talking to Meeks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Meeks lands with a light punch inside.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Meeks controls the action.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Meeks fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Meeks.
A short uppercut from Meeks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hand to the body from Meeks.
Meeks lands a left hand.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Meeks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buzz Meeks dominated that round.
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.

Meeks darts in and clinches Silva up against the ropes.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meeks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Buzz Meeks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Meeks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Meeks.
Meeks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Meeks throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meeks lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meeks pushes Silva back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meeks.
Meeks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meeks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Silva is rocked!
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meeks.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Meeks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meeks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Meeks swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meeks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Meeks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Meeks finish him?
Meeks creates a bit of distance and cracks Silva with a big uppercut! Silva goes down! The referee pushes Meeks away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Silva make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Meeks takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Buzz Meeks!
In his post fight interview, Buzz Meeks started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.