PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tj White (ranked 1316 p4p, 165 weight class) and Marco Silva (ranked 1336 p4p, 169 weight class). Marco Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

White
vs
Silva

179 cm
25
159 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

171 cm
25
161 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Arcticus University: London
Urban Fighter

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tj White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Silva!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A combination from White does no damage.
White lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva throws a counter combo.
White throws a good cross that connects.
White cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
White misses with a body shot.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
White stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
White digs a good hook to Silva's body.
A swing and a miss from White.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva avoids the body shot from White.
Silva steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from White.
White connects with a looping right hand.
White throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White jabs at Silva's body.
White keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White connects with a single shot there.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
White scores with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts White, as that shot connected.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
White misses with a right hand
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
White lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Silva is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
White is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
White with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by White.
White paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva tries to move into range but White moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
A lazy left from White finds it's target.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva is clearly trying to counter these attacks from White with a body shot.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tj White 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.

A left and a right from White both land. Nice combination.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
White misses with a body shot.
Silva follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
White is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from White finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A punch combination from White misses.
White moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSilva.
White connects with the punch.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from White.
White swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
White connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by White.
Silva slips under a jab from White.
White smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
White goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Tj White is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as White lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
White throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
White jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silva might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, White has got the better of the exchanges.
White throws a poor cross that misses

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
White is trying to break free.
Silva prevents White from breaking the clinch.
Silva blocks a body shot from White.
Silva misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
White lands with a right to the head.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Silva.
White tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
White is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
White tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
White prevents a body shot from Silva.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
White throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
White tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tj White dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

A punch combination from White misses.
Silva wants to counter the offense by White and move into the clinch position.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White lands with a good body shot.
Tj White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from White.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As White backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but White manages to avoid it all.
White feints a jab promting Silva to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice shot by White.
Silva slips a jab from White.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
White lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from White finds it's target.
Silva slips a jab from White.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from White.
White misses with a wild combination.
Marco Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva wants to counter the offense by White and move into the clinch position.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the button.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White sets himself, and Silva steps forward looking for the clinch! White avoids it this time.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards White to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from White.
White cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva tries to counter with a clinch but White shakes him off and moves away.
Tj White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tj White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for White, 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tj White!
Tj White decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.