PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cyril Makarenko (ranked 5661 p4p, 83 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20171 p4p, 112 weight class). Makarenko comes to the ring accompanied by Macarena - Original version. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Makarenko
vs
Silva

194 cm
44
257 lbs
43 - 23 - 0

186 cm
29
187 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyril Makarenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makarenko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Makarenko is breathing heavily.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Makarenko off balance momentarily.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Makarenko 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.
Cyril Makarenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Makarenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makarenkos head.
Makarenko can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Makarenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Makarenko.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Makarenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
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!
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Makarenko controls his hands.
A short right from Silva.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Makarenko is rocked!
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Oh Makarenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A short left from Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Makarenko avoids the damage to the body.
Silva cracks Makarenko with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Makarenko goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Makarenko wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Arnaldo Silva!
Arnaldo Silva was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.