PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Silva (ranked 820 p4p, 111 weight class) and Kyle Austin (ranked 1550 p4p, 201 weight class). Austin has chosen Roy Jones. Jr - Can't be Touched as his entrance music. Kyle Austin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Silva
vs
Austin

176 cm
22
172 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

181 cm
32
182 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Notorious

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Austin!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Austin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Austin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses

and Austin counters with a crisp one two that drops Silva! Austin thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Silva to his feet! Silva is in big trouble!
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Silva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva wants to clinch up but Austin keeps it at a distance.
Austin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Silva clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Austin tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva tries a body shot but Austin blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Austin working aggressively here.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Austin keeps him there for the moment.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Austin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Austin blocking some punches.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Austin tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Austin back against the cage.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Austin tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with some punches.
Austin blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva working aggressively here.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Austin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Austin lands with a light punch inside.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Austin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva working aggressively here.
Austin lands a nice uppercut.
Silva gets through Austin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.

Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Austin misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Austin misses its intended target.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Austin counters with a big right hand! Oh Silva is in trouble here! Austin follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Austin!
Kyle Austin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.