PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ira Wright (ranked 805 p4p, 668 weight class) and Starling Silva (ranked 117 p4p, 96 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Wright
vs
Silva

185 cm
38
175
33 - 11 - 2

191 cm
42
183
30 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 33 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ira Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Starling Silva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wright lands with a shot to the body.
Silva throws a low kick but Wright moves out of range easily.
A quick step to the side and Wright tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Wright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wright scores with a nice body kick.
Wright attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wright walks into a left hand.
Wright fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wright scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wright on the side of the head.

It looks like Ira Wright has been cut.
Wright motions for Silva to come forward. Wright throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva cracks Wright with an open hand slap.
Wright throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And Silva responds with a good body kick, but Wright manages to step out the way in time.
Wright slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wright throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Silva jabs at Wright's body.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Wright misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Wright throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva cracks Wright with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Wright is rocked!
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright is looking to counter punch.
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!
Wright throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Wright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wright - that landed with a thud.
Wright makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Wright.
A short uppercut from Wright.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Wright lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Wright avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Wright back against the cage.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Wright lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wright lands a nice uppercut.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva working aggressively here.

Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
It looked like Wright wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Wright.
Wright takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Ira Wright's cut is getting worse.
Ira Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Wright scores with a jab to the body.
Wright throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silva misses with a hook
and Wright makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Wright tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Wright scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.

Silva is rocked!
Wright scores with a body shot.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Silva is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Wright doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Silva crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Silva's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ira Wright!
A very excited looking Ira Wright made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.