PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Arnaldo Silva (ranked 19502 p4p, 4764 weight class) and Marius Wieneke (ranked 695 p4p, 543 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wieneke's choice of entrance music: Satyricon - K.I.N.G . Arnaldo Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marius Wieneke's chin.

Silva
vs
Wieneke

186 cm
34
187
29 - 20 - 0

186 cm
41
195
19 - 40 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnaldo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 40 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marius Wieneke!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Wieneke.

Wieneke moves into the clinch.
Wieneke looking to stall.
Wieneke tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Wieneke manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wieneke tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Wieneke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wieneke working Silva over with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Wieneke tries to tie him up.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Wieneke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wieneke takes the fight into the clinch.
Wieneke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Wieneke avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wieneke.
Wieneke looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wieneke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wieneke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wieneke looking to stall.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.

Wieneke breaks from the clinch.
Wieneke looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wieneke has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Wieneke is just out of range.
Wieneke with a nice calf kick.
Wieneke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wieneke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Wieneke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Arnaldo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a push kick but Wieneke slaps the foot to one side.
Wieneke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Wieneke misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Wieneke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wieneke.
Wieneke only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wieneke steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wieneke.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Wieneke's head back.

Wieneke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the ropes.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Wieneke controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Wieneke scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wieneke.
Wieneke trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Wieneke lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaldo Silva 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.

Silva feints and then cracks Wieneke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wieneke down.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wieneke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wieneke can do to turn this around?
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Wieneke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Wieneke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the ropes.
Wieneke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Wieneke breaks from the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wieneke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wieneke clinches with his opponent.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Wieneke blocks with his arms.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wieneke stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Wieneke pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Silva presses Wieneke against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Wieneke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva misses the jab.
Wieneke doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wieneke has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wieneke walks into a jab.
Wieneke avoids the body shot from Silva.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Wieneke's defenses.
Wieneke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Wieneke clinches with his opponent.
Wieneke tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Wieneke lands a shot to the body.
Wieneke connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Wieneke tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Wieneke back against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Wieneke is breathing heavily.
Wieneke takes a shot to the head.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Wieneke controls the action.
A short right from Silva.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva keeps control of Wieneke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wieneke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wieneke stalling against the ropes.
Wieneke misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wieneke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
A short left from Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.

Wieneke is rocked!
Wieneke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wieneke is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Wieneke.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaldo Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnaldo Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Silva misses.
Wieneke throws a counter combo.
Arnaldo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wieneke seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wieneke is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Wieneke moved away.
Wieneke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wieneke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wieneke is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Wieneke is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Silva lands with a cross.
Wieneke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Wieneke avoids a kick to the body.
Silva throws a head kick but Wieneke moves out of range.
Wieneke throws a counter combo.
Marius Wieneke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Wieneke with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wieneke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva avoids the head kick by Wieneke.
Silva throws a head kick but Wieneke moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wieneke moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva cracks Wieneke with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Wieneke 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! Wieneke wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Arnaldo Silva!
Arnaldo Silva bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.