PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Da Silva (ranked 449 p4p, 1683 weight class) and Leo Vuce (ranked 53 p4p, 173 weight class). Da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3. Vuce is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by MC Yankoo. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Leo Vuce was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Da Silva
vs
Vuce

167 cm
37
135
30 - 16 - 0

180 cm
29
145
14 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonardo Da Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Vuce!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vuce is looking to clinch.
Vuce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vuce throws a lazy head kick
and Da Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vuce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vuce throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Da Silva.
Sloppy strikes from Vuce. Those never looked like landing.
Vuce fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Da Silva throws a big counter combination but Vuce scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Vuce shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Da Silva eats them both and turns towards Vuce to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Vuce does no damage.
Vuce throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Vuce does no damage.
Vuce throws a series of punches but Da Silva moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuce throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A low kick from Vuce is predictable there
and Da Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vuce's knee momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Da Silva there.
Leo Vuce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vuce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vuce misses with a leg kick.
Vuce looks to land a combination but Da Silva avoids it well.
It looked like Da Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vuce takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vuce misses with the combination.
Da Silva swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vuce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Da Silva tried to counter with a leg kick but Vuce avoided it.
Vuce works over Da Silva's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vuce throws a combination that misses
and Da Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vuce throws a sloppy head kick
and Da Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Vuce scores with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Vuce misses.
It looked like Da Silva was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vuce.
Vuce lands a jab-cross combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Da Silva.

It looks like Leo Vuce has been cut.
Vuce throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.

Vuce is rocked!
Da Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vuce if he has to take too many more of those.
Vuce is still on wobbly legs! Can Da Silva finish him?
Vuce looks winded!
Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vuce will feel that in the morning.
Vuce bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Da Silva comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Vuce falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Vuce was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leonardo Da Silva!
Leonardo Da Silva retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Leonardo Da Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.