PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Randy Miller (ranked 4911 p4p, 19844 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 593 p4p, 799 weight class). Randy Miller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Miller
vs
Silva

185 cm
36
202
21 - 21 - 1

186 cm
34
187
30 - 21 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

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 21 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva works Miller's body with a nice hook.
Miller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Miller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Miller throws a sloppy body shot
and Miller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Miller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Miller misses with a looping left.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Miller with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Miller.
A jab lands there for Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Miller.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva throws out a counter right but Miller avoids it with no problem.
Silva moves out of range as Miller throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice shot by Miller.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Miller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Miller under the eye.
Randy Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Silva misses.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Miller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miller scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Miller.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Miller.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Silva swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Silva staying out of range there.
Miller misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Miller lands a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Miller.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Miller bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Miller throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Miller fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaldo Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Miller misses with a head kick.
Miller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Miller saw that one coming.
Arnaldo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A shot to the body from Miller misses
and Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Miller is predictable there
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Miller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Miller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Miller misses.
A punch lands to the side of Miller 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Miller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A slow jab from Miller misses its intended target.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miller.
Miller tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Miller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Miller avoids the body shot from Silva.
Miller takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Miller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Miller doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva throws a fast counter high kick but Miller manages to duck under it in time.
Miller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Miller misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Miller takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller misses with a kick to the body.
Miller misses with a body shot.
Miller scores with a nice body kick.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva looks for the body kick but Miller saw that one coming.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miller.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva lunges at Miller with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Miller's hand.
Miller cracks Silva with a good jab.
Miller throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Miller moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaldo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Miller slips under a jab.
Arnaldo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miller.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Miller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big right from Silva misses.
Miller takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Miller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Miller misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva takes one on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva works Miller's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Miller walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
A jab from Miller misses.
Silva lands a head shot.
Randy Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Miller's corner calls for a 1-2. Miller obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Miller lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Miller throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Miller swings widly with a right hand
and Miller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Miller looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Miller misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva avoids the body shot from Miller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Miller misses.
Miller just misses with a punch to the body.
Miller on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Miller. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Miller does no damage.
And Silva responds with a good body kick, but Miller manages to step out the way in time.
Miller takes one to the side of the head.
Miller misses with a straight left.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Miller takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws out a counter right but Miller avoids it with no problem.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arnaldo Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Arnaldo Silva!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Arnaldo Silva!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Arnaldo Silva!

Arnaldo Silva wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Arnaldo Silva rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.