PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Draganov (ranked 2527 p4p, 3704 weight class) and Thor Silva (ranked 312 p4p, 424 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Draganov
vs
Silva

178 cm
22
155
3 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
165
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Draganov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draganov staying out of range there.
Draganov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva thuds his right hand into Draganov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Draganov throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Draganov counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Draganov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Draganov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Draganov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Draganov misses with a body shot.
Draganov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draganov missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Draganov avoids the body shot from Silva.
An attempted straight right counter from Draganov misses the target.
Draganov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Draganov backing away here, and Silva unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draganov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Draganov takes one to the side of the head.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Draganov's head but Draganov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A counter left hand to the body from Draganov misses its target.
Silva throws a head kick but Draganov moves out of range.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Draganov's knee but Draganov avoids it well.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Draganov's head backwards.
Draganov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva clobbers Draganov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Draganov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
We've been informed that Silva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Draganov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Draganov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Draganov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Draganov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Draganov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Draganov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Draganov moves away and avoids it.
Silva throws a hook but Draganov avoids it easily.
Draganov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva throws a body punch but Draganov moves out of range.
Draganov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Draganov staying out of range there.
Thor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands with a cross.
Draganov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Draganov moved out of range nicely.
Silva throws the left hand but Draganov avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Draganov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Draganov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Draganov moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draganov defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Draganov's shoulder, as Draganov tries to avoid the shot.
Draganov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Draganov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Draganov is just out of range.
It looked like Draganov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Horrible takedown attempt by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Draganov, which made it look bad.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Draganov counters with a nice body shot.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Draganov's head but Draganov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva thows a leg kick but Draganov checks it
and Draganov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Draganov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Draganov swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Draganov to counter with a crisp jab.
Draganov walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a right hand
enabling Draganov to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Draganov misses its intended target.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Draganov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ivan Draganov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thor Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Draganov to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Draganov counters with a huge left! Silva is in big trouble! He's backing up but Draganov isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Silva from any more damage. A dominating finish by Draganov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Draganov!