PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Holmes (ranked 989 p4p, 1327 weight class) and Silvio Van De Leide (ranked 127 p4p, 177 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Van De Leide's choice of entrance music: Sandstorm - Darude. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Holmes
vs
Van De Leide

188 cm
25
205
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
24
210
7 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Silvio Van De Leide!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van De Leide looks to land a combination. Holmes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Holmes avoids the head kick by Van De Leide.
Holmes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Van De Leide misses the body punch
and Van De Leide takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holmes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Van De Leide throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van De Leide fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
It looked like Holmes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van De Leide throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Holmes to counter with a crisp jab.
Van De Leide ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Holmes takes a swing at Van De Leide's ribcage but misses.
Holmes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Van De Leide slips a straight right by Holmes.
Van De Leide loads up on a big right hand but Holmes slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van De Leide.
Van De Leide throws a right hand that misses
and Holmes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Leide misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Holmes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van De Leide throws a head kick that misses
and Holmes counters with a low kick, right behind Van De Leide 's knee.

Holmes has managed to clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Holmes.
Holmes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van De Leide backwards.
Holmes has a couple of punches blocked by Van De Leide.
Van De Leide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holmes.
Holmes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Holmes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Van De Leide is rocked!
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Van De Leide blocks it.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes prevents Van De Leide from breaking the clinch.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van De Leide.
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but Van De Leide is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van De Leide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van De Leide blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Holmes.
Holmes working Van De Leide over with knees to the body.
Holmes tries to throw a body punch but Van De Leide avoids it by throwing Holmes back against the cage.
Holmes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Van De Leide blocks with his arms.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Van De Leide blocks with his arms.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Van De Leide blocks with his arms.

Van De Leide pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van De Leide stalks Holmes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Holmes's face. Holmes staggers backwards, shaken.
Van De Leide misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holmes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Van De Leide misses with an uppercut
and Holmes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van De Leide swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holmes was well out of range. Poor timing from Van De Leide.
A little feinted left hand from Holmes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van De Leide throws a sloppy head kick
and Holmes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van De Leide sizes up Holmes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Van De Leide throws a sloppy head kick and Holmes moves out of range easily.
Holmes checks a leg kick.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van De Leide.
Holmes fires out a quick counter leg kick but Van De Leide just manages to avoid it.
Van De Leide throws a head kick but Holmes moves out of range.
Van De Leide throws a good cross that connects.
Van De Leide fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Holmes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van De Leide looks to land a right hand but Holmes moved out of range.
Van De Leide throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van De Leide misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Holmes misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide misses with a wild body shot.
Holmes moves in looking to clinch but Van De Leide pushes him off.
Van De Leide misses with a wild body shot.
Silvio Van De Leide seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van De Leide throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Holmes fires out a quick counter leg kick but Van De Leide just manages to avoid it.
Van De Leide misses with a wild body shot.
Van De Leide throws a lazy head kick
and Holmes counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Holmes throws a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Van De Leide.
Van De Leide just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHolmes.
Van De Leide misses with a hook to the body
and Holmes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Holmes throws an overhand right that lands on Van De Leide's shoulder, as Van De Leide tries to avoid the shot.
Van De Leide throws out a counter right but Holmes avoids it with no problem.
Van De Leide throws a lazy right hand but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van De Leide is looking to score with low kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Michael Holmes will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Holmes moves out of range of the strikes.
Silvio Van De Leide seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van De Leide tries to land a body kick
and Holmes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van De Leide is still on wobbly legs! Can Holmes finish him?
Van De Leide throws a poor cross that misses
and Holmes counters with a monster head kick that knocks Van De Leide out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Michael Holmes!
A very excited looking Michael Holmes 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.
The defeated Silvio Van De Leide had this to say: 'War should only be in the cage. Peace on Earth.'.