PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marx da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Wichura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wichura is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fort Minor Remember The Name . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

da Silva
vs
Wichura

189 cm
23
260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
231 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marx da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stefan Wichura!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Silva throws a body kick that misses.
da Silva dodges the punch combination from Wichura.
Wichura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
da Silva throws a front kick that sends Wichura stumbling back into the cage.
da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Wichura is just out of range.
Wichura lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
da Silva misses with a low kick.

da Silva moves into range and clinches up with Wichura.
da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wichura blocks an elbow strike from da Silva.
Wichura managing to block the knees to the body from da Silva.
da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wichura is defending well for now.
da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Wichura has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Wichura is blocking nicely.
Wichura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wichura is trying to break free.
da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Wichura looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Stefan Wichura has been cut.
da Silva landing knees to the body.
da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Wichura avoids the damage to the body.
Wichura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
da Silva missing with knees to the body.

da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wichura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wichura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
da Silva defending well as Wichura loads up on a big left hand.
da Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
da Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wichura.
Wichura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wichura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Wichura.
Wichura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. da Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
da Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A thudding body kick lands there by da Silva!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Silva tries to clinch up but Wichura circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
da Silva misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from da Silva.
da Silva misses with a leg kick.
da Silva scores with a leg kick.
da Silva throws a leg kick which misses Wichura's front leg but catches the back leg as Wichura tries to avoid it.
Wichura misses with a hook. da Silva ducked under it nicely.
da Silva avoids the body shot from Wichura.
Wichura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

da Silva forces Wichura back against the cage and clinches.
Wichura is looking to break free of the clinch but da Silva has double underhooks.
da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Wichura wants to break free but da Silva has control.
da Silva lands a knee to the head.
da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
da Silva with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Stefan Wichura's cut even more.
da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wichura is defending well for now.
da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Wichura in his tracks for a moment.
da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Silva scores with a knee to the head.

Wichura is rocked!
da Silva jerks Wichura's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Wichura drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! da Silva goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from da Silva because Wichura was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Marx da Silva!