PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Panzram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sleep When I'm Dead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Carl Panzram has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Panzram
vs
Silva

187 cm
23
225 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

193 cm
22
285 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Panzram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rich Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panzram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Panzram throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Panzram is out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Panzram swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva avoiding damage as Panzram throws knees to the body.
Panzram throws a knee to the head but misses.
Panzram tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Carl Panzram has been cut.
Silva avoiding damage as Panzram throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Panzram is breathing heavily.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Panzram.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Panzrams head.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva gets through Panzram's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Panzram takes a shot to the head.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Panzram.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Panzram's face.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has Panzram pushed against the cage.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Carl Panzram's cut is getting worse.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Panzram's head.

Panzram is rocked!

Carl Panzram's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Panzram backwards.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Panzram's head.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva cracks Panzram with a nice body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Panzram's ribcage. Panzram let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva works on Panzram's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Silva.

Jeez, Carl Panzram's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carl Panzram's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rich Silva!