PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by Mama said "Knock You Out". Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Alves
vs
Da Silva

185 cm
24
193 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Salvador Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva throws a body punch but Alves moves out of range.
Da Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Alves if he has to take too many more of those.
Alves blocks a low kick nicely.
Da Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Alves off balance momentarily.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Silva.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Da Silva - the referee stops the clock and Alves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Da Silva. Alves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sloppy strikes from Alves. Those never looked like landing.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Da Silva sprawls well. Da Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Da Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Da Silva throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alves dips to his left and cracks Da Silva with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Da Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alves sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Alves. Beautiful body shot.
Alves misses with a hook. Da Silva ducked under it nicely.
Da Silva throws the left hand but Alves avoids the punch easily.
Da Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Da Silva throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Da Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alves digs a good hook to Da Silva's body.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Da Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
David Da Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Some bone on bone action there as Alves checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Alves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Da Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Alves's shoulder, as Alves tries to avoid the shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Da Silva, as that shot connected.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Alves tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alves cracks Da Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
A jab lands there for Alves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Da Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Da Silva throws a hook but Alves avoids it easily.
Alves misses with a double jab.
Alves throws a series of punches but Da Silva avoids them all with ease.
David Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Da Silva moves away.
Alves misses with a body shot
and Da Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Alves misses with a body shot
and Da Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Da Silva with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alves throws a jab when Da Silva was well out of range.
Alves lands a jab to Da Silva's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves jabs at Da Silva's body.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.

Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Da Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Da Silva at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Da Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Da Silva closes the distance but Alves moves to the side
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Silva wants to clinch
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alves scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Da Silva tries to land a front kick but Alves steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Alves gets tackled into the cage by Da Silva. Da Silva maintains the clinch.

Da Silva breaks the clinch.
Da Silva misses with a combination
and Alves counters with a nice body shot.
Alves misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva looks to clinch
and Alves counters with a right hand to the body.
Alves throws a big shot that misses.
Da Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Da Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Da Silva's head but Da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Da Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Alves.
Da Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alves.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Da Silva.
Da Silva misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva clinches but Alves breaks the clinch
and Alves counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A big right from Da Silva misses.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves tries to bum rush Da Silva with a series of wild strikes but Da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Da Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Da Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva misses with an uppercut. Alves saw that one coming.
Da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Da Silva misses with a head kick.
David Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Da Silva misses with a body shot
and Alves counters with a three punch combo that has Da Silva backing up. Da Silva nods at Alves to acknowledge the strikes.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Alves throws a series of punches but Da Silva moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva scores with a body shot.
Da Silva throws a combination that misses
and Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Da Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good shot there by Alves.
A solid leg kick lands there for Da Silva.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.
Alves scores with a body shot.
Da Silva misses with a body kick.
Da Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Da Silva slips under a jab from Alves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvador Alves dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Da Silva misses with a double jab
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Da Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alves checks a leg kick.
Da Silva lands a body shot.
Da Silva wants to clinch but Alves slips to the side
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Alves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alves lands a two punch combo.
Alves thuds a left hand into Da Silva's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Alves.
Da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
Alves shoots for a takedown but Da Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Da Silva throws a combination that misses
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Alves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Da Silva tries to clinch up
and Alves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Da Silva.
Alves jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Alves counters with a left to the body.
Da Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alves rather than just go for the knockout.
Alves bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Alves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Salvador Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.
Da Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves throws a hook but Da Silva blocks it.
Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Da Silva is out of range.
Da Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Da Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves.
Da Silva moves away from the strike by Alves.
Alves with a nice cross.
Da Silva connects with a body shot.
Alves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Da Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Silva manages to avoid it.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Nice defenses there by Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Silva manages to avoid it.
Da Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Alves there.
Alves throws a right hand that Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Alves swings for the body but Da Silva moves out of range.
Da Silva misses with a double jab
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alves blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Da 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Da Silva!