PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Lee has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Lee
vs
Silva

197 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lee!
Lee throws a right hand that misses

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee trying to remain calm as Silva controls from the top position.
Silva landing strikes.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Check out the look on Silva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Lee is rocked!
Lee is looking for a sweep.
Oh Lee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lee seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva happy to just control the position for now.
Silva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva cracks Lee with a big right hand but Lee just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Silva crunches a massive hammerfist down on Lee - he's out! Silva Holds back on further strikes and jumps to his feet to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Thiago Silva!