PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaxon Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Nolty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Ain't No Sunshine - (DMX) blaring out of the sound system. Silva is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Nick Nolty will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Silva
vs
Nolty

189 cm
27
194 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

200 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaxon Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Nolty!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nolty lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Nolty connects with a body shot.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nick Nolty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nolty lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva checks a low kick from Nolty.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Nolty connects with a solid leg kick.
Nolty swinging wildly here.
Nolty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Nolty misses.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Nolty had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Jaxon Silva has been cut.
Nolty looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Nolty lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Nolty tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nolty lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Nolty cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Nolty is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
Nolty misses with a leg kick.
Nolty digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Nolty scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Nolty misses with a series of wild punches.
Nolty swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nolty stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nolty pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Nolty settles back down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nolty misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nolty.
Nolty will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nolty throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Nolty throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nolty is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nolty.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nolty!
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Nolty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nolty misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolty lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Nolty scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nolty swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nolty uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nolty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Donk. Nolty catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Nolty swinging wildly here.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nolty.
Nolty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nolty scores with a three punch combo!
Nolty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nolty goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nolty if he has to take too many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolty changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nolty takes a step back to recover.
Nolty throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Nolty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
A combination from Nolty does no damage.
Nolty takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nolty checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nolty is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nolty throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Nolty lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nolty smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nolty throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Nolty throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Nolty defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nolty throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nolty throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva avoids the body shot from Nolty.
Nolty swinging wildly here.
Nolty bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nolty has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nolty connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nolty.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nolty swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Nolty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nolty lands with an overhand left.
Nolty throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nolty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Nolty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaxon Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nolty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nolty throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Nolty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Nolty misses.
Nolty throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Nolty shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nolty throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Nolty lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the ropes.
Nolty misses with a low kick.
Nolty misses with a double jab.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Nolty throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nolty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nolty lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva keeps Nolty at a distance using the push kick.
Nolty shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nolty misses with the combination.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Nolty's shoulder, as Nolty tries to avoid the shot.
Nolty darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sloppy strikes from Nolty. Those never looked like landing.
Nolty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva lands a high kick!
Nolty jabs at Silva's body.
Nolty with a nice cross.
Nolty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left and a right from Nolty both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolty throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nolty is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nolty digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Nolty misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nolty throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Nolty stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nolty is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nolty closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nolty throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a big head kick but Nolty shrugs it off.
Silva is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nolty's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva tests Nolty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nolty fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nolty tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A leg kick checked by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolty throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Nolty takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Nolty throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Nolty's front leg but catches the back leg as Nolty tries to avoid it.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nolty throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Nolty throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nolty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nolty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nolty connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Nolty throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nolty moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Nolty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nolty fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Nolty stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Nolty blocks a low kick nicely.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Silva might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nolty.
Nolty shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Nolty to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Nolty moves out of range easily.
Nolty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a head kick but Nolty moves out of range.
Nolty throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nolty.
Silva staying out of range there.
Nolty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Nolty throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Nolty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jaxon Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nolty throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
A combination from Nolty does no damage.
Nolty cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Nolty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nolty displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nolty displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nolty misses with a few strikes there.
Nolty lands with a good body shot.
Nolty looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Silva misses.
Nolty throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Nolty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Nolty.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nolty has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nolty and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a jab when Nolty was well out of range.
Nolty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Nolty tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Some wild striking there from Nolty.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
A right-left combo lands from Nolty.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Nolty ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Nolty misses with a body shot.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nolty buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nolty displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nolty lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nolty throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Jaxon Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nolty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Nolty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolty scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Nolty misses.
Nolty just misses with a punch to the body.
Nolty pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Silva back to the ropes. Nolty follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Well,Silva is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Nolty wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva lands the left hand.
Nolty throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Nolty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Nolty blocks a leg kick.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nolty tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nolty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nolty looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Nolty misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolty is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nolty lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Nolty misses with a double jab
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nolty attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nolty lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Nolty throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Nolty is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Nolty throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nolty. That did some damage!
Silva cracks Nolty with a good jab.
Nick Nolty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nolty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nolty scores with a three punch combo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nolty lands a nice looking body shot.
Nolty cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nolty lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Nolty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Nolty misses with a wild combination.
A cross from Nolty lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Nolty tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nolty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nolty misses with the combination.
Nolty fails to land with a series of punches.
Jaxon Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva looks to land a combination but Nolty avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Nolty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nolty 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Nick Nolty!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Nick Nolty!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Nick Nolty!

Nick Nolty wins by unanimous decision!