PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between For Whom The Bell Tolls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolls comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls. Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Don Omar ft. Tego Calderon - Bandolero. Ricardo Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Whom The Bell Tolls
vs
Silva

190 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

MERKIN FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, For Whom The Bell Tolls!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolls throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva tries for a takedown but Tolls sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tolls digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Tolls lands with a shot to the body.

Tolls lands a left and a right that send Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Tolls thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Ricardo Silva has been cut.
Silva looks gassed!
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!
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tolls with a nice cross.

Tolls has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolls working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Silva is rocked!
Tolls lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Tolls finish him?
Nice body punch from Tolls - that landed with a thud.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Tolls pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Ricardo Silva's cut even more.
Tolls lands a big right hand that drops Silva! The killer instinct kicks in and Tolls finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Tolls!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). For Whom The Bell Tolls!
For Whom The Bell Tolls retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, For Whom The Bell Tolls thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.