PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Levi Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Kashmir. Zimmerman has chosen A Country Boy Can Survive as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Silva
vs
Zimmerman

197 cm
31
270 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

180 cm
30
235 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
CEC Nutrition Q159

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shogun Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Levi Zimmerman!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Zimmerman. Zimmerman maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from Zimmerman.
Zimmerman pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Zimmerman.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zimmerman just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Levi Zimmerman has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva cracks Zimmerman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zimmerman.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Zimmerman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zimmerman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zimmerman.
Zimmerman throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Zimmerman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zimmerman throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva tests Zimmerman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shogun Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zimmerman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zimmerman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice cross by Silva.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva throws a body punch but Zimmerman moves out of range.
Zimmerman moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That has opened up Levi Zimmerman's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Zimmerman. Zimmerman gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Zimmerman counters with a head kick.
Silva misses the jab.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Zimmerman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Shogun Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Levi Zimmerman.
Zimmerman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zimmerman's hands.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Zimmerman moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Zimmerman or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zimmerman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shogun Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Levi Zimmerman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice body kick there by Silva.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick but Zimmerman moves out of range.
Zimmerman blocks a leg kick.
Zimmerman swinging wildly here.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zimmerman, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman throws a head kick that half lands.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Shogun Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zimmerman.
Silva throws a hook but Zimmerman blocks it.
Silva with a hook.
Zimmerman is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Zimmerman counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Zimmerman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zimmerman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Zimmerman fails to land the takedown.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zimmerman moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zimmerman.
Zimmerman wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Zimmerman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zimmerman misses with a head kick.
Zimmerman looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Zimmerman slips the punch.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice body kick from Zimmerman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a series of punches but Zimmerman avoids them all with ease.
Zimmerman shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva misses with a body shot.
Zimmerman lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Zimmerman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zimmerman shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Shogun Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Levi Zimmerman.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Zimmerman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Levi Zimmerman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Levi Zimmerman's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Zimmerman dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Zimmerman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Zimmerman moves into the clinch.
Zimmerman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Silva after a bit of a struggle.
Zimmerman trying to land knees to the body.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Zimmerman.
Zimmerman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zimmerman throws an elbow that misses.
Zimmerman misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Zimmerman.
Silva presses Zimmerman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Zimmerman's head.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zimmerman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva takes a swing at Zimmerman's ribcage but misses.
Silva cracks Zimmerman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zimmerman misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.

The cut above Levi Zimmerman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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 misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Zimmerman is just out of range.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva lands the left hand.
Zimmerman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Levi Zimmerman's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zimmerman.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Zimmerman misses
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zimmerman's knee momentarily.
A big left from Silva misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Zimmerman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zimmerman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva throws a combination. Zimmerman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shogun Silva!
Shogun Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.