PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Silvera is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wedlock. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Silva
vs
Silvera

188 cm
29
186 lbs
24 - 8 - 1

185 cm
26
193 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bloodsport Nutrition (100% Genuine)

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 24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Andy Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silvera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Silvera.
Silvera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silvera blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera connects with a knee to the head.
Silvera lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Silvera misses with an elbow strike.
Silvera gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva trying to stall but Silvera improves his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Silvera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva trying to stall but Silvera improves his position.
Silvera lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silvera managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silvera.
Silvera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silvera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Andy Silva has been cut.
Silvera lands a right hand.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Silvera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Silvera scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva trying to stall but Silvera improves his position.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Silvera blocks with his arms.
Silvera lands a right hand.
Silvera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silvera working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silvera.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Silvera.
Silvera lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Silvera is blocking nicely.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silvera misses with a knee strike.
Silvera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva trying to stall but Silvera improves his position.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Silvera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silvera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silvera with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvera managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silvera lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvera throws a head punch that misses.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silvera lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silvera avoids it.
Silvera throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silvera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silvera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silvera misses with the head strike.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silvera just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva blocking some punches.
Silvera throws a head punch that misses.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Silvera is blocking nicely.
Silvera lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Silvera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andy Silva'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.

Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvera tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silvera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvera doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Silvera clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silvera lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silvera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silvera looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silvera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silvera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silvera misses with an elbow strike.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silvera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvera lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvera avoids the damage to the body.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silvera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silvera throws an elbow but misses.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silvera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silvera comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Silvera.
Silvera tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Silvera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silvera lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva has Silvera pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Joey Silvera seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silvera being controlled against the cage.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Silvera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Silvera is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silvera just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silvera lands a right hand.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silvera lands a damaging elbow.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Silvera connects with a knee to the head.
Silvera lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silvera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silvera in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silvera is breathing heavily.
Silvera tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silvera.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Silvera won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvera's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joey Silvera will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Andy Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Silvera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvera fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Silvera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silvera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva tries to clinch there but Silvera circles away.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silvera tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Silvera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silvera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silvera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Silvera moves into the clinch.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silvera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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 blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Silvera.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva taking a breather.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silvera lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silvera misses with a knee to the head.
Silvera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silvera scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Silvera.
Silva lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvera throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera misses with a knee to the head.
Silvera takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvera avoids the damage to the body.
Silvera avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silvera.
Silva trying to stall but Silvera improves his position.
Silva stalls.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silvera blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvera throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Silvera.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silvera.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silvera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silvera avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvera gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Silva trying to stall but Silvera improves his position.
Silvera throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silvera blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Andy Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silvera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silvera blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andy Silva.
I think Silvera has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!