PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nickk Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Burn it Down as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Nickk Diaz has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nickk Diaz seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Diaz
vs
Silva

183 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Brute

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nickk Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oooooh!!! Silva has knocked Diaz down with a huge combo! Silva steps away and waves a wobbly Diaz back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Nickk Diaz has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oooooh!!! Silva has knocked Diaz down with a huge combo! Silva steps away and waves a wobbly Diaz back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Diaz is rocked!
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Silva tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.
Diaz scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ricardo Silva has been cut.
Silva looks winded!
Silva swinging wildly here.
Diaz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Diaz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Diaz. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nickk Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Diaz. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Diaz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva avoids the head kick by Diaz.

Silva darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diaz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Silva after a bit of a struggle.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz can't get the takedown.
Diaz prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling the position.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diaz prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Silva does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva lands a left and a right that send Diaz crashing to the mat, dazed. Silva thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz scores with a push kick.
Diaz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz throws a wild hook but Silva just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Diaz gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Silva raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Silva!
An out of breath Ricardo Silva thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.