PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeus Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by sambo de janeiro. Zeus Slaughter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Slaughter

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zeus Slaughter!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Slaughter drops his shoulder and cracks Silva with a huge uppercut! Silva goes down! Can Slaughter finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slaughter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Zeus Slaughter hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Slaughter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Slaughter.

Slaughter drops his shoulder and cracks Silva with a huge uppercut! Silva goes down! Can Slaughter finish him?

Silva is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slaughter is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Slaughter is stalling in the full guard.
Slaughter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter content to stall in guard here.
Slaughter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Zeus Slaughter was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Slaughter wobbles Silva with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Slaughter dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Silva to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zeus Slaughter!
Zeus Slaughter took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.