PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rocky's Theme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Douglas
vs
Silva

183 cm
29
197 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

188 cm
31
198 lbs
24 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Silva!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Douglas misses.
No joy there for Douglas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Douglas wants to clinch
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Douglas closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Douglas misses with an elbow over the top.
Douglas cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Douglas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas throws an elbow that misses.
Douglas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Douglas struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Douglas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Douglas misses with a head kick.

Douglas gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Douglas with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Douglas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Douglas misses with some punches.
Douglas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Douglas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Douglas.
Douglas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Douglas.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas trying to land knees to the body.
Douglas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Douglas trying to land knees to the body.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Brian Douglas has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Douglas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Douglas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Douglas has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Douglas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Douglas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Douglas misses with a punch to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva tries to circle away but Douglas has him pinned against the cage.
Douglas missing with knees to the body.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Douglas.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Douglas lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Douglas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Douglas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Douglas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Douglas can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Douglas lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.

It looks like Kenji Silva has been cut.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Douglas avoids the damage to the body.
Douglas has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Douglas throws an elbow but misses.
Douglas misses with a body punch.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Douglas misses
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Douglas. Douglas maintains the clinch.
Douglas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva just leaning against Douglas, taking a breather.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Douglas avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Douglas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Douglas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Douglas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Douglas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Douglas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Douglas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Douglas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Douglas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Douglas.
Brian Douglas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva avoids the body shot from Douglas.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses.
Douglas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Douglas throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
A thudding body kick lands there by Douglas!
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Douglas.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Douglas misses with a head kick.
Douglas scores with a nice body kick.
Douglas 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.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brian Douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brian Douglas is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Douglas.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas throws a lazy head kick
and Silva counters with a head kick.

Douglas is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Oh Douglas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
and Silva counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Douglas! He's just covering up as Silva starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenji Silva!
Kenji Silva really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.