PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Larkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larkin comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping Up To Boston. 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.

Larkin
vs
Silva

181 cm
34
212 lbs
35 - 17 - 0

180 cm
27
217 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 35 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Larkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids the head kick by Larkin.
Ryan Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Larkin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Larkin digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Larkin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Larkin.

Larkin gets a clinch.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Larkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Larkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larkin pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larkin tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Larkin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Larkin lands a body punch.
Larkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Larkin fails to land.
Larkin blocks a body shot from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Larkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Larkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Larkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larkin pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larkin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Larkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Larkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Larkin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Larkin blocks it.
Nice body punch from Larkin.
Larkin lands a shoulder strike.
Larkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larkin tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larkin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Larkin tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Larkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Larkin blocks it.
Silva looks winded!
Larkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Larkin lands a body shot.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Larkin avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Larkin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Larkin can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Larkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Larkin fails to land.
Larkin misses with a body punch.
Larkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larkin lands a right hand.
Larkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Larkin tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva blocks a body shot from Larkin.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larkin cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Larkin misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Larkin blocks with his arms.
A short right from Larkin.
Larkin digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Larkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larkin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larkin misses with a body punch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larkin misses with a hook to the ribs.

Larkin breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Larkin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Larkin motions for Silva to come forward. Larkin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Larkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Larkin cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Larkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Larkin scores with a nice body kick.
Silva checks a low kick from Larkin.
A head kick misses from Larkin.
Larkin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larkin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Larkin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larkin wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Larkin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Larkin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Larkin takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Larkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Larkin lands with a right to the head.
Larkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva blocking some punches.
Larkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larkin is defending well for now.
Larkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva works on Larkin's body with a couple of short punches.
Larkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Larkin.
Larkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Larkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Larkin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin lands a right hand.
Larkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Larkin blocks it.
Larkin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Larkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Larkin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larkin lands a shoulder strike.
Larkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Larkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Larkin.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Larkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Larkin.
Larkin pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larkin.
Larkin tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Larkin back against the cage.
Larkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Larkin throws a head punch that misses.
Larkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larkin pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Larkin.
Larkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Larkin is blocking nicely.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Larkin presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ryan Larkin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Larkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Larkin blocks it.
Larkin lands a shot to the body.
Larkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Larkin.
Larkin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Larkin presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Larkin scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Larkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Larkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Larkin tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Larkin pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Larkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Larkin on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larkin cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Larkin is blocking nicely.
Larkin tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Larkin back against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Larkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Larkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Larkin.

Silva is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Larkin.
A nice left hand lands by Larkin.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Larkin finish him?
Larkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Larkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Larkin lands a big right hand that drops Silva! The killer instinct kicks in and Larkin finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Larkin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Larkin!
Ryan Larkin took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hell's Balls Recovery (160) for their support in the buildup to the fight.