PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perry Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by system of a down - violent pornography. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Cox

200 cm
19
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

190 cm
20
255 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Bushido Clothing
Hell's Balls Fightwear

No Shit Nutrition
5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rickson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Perry Cox!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Cox does no damage.
Cox throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Cox misses the target.
Silva throws a head kick but Cox moves out of range.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Cox.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Cox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Cox saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Perry Cox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Cox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cox looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Cox misses with the combination.
Cox looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Cox misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cox looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Cox sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cox misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Cox avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva looks for a takedown but Cox sprawls well.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Cox seems unphased.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cox.
Cox throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Good shot there by Silva.
Perry Cox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cox.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Rickson Silva has been cut.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perry Cox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rickson Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cox pinned against the cage. Cox gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cox misses with a series of wild punches.
Cox is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Cox sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Perry Cox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cox slips a straight right by Silva.
Cox moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cox just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Cox ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cox throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Cox stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cox thows a left - swing and a miss!

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Cox!
Silva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cox trying desperately to get to his feet.
Cox is looking to get to half guard.
Cox avoids a series of strikes thrown by Silva.
Cox tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Cox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Cox regains half guard.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cox defending well though.
Cox is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Silva works his way into side control.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Silva lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rickson Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cox connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cox throws a one two combo.
Cox throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Cox misses with a straight left.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
Cox looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stalling away here and it's allowed Cox to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Cox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Cox.
Silva won't allow Cox to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cox's head.
Cox wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cox works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Cox blocks nicely.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a nice head shot there.

Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cox is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Silva won't allow Cox to sweep him here.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Cox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva tests Cox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva slips a jab from Cox.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Cox sprawls well.

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 Rickson Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!