PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grammur Natzee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natzee comes into the arena with Marillion - Garden Party blaring out of the sound system. Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Who Let the Dogs Out. Adonis Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Natzee
vs
Silva

162 cm
34
148 lbs
29 - 13 - 3

205 cm
34
271 lbs
19 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Cynical Truth (steel penn)

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 29 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grammur Natzee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adonis Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natzee missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Natzee lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Natzee loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Natzee misses the shot to the body.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Natzee.
A combination from Natzee does no damage.
Natzee looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Natzee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Natzee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Natzee.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Adonis Silva has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left and a right from Natzee both land. Nice combination.
Natzee moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Natzee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Natzee throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Natzee throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Natzee. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Natzee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Natzee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Natzee.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Natzee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Natzee finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natzee misses with a lunging right hand
and Natzee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Natzee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Natzee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Natzee lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Natzee misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Natzee misses with a lunging right hand
and Natzee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice cross by Natzee.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Grammur Natzee has been cut.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Natzee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Natzee scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natzee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Natzee misses with the combination.
Natzee thows a body shot but no joy.
Natzee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.

Silva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Natzee was covering up waiting for the punch and Silva finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Natzee is on top in guard.
Silva managing to control the position.
Let's hope that Silva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natzee throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Natzee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Natzee lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grammur Natzee dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Natzee takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Natzee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Natzee.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Natzee slips a jab from Silva.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Natzee.
Natzee misses with a left hand

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Natzee didn't expect that.
Natzee looking for a sweep. Not yet Natzee, not yet.
Natzee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva won't allow Natzee to sweep him here.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Natzee here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Natzee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Silva trying to control but Natzee is working from the bottom.
Natzee wants to sweep but no luck.
Natzee looking to control.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Natzee wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Natzee has his hands on Silva's head, controlling the position.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Natzee bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natzee trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Natzee is one step ahead there.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Natzee from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Natzee is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Grammur Natzee.
Silva shoots in but Natzee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Natzee misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natzee looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Natzee.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Natzee.
Grammur Natzee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natzee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Natzee swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Natzee looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Natzee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Natzee scores with a punch to the head.
A slow jab from Natzee misses its intended target.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Natzee is out of range and Silva settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Natzee. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva throws a body punch but Natzee moves out of range.
Natzee misses with a right hand

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Natzee didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natzee is controlling Silva's posture.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Natzee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Natzee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Natzee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Natzee controlling Silva's posture.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Natzee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Adonis Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Natzee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Natzee misses with a body shot.
Natzee misses the body punch
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Natzee lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
Natzee throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva blocks a jab.
Natzee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Natzee throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Natzee throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Grammur Natzee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Natzee. Those never looked like landing.
Silva thuds a left hand into Natzee's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee misses the shot to the body.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva thows a huge punch but Natzee dodges it nicely.
Natzee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Natzee is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard.
Natzee regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Silva.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Natzee keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Natzee seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Natzee's brow.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva wants to control from the top but Natzee keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natzee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Natzee being controlled here, momentarily.
Natzee might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Natzee seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Natzee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Natzee throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Natzee throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Natzee misses its intended target.
Natzee swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Grammur Natzee is winning the standup battle so far.
Natzee misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Natzee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Natzee takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

Natzee tries to sprawl but Silva drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Natzee moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Natzee is controlling Silva's posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adonis Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!