PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benito Carnera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carnera comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Liberi o no! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rafael Silva had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Benito Carnera will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Silva
vs
Carnera

195 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
208 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Sydney BEAST Clothing

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benito Carnera!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carnera pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Silva back to the cage. Carnera follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Carnera lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Carnera counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carnera throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Carnera.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Carnera avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carnera's efforts to push away.
Carnera tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Carnera with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Carnera's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good shot there by Carnera.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tenacity Elite - 17 Coaches in the buildup to the fight.
Carnera looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carnera.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Carnera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Carnera cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Carnera has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Silva is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carnera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Carnera looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Carnera lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carnera lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carnera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Carnera.

Silva is rocked!
Carnera throws a monster overhand right that drops Silva! Carnera follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benito Carnera!
Benito Carnera decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.