PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexi Lihakovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Silva has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Lihakovich
vs
Silva

190 cm
25
226 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexi Lihakovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ben Watson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva rushes Lihakovich and presses him up against the cage.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Lihakovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Lihakovich is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
I was talking to Lihakovich's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lihakovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva tries a body shot but Lihakovich blocks it.
Lihakovich 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.
Silva lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lihakovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lihakovich.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Lihakovich.
Lihakovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lihakovich crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lihakovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Rafael Silva has been cut.
Silva looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lihakovich lands a nice elbow.
Lihakovich working the clinch nicely. Silva is working for position but Lihakovich cracks him with a big knee to the head! Silva crumples up against the cage and Lihakovich lands two more shots before the ref can save Silva! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Alexi Lihakovich!
Our winner, Alexi Lihakovich, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.