PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juunas Sikio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rejinaldo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Roy Jones - Can't be touched as his entrance music. 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.

Sikio
vs
Silva

175 cm
25
192 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

188 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juunas Sikio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Rejinaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Sikio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses the shot to the body.

Silva clinches.
Sikio scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sikio.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sikio is defending well for now.
Sikio tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Sikio looking to stall.
A hook to the body from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sikio misses with some punches.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Sikio struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Sikio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva blocks a body shot from Sikio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sikio.
Sikio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Sikio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Sikio struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sikio.
Sikio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Sikio's ribcage. Sikio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sikio misses with a body punch.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva prevents a body shot from Sikio.
Sikio throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Sikio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sikio seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silva can turn it around.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sikio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sikio's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva has Sikio pushed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sikio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Sikio works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Sikio misses with the head strike.
Sikio tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Sikio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikio misses with a punch on the inside.
Sikio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Sikio fails to land.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Sikio prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sikio lands a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a body shot from Sikio.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sikio.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sikio.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sikio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sikio fails to land.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Sikio avoids the damage to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Sikio throws a head punch that misses.
Sikio lands with a right to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sikio avoids it.
Sikio throws a head punch that misses.
Sikio has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Sikio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sikio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sikio is stalling here.
Silva trying to stall but Sikio improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rejinaldo Silva will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva staying out of range there.
Sikio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sikio to score with a decent uppercut.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Sikio controls his hands.
Sikio tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Sikio back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sikio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Sikio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sikio struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sikio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Sikio.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sikio is defending well for now.
A short right from Sikio on the inside.

Silva is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Sikio finish him?
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Sikio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juunas Sikio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva blocking some punches.
Sikio lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Silva to his knees! Sikio keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juunas Sikio!