PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Temirov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruslan Temirov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Adriano Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Temirov

176 cm
27
135 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

164 cm
19
143 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruslan Temirov!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Temirov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Temirov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Temirov misses the target.
Temirov cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Temirov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Temirov cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Silva is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Temirov misses the target.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Temirov cracks Silva with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Temirov has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Silva to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Temirov thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Temirov staying out of range there.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Temirov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva moves away from the strike by Temirov.
Temirov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Temirov lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
Nice defenses there by Temirov.
Silva misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Temirov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva slips a straight right by Temirov.
Temirov lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Temirov. Beautiful body shot.
Silva misses the jab.

Temirov lands a left and a right that send Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Temirov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Ruslan Temirov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Temirov drops Silva with a naaaaasty hook - Silva is in real trouble here! Temirov dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruslan Temirov!
Our winner, Ruslan Temirov, 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.