PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khai Amur (ranked 5386 p4p, 552 weight class) and Daniel Silva (ranked 4553 p4p, 484 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Amur
vs
Silva

197 cm
25
243 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Powerful

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Khai Amur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Amur lands.
Amur throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Amur counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Amur counters with a straight right hand.
Amur connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab, jab by Amur - just one landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Amur. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Amur sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva throws a head kick but Amur moves out of range.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva wants to clinch
and Amur counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amur keeps the fight on the outside.
Amur is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Amur.
Amur connects with a jab.
Amur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Amur definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Amur lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Amur connects with a single shot there.
Amur scores with a hook.
Amur cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva tries to clinch but Amur is having none of it.
Amur lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Amur sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Amur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch
and Amur counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Amur finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Amur counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khai Amur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Amur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Amur lands an overhand right.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Amur as he avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a takedown
letting Amur counter with a right hand.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Amur jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva with a poor takedown
and Amur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amur ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva with a poor takedown
enabling Amur to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Amur there.
Amur connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Amur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amur lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Amur lands with a good body shot.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Amur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva looks winded!
Amur lands a jab to the head.
Amur scores with a nice head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Amur fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Amur circles away from the clinch attempt
and Amur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Amur ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Amur cracks Silva with a good jab.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Amur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Amur throws out a powerful jab.
Silva throws a leg kick
enabling Amur to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Amur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khai Amur dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Amur dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Daniel Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Amur stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva is looking to clinch but Amur is avoiding it.
It looked like Amur was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Silva.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Amur makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Amur.
Silva is trying desperately to land a takedown but Amur is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Silva.
Amur lands a head shot.
Amur catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Amur darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva tries for a takedown but Amur circles away easily
and Amur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good standup being displayed there by Amur as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Amur throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Amur is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva moves forwards but Amur connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Amur seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Khai Amur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
Amur connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Amur finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Amur thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice shot by Amur.
Silva tries to clinch but Amur moves away
and Amur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Amur swivels and escapes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Amur counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amur lands an overhand right.
Amur lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Amur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amur is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Amur cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Amur dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Amur scores with a shot to the body.
Amur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Amur lands a right hook to the body.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Amur counters with a stiff right hand.
Amur thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Amur throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva closes the distance but Amur moves to the side
and Amur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amur stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Amur's corner calls for a 1-2. Amur obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Amur counters with a nice uppercut.
Amur throws a good cross that connects.
Amur throws out a powerful jab.
Amur feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Amur then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Khai Amur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amur thuds a left hand into Silva's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Amur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amur moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silva might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Amur has got the better of the exchanges.
Amur lands a right hook to the body.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Amur but Amur pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva fails with the takedown
and Amur counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva takes one on the button.
Jab, jab by Amur - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khai Amur dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Amur bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Amur feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Amur works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Amur.
Silva shoots and misses
and Amur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Amur - just one landing.
Silva throws a series of punches but Amur avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amur slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Amur to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice uppercut lands for Amur. That snapped Silva's head back.
Amur clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Amur shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Amur to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silva wants to clinch.
Amur throws a shot to the body.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Amur lands a nice looking body shot.
Amur getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amur bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Amur.
Khai Amur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Amur as he jumps to the side.
Amur is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Khai Amur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
Good standup being displayed there by Amur as he connects with a hook.
Amur lands a body shot.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva moves forwards but Amur connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Amur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Amur scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Silva is rocked!
Amur connects with a crisp jab.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Amur finish him?
Silva moves to clinch but Amur breaks away
and Amur counters with a crisp right that sends Silva to the canvas! Amur follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khai Amur!
After the fight, Khai Amur was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.