PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kazuka Fuujin (ranked 479 p4p, 23 weight class) and Leonardo Da Silva (ranked 1695 p4p, 81 weight class). Fuujin comes to the cage accompanied by a lot of Asian swag in this young man. The crowd seem to be enjoying Da Silva's choice of entrance music: Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Fuujin
vs
Da Silva

175 cm
38
146 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

167 cm
29
135 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazuka Fuujin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonardo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Fuujin.
Fuujin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Da Silva.
Fuujin looks to land a body kick but Da Silva moved away.
Fuujin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Silva.
A big left from Da Silva misses.
Da Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fuujin. Fuujin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fuujin throws a hook to the side of Da Silva's head but Da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Da Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fuujin misses with a right hand
and Da Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Fuujin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Da Silva.
Fuujin is looking to land body kicks.
Da Silva lands a nice hook to Fuujin's body. Fuujin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fuujin misses with a hook
and Da Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Fuujin misses the target.
Fuujin sets himself, and Da Silva steps forward looking for the clinch! Fuujin avoids it this time.
Da Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fuujin.
Fuujin tries a low kick but Da Silva avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuujin is looking to land body kicks.
Da Silva dodges the punch combination from Fuujin.
Fuujin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Da Silva. Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva moves out of range as Fuujin throws a body kick.

Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Fuujin misses with a body punch.
Da Silva is pressed up against the cage. Fuujin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Da Silva down to the mat. Da Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fuujin jabs Da Silva right on the nose. Da Silva blinks but takes it well.
Kazuka Fuujin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fuujin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuujin throws out the jab.
A solid body kick from Da Silva.
Fuujin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Silva.
Da Silva slips a jab from Fuujin.
Fuujin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Fuujin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fuujin tries to pass to full mount but Da Silva defends it.
Fuujin is thwarting Da Silva's attempts to control the position.

Fuujin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Da Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fuujin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Da Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fuujin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Da Silva is keeping the position for now.
Da Silva keeping moving, preventing Fuujin from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Fuujin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fuujin wants to control from the top but Da Silva keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fuujin is fighting to break Da Silva's control of his arms but Da Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuujin controls his hands.
Da Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fuujin misses with a punch on the inside.
Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Da Silva.
Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Fuujin.
Fuujin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Da Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuujin or not.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuujin's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Da Silva.
Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Fuujin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Da Silva tries to work over Fuujin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Da Silva fails to land.
Da Silva prevents a body shot from Fuujin.
Fuujin prevents a body shot from Da Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuujin working aggressively here.
Da Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Fuujin blocks an uppercut.
Fuujin blocking some punches.
Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Leonardo Da Silva will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fuujin throws an overhand right that lands on Da Silva's shoulder, as Da Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Fuujin connects with a crisp jab.
Da Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fuujin finds it's way round the side to connect with Da Silva's head.

It looks like Leonardo Da Silva has been cut.
Fuujin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fuujin throws a hook to the side of Da Silva's head but Da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Da Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Fuujin should have avoided that one.
Fuujin digs a good hook to Da Silva's body.
Fuujin thows a leg kick but Da Silva checks it
and Da Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Da Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Fuujin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fuujin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Da Silva throws out the jab.
Da Silva digs a good hook to Fuujin's body.
Da Silva motions for Fuujin to come forward. Da Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot by Da Silva.
Fuujin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Silva momentarily.
Da Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuujin.
Fuujin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Da Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Fuujin.
Da Silva catches Fuujin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice inside leg kick there by Fuujin. That's going to slow Da Silva down.
Fuujin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Da Silva.
Leonardo Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Da Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Fuujin.
Da Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Da Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Fuujin misses the jab.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Fuujin.
Fuujin misses with a left hand
and Da Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuujin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fuujin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuujin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body kick there by Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fuujin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fuujin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fuujin cracks Da Silva with a good jab.
Nice cross by Da Silva.
Da Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Da Silva connects with a body shot that sends Fuujin's belly button to the back.
Da Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Fuujin misses with an uppercut
and Da Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Da Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fuujin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fuujin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice body punch from Da Silva.
Da Silva misses with a straight left.
Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fuujin will feel that in the morning.
A jab from Da Silva does it's job there.
Fuujin lands a jab.
Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fuujin will feel that in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva forces Fuujin back against the cage and clinches.

Da Silva gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Da Silva connects with a nice short shot to Fuujin's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Silva is thwarting Fuujin's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fuujin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Da Silva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Da Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fuujin's head.

Fuujin actively working from the bottom here.
Fuujin moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is pushing down on Fuujin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fuujin is fighting to maintain full guard but Da Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Da Silva tries to pass to full mount but Fuujin defends it.
Da Silva throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Fuujin to regain full guard.
Fuujin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Da Silva working some strikes from top position.
Da Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuujin keeping moving, preventing Da Silva from controlling successfully.
Fuujin can't keep his opponent in guard - Da Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Leonardo Da Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Da Silva slips a straight right by Fuujin.
Fuujin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fuujin misses with a lunging right hand
and Da Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Fuujin 's knee.
Da Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fuujin throws a right hand that misses
and Da Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Fuujin moves out of range as Da Silva strikes.
Fuujin looks to land a left hand but Da Silva moved out of range nicely.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Fuujin.
Da Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
A jab from Da Silva misses.
Da Silva throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Fuujin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Da Silva connects with a jab.
Fuujin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fuujin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Da Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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!
Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuujin throws out the jab.
Fuujin throws out a leg kick but Da Silva moves out of range and Fuujin only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fuujin looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Fuujin misses with a hook to the body
enabling Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Silva cracks Fuujin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Da Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuujin.
It looked like Fuujin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Some bone on bone action there as Da Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Da Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Da Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fuujin momentarily.
Fuujin takes one on the button.
Fuujin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Da Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fuujin finds it's way round the side to connect with Da Silva's head.

Fuujin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva wants to improve his position but Fuujin is controlling well.

Da Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Da Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kazuka Fuujin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva manages to get to full guard.
Fuujin is working Da Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fuujin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fuujin wants to control from the top but Da Silva keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin preventing the sweep.

Da Silva is looking for a triangle but Fuujin pushes his legs off easily.

Da Silva working for submissions but it's allowed Fuujin to get to half guard.
Fuujin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Da Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Leonardo Da Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fuujin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Da Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Da Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fuujin defends well.
Fuujin is pushing down on Da Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Da Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Fuujin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nice strikes from Fuujin there.

Fuujin wants to work for an arm triangle but Da Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Fuujin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fuujin looks to land a strike but Da Silva avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Da Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Da Silva!
Leonardo Da Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
62%

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