PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Silva (ranked 7403 p4p, 614 weight class) and Dan Clarke (ranked 25305 p4p, 633 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Light it up. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Silva
vs
Clarke

181 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Clarke!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clarke moves away from the strike by Silva.

Clarke has taken the fight to the clinch.
Clarke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clarke's coach down at JAG Battle Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Clarke's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Silva has Clarke pressed against the cage, preventing Clarke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Clarke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Clarke. Those never looked like landing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Clarke.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Clarke.
It looked like Silva was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A punch combination from Clarke misses.
Clarke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Clarke tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Clarke ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stalks Clarke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Clarke's face. Clarke staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Dan Clarke has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Clarke tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clarke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clarke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Clarke backing up. Clarke nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.

Clarke is rocked!
Silva throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Clarke crashing down! Clarke tries to stagger back to his feet but Silva just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Clarke asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Silva!
Victor Silva took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'This is Brazil!'.