PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joao Apolinario (ranked 1919 p4p, 1811 weight class) and Vitor De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Apolinario
vs
De Silva

180 cm
25
180
6 - 1 - 0

184 cm
26
185
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joao Apolinario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vitor De Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apolinario walks into a stiff left hand from De Silva.
De Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Apolinario fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Apolinario throws a body shot but no joy.
De Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Apolinario in his tracks.
Apolinario misses with a hook to the body
enabling De Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Apolinario definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
De Silva tests Apolinario's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Apolinario shoots and misses
enabling De Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
De Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Apolinario has his takedown stuffed

and De Silva counters with a nice right hand that sends Apolinario toppling to the canvas! Apolinario scrambles and gets back to his feet - can De Silva finish him?!

Apolinario is rocked!
De Silva digs a good body shot into Apolinario's ribs.

De Silva moves into the clinch.
De Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Apolinario backwards.
De Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Silva stalls.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Apolinario tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joao Apolinario. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Apolinario jumps guard.
Apolinario tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Apolinario working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Apolinario has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but De Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
De Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Apolinario is proving hard to escape from.
De Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Apolinario. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Apolinario looking for a triangle here. De Silva is fighting it but it looks tight! Apolinario pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, De Silva is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Joao Apolinario!