PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Slade (ranked 3565 p4p, 1959 weight class) and Jurumin Silva (ranked 429 p4p, 251 weight class). Slade comes to the cage accompanied by 2 Legit 2 Quit. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Slade
vs
Silva

200 cm
24
242
8 - 5 - 0

192 cm
23
232
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Slade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jurumin Silva!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slade looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.

Slade scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slade is one step ahead there.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Slade got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Slade has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Silva trying to control the position.
Slade wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Silva has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Slade doesn't defend quickly enough and Silva has managed to lock this one up! Can Slade escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Silva on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jurumin Silva!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jurumin Silva made sure he mentioned Tengelü Hekite, along with how happy he was to win his fight.