PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jet Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sylvio silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silva has chosen Cheek-Liekeissä as his entrance music. sylvio silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Li
vs
silva

180 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
20
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jet Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, sylvio silva!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
silva blocks a head kick by Li.
Li scoring well with a low kick there.
Li throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like sylvio silva has been cut.
silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Li. Li obviously looking to wear him down.
Li takes a shot right to the bread basket.

silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Li knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for silva on the ground.
silva wants to free his trapped foot but Li is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Li is staying active underneath silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Li is looking to improve his position.

silva seems to be working for a kimura but Li defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva wants to pass the guard but Li is defending well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Li is trying is best to control the position here.
Li has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. silva is working away from the top position though.

silva is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Li has managed to free his arm - good work.
silva looks gassed!
Li is doing well to control the position and prevent silva from advancing to side control.
silva trying to pass the guard but Li defending well.
Li trying to control but silva postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
silva wants to free his trapped foot but Li is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Li wants to get back to full guard.
Li is working hard here to advance position.

Li is defending against the submission attempts here by silva.

silva is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Li.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a sloppy head kick and silva moves out of range easily.
Li shoots and misses

and silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Li won't be happy with that.

silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
silva scores with punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
silva lands a few punches from side control.
Li tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
silva looking to control but Li is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

silva quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for silva but it's paid off an Li is forced to tap! Nice work by silva.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). sylvio silva!