PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maruim Silva (ranked 2503 p4p, 4047 weight class) and Rapido Nadadora (ranked 304 p4p, 410 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Nadadora

170 cm
31
155
16 - 4 - 0

177 cm
37
161
16 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maruim Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rapido Nadadora!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadadora throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Nadadora.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Nadadora lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nadadora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Nadadora throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadadora uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nadadora tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nadadora misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.

Silva jumps into guard, dragging Nadadora to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Maruim Silva!
After winning the bout, Maruim Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.