PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danu Jaya (ranked 2948 p4p, 3080 weight class) and Silvio Van De Leide (ranked 358 p4p, 369 weight class). Van De Leide is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sandstorm - Darude. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jaya
vs
Van De Leide

180 cm
22
205
3 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
210
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danu Jaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Silvio Van De Leide!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Van De Leide.
Van De Leide fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaya manages to avoid it.
Van De Leide throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jaya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van De Leide.
Van De Leide avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van De Leide lands with an overhand left.
Jaya with a nice cross.
Jaya definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jaya.
Van De Leide misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van De Leide scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jaya walks into a stiff left hand from Van De Leide.
A cross from Van De Leide lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaya is looking to clinch.
Van De Leide takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Jaya decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Van De Leide has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Leide is looking to improve his position.
Van De Leide trying to control here.
Jaya is stalling here. Van De Leide is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jaya seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Van De Leide has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Van De Leide fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Van De Leide controls the position.
Van De Leide wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jaya keeps working.
Jaya tries to buck Van De Leide off but Van De Leide is having none of it.

Van De Leide tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Van De Leide has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Van De Leide wants to control but Jaya is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide working the ground and pound.

Van De Leide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jaya, who protects the arm well.
Jaya wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Jaya stops Van De Leide from passing to mount.
You can see the frustration on Jaya's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Van De Leide in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide working the head and body with strikes.
Jaya gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Van De Leide has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Van De Leide thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaya's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van De Leide looks to land a strike but Jaya avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Van De Leide wants to control from the top but Jaya keeps moving.
Van De Leide stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaya swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Van De Leide is still trying to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jaya's guard.
Jaya is looking to improve his position.
Van De Leide slips a nice elbow through Jaya's hands, connecting with Jaya's forehead.
Van De Leide passes into side control, despite Jaya's attempt to control the position.
Jaya is looking for a sweep.
Van De Leide tries to score with some ground and pound. Jaya controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Van De Leide is looking to take a break and control but Jaya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Van De Leide dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jaya slips under a jab from Van De Leide.
Jaya slips under a jab from Van De Leide.
Van De Leide swings widly with a right hand
and Jaya counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van De Leide lands a right hook to the body.
Jaya avoids the body shot from Van De Leide.
Van De Leide misses with a hook
and Jaya counters with a left to the body.
Van De Leide fails to land the takedown.
Van De Leide tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaya avoids the body shot from Van De Leide.
Van De Leide is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaya.
As Van De Leide tries to get set, Jaya tries to push him back and clinch up but Van De Leide manages to avoid the attempt.
Van De Leide misses with a hook.
Jaya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van De Leide manages to circle out of the way.
Jaya moves away from the strike by Van De Leide.
An attempted straight right counter from Jaya misses the target.

Jaya shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Leide is trying to control the position but Jaya postures up.
Van De Leide is pulling down on Jaya's head. It's preventing any offense from Jaya, at least for the moment.
Van De Leide looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jaya is one step ahead there.
Van De Leide is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jaya controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Van De Leide trying to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jaya looking to pass the guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Van De Leide fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silvio Van De Leide seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van De Leide tries for a takedown but Jaya sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Danu Jaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silvio Van De Leide.
Van De Leide misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Jaya misses its target.
Jaya tries for a takedown but Van De Leide circles away easily

and Van De Leide counters by moving into the clinch.

Jaya breaks from the clinch.
Van De Leide has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jaya lands a jab to Van De Leide's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Van De Leide misses its intended target.
Jaya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Jaya looking to score a takedown here. Van De Leide is defending well but Jaya drives through and ends up in Van De Leide's guard.
Jaya stopping the sweep attempt from Van De Leide.

Van De Leide working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jaya has passed into half guard!
Van De Leide misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Van De Leide moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jaya preventing the sweep.
Jaya slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jaya postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide managing to control the position.
Van De Leide tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Van De Leide is pulling down on Jaya's head. It's preventing any offense from Jaya, at least for the moment.
Jaya trying to control but Van De Leide is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van De Leide is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danu Jaya dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jaya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jaya misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Van De Leide misses.
Danu Jaya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaya blocks a jab.
Jaya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van De Leide sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Van De Leide gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jaya misses with some punches.
Jaya wants a takedown but no success here.
Van De Leide pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Jaya has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Van De Leide uses from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van De Leide trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaya has control of Van De Leide's left arm, preventing Van De Leide from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaya is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Van De Leide trying to control but Jaya is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaya is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van De Leide is controlling him.
Van De Leide postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Van De Leide is looking to advance position but Jaya has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Jaya landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide is working to get back to half guard.
Jaya can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Van De Leide is looking to escape.
Van De Leide is in all sorts of trouble here.
Van De Leide keeps trying to improve his position.
Van De Leide wants to control but Jaya is having none of it.
Danu Jaya overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Van De Leide is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Van De Leide that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jaya prevents Van De Leide from getting the reversal.
Jaya tries to control but Van De Leide wriggling away.
Van De Leide really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jaya tries to control but Van De Leide wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaya is really struggling to control Van De Leide but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Jaya controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide can't escape the position.
Van De Leide regains half guard.
Van De Leide is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Van De Leide manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jaya sitting in guard here, content to control.

Jaya is sitting in close to Van De Leide's body. Van De Leide has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Jaya is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Jaya is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Van De Leide.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Silvio Van De Leide!
Silvio Van De Leide thanked the fans post fight for their support.