PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony McCowan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye west - Amazing. McCowan has chosen I Will Not Bow as his entrance music. Matheus Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tony McCowan's chin.

Silva
vs
McCowan

180 cm
18
155 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

173 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Juggernaut Fuel

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony McCowan!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McCowan has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCowan landing knees to the body.
McCowan misses with a knee strike.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from McCowan.
Silva wants a takedown.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McCowan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
McCowan lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
McCowan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
McCowan misses with a knee strike.
McCowan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Matheus Silva has been cut.
McCowan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva avoiding damage as McCowan throws knees to the body.
McCowan lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
McCowan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
McCowan landing knees to the body.
McCowan working Silva over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCowan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from McCowan.
McCowan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McCowan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCowan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCowan lands a nice elbow.
McCowan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
McCowan lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.

Matheus Silva's cut is getting worse.
McCowan lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
McCowan lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCowan crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
McCowan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.

Matheus Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
McCowan crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
McCowan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McCowan misses with a knee to the head.
McCowan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCowan with a knee to the head.
McCowan scores a nice knee to the body.
McCowan working Silva over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCowan obliges.
Silva avoiding damage as McCowan throws knees to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCowan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCowan lands a knee to the body.
McCowan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCowan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McCowan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCowan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCowan.
McCowan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva tries to pull guard but McCowan won't allow it.
McCowan looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from McCowan, against the cage.
McCowan misses with an elbow over the top.
McCowan scores with a knee to the head.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCowan.
McCowan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCowan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McCowan trying to land knees to the body.
McCowan stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
McCowan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
McCowan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McCowan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
McCowan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McCowan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCowan lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
McCowan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McCowan misses with a knee to the head.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McCowan lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
McCowan working Silva over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCowan obliges.
McCowan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. McCowan just stands there and leans against the cage.
McCowan lands an elbow inside.
McCowan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
McCowan gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.
McCowan lands a nice elbow.
McCowan lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCowan.
McCowan lands an elbow inside.
McCowan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from McCowan.
Silva is working for takedown but McCowan is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCowan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCowan misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony McCowan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matheus Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McCowan forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
McCowan trying to land knees to the body.
McCowan lands an elbow inside.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCowan trying to land knees to the body.
Tony McCowan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCowan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva avoiding damage as McCowan throws knees to the body.
McCowan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from McCowan.
Silva tries to pull guard but McCowan holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCowan misses with an elbow strike.
McCowan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
McCowan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from McCowan, against the cage.
McCowan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCowan obliges.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McCowan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but McCowan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silva is trying to drag McCowan to the mat but McCowan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
McCowan lands a damaging elbow.
McCowan lands a damaging elbow.
McCowan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva avoiding damage as McCowan throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, McCowan throws an elbow but misses.
McCowan missing with knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as McCowan throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. McCowan just stands there and leans against the cage.
McCowan lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
McCowan prevents the takedown attempt.
McCowan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCowan obliges.
McCowan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCowan lands a knee to the body.
McCowan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
McCowan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCowan stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Nice elbow from McCowan.
Nice elbow from McCowan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from McCowan.
McCowan landing knees to the body.
McCowan trying to land knees to the body.
McCowan lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
McCowan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
McCowan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCowan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
McCowan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva has McCowan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. McCowan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
McCowan lands a nice knee to the body.
McCowan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from McCowan.
McCowan misses with an elbow over the top.
McCowan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McCowan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
McCowan scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but McCowan pulls his leg out and moves away.

McCowan forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
McCowan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. McCowan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by McCowan.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by McCowan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony McCowan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matheus Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

McCowan tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCowan sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McCowan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by McCowan.
McCowan doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Silva wants to take a breather but McCowan is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCowan punching from the bottom.

McCowan is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCowan trying to control from the bottom.
McCowan has his hands clasped together around Silva's back. He's all about the action.

Silva trying to work for an americana but McCowan has managed to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

McCowan is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
McCowan can't keep his opponent in guard - Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but McCowan is defending well.

Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
McCowan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but McCowan keeps working.

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but McCowan still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, McCowan has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Silva wants to control but McCowan postures up.

McCowan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no McCowan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tony McCowan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. McCowan is working away from the top position though.
McCowan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Silva.
McCowan tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
McCowan postures up.
Matheus Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and McCowan defends well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Matheus Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McCowan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony McCowan!