PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wellker Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Single Ladies (Put a ring on it) as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Silva
vs
Jackson

180 cm
22
184 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Crippler's Corner
Mundo Green - World Verde

[JMFC] Klinch

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wellker Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jackson - that will leave a mark!

Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Wellker Silva has been cut.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson looks gassed!
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva cracks Jackson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Silva lands with a cross.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.

Jackson drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Silva cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Jackson has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Arthur Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson lands a high kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Silva gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson working Silva over with knees to the body.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.

Jackson rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva pushes Jackson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jackson in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.

Jackson clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Arthur Jackson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Wellker Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jackson throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Jackson throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Jackson lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jackson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Silva tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Jackson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Jackson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Jackson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Jackson drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Jackson prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes Jackson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva lands a body punch.

Silva breaks the clinch.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Jackson's defenses.
Silva blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva cracks Jackson with a good jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jackson.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid body kick from Jackson.
Jackson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Jackson lands a high kick!
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wellker Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jackson tries to clinch up.
Silva lands the left hand.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Jackson scores with a leg kick.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Silva.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Jackson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Jackson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Jackson.
Jackson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jackson blocks a jab.

Jackson pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jackson.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jackson cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Arthur Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.

Jackson pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from Silva.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Arthur Jackson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson connects with a solid leg kick.
Jackson looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Jackson had a free shot at his head there.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Silva throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wellker Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wellker Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jackson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Jackson's head.

Jackson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Arthur Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva working aggressively here.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jackson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Jackson!