PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fintch Skeeter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fintch Skeeter is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Silva
vs
Skeeter

180 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fintch Skeeter!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skeeter closes the distance and clinches.

Skeeter breaks the clinch.
Skeeter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Skeeter pinned against the cage. Skeeter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Skeeter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Skeeter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Skeeter wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Skeeter but Skeeter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Skeeter moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skeeter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Skeeter has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Silva regains guard immediately.
Skeeter stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is trying to keep Skeeter in close.
Skeeter wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Skeeter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skeeter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Skeeter tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Skeeter wants to clinch.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Skeeter counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Skeeter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Skeeter thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Skeeter is very close to passing his half guard.
Skeeter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skeeter wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva is trying to keep Skeeter in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skeeter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skeeter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Skeeter is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skeeter scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Skeeter avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Skeeter lands a couple of digs.
Silva keeping full guard, as Skeeter tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Skeeter passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Skeeter tries to stand but can't do so whilst Silva controls his leg.
Skeeter scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Skeeter working the head and body with strikes.
Skeeter 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.
Skeeter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Skeeter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Skeeter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Skeeter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Skeeter takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Skeeter there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skeeter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fintch Skeeter dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Skeeter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Skeeter trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to pull guard but Skeeter won't allow it.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Skeeter avoiding damage.
Skeeter has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.

Skeeter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt

and Skeeter counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Skeeter is struggling to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skeeter scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Skeeter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Skeeter counters by moving into the clinch.
Skeeter taking a breather.
Silva tries a body shot but Skeeter blocks it.
Skeeter misses with some punches.

Skeeter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skeeter wants to clinch.

Skeeter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva has Skeeter pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Skeeter manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Skeeter is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to break free but Skeeter has control.

Skeeter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Skeeter tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Skeeter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Skeeter landing knees to the body.

Skeeter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Skeeter.

Skeeter clinches with his opponent.
A shot in the inside from Skeeter.

Skeeter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skeeter looks to clinch
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Skeeter takes the fight into the clinch.

Skeeter manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Skeeter moves into the clinch.
Skeeter stalling.

Skeeter has hold of one of Silva's legs. Silva is fighting the takedown attempt but Skeeter gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Skeeter lands a couple of digs.
Skeeter tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Skeeter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Skeeter tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Skeeter chips away with some ground and pound.
Skeeter lands a couple of elbows.
Skeeter is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Silva keeping full guard, as Skeeter tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing Skeeter any problems.
Skeeter tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Skeeter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Skeeter cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Skeeter is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Skeeter looking to pass the guard.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Skeeter is proving a slippery customer.
Skeeter would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Skeeter scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fintch Skeeter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Skeeter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Skeeter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Skeeter moves away

and Skeeter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Skeeter manages to break the clinch.

Skeeter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Skeeter would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Skeeter landing some decent shots from guard.
Skeeter throws a big right hand that misses.
Skeeter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva keeping full guard, as Skeeter tries to pass.
Skeeter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skeeter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Skeeter with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Skeeter forces his way into half guard.
Skeeter lands strikes from half guard.
Skeeter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Skeeter.
Skeeter scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Skeeter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Skeeter lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skeeter slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Skeeter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva trying to control here.
Skeeter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Skeeter in his half guard.
Skeeter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Skeeter landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva is looking to control Skeeter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Silva is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Skeeter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Skeeter lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Skeeter there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skeeter working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Skeeter lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Skeeter wants to stand up but Silva has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Skeeter scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Silva.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Skeeter slips an elbow through the middle.
Fintch Skeeter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Skeeter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Skeeter controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Skeeter looking to pass the guard.
Skeeter stops Silva from standing up.
Skeeter wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.

Skeeter decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Justin Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Skeeter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fintch Skeeter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Skeeter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fintch Skeeter!