PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Felipe Silva has chosen Set the control as his entrance music. Felipe Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Silva

188 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jason Silva tries to clinch but Felipe Silva moves out of range.
Jason Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Felipe Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jason Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Felipe Silva's waist but Felipe Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jason Silva off to one side.
Jason Silva tries to clinch up but Felipe Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Jason Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Felipe Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Jason Silva is keen to just control but Felipe Silva is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jason Silva tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Felipe Silva.
Jason Silva wants to take a breather but Felipe Silva is having none of it.
Jason Silva trying to control from Felipe Silva's half guard. Felipe Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Felipe Silva is adopting a defensive guard.

Jason Silva stands up and waves to Felipe Silva to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jason Silva gets a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Felipe Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jason Silva has Felipe Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Felipe Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Felipe Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jason Silva is breathing heavily.
Jason Silva stops a takedown attempt from Felipe Silva.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Felipe Silva tries to throw a body punch but Jason Silva avoids it by throwing Felipe Silva back against the cage.
Jason Silva is trying to stall.
Jason Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Felipe Silva blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two 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.
Felipe Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Felipe Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jason Silva is trying to break the clinch but Felipe Silva has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Felipe Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Felipe Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jason Silva manages to get himself to full guard.

Felipe Silva drops back looking for a leg! Jason Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jason Silva manages to kick Felipe Silva off! Felipe Silva jumps back into Jason Silva's guard.
Felipe Silva trying to control but Jason Silva is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jason Silva trying to control the position.
Felipe Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Jason Silva has wrist control.
Jason Silva keeping moving, preventing Felipe Silva from controlling successfully.
Felipe Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Jason Silva has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jason Silva keeping moving, preventing Felipe Silva from controlling successfully.
Jason Silva wants to stand up but Felipe Silva is controlling him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Felipe Silva with a poor takedown
and Jason Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jason Silva tries to clinch up.
Felipe Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jason Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Felipe Silva.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jason Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Felipe Silva.

Jason Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Felipe Silva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Silva 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.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Felipe Silva.
Jason Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jason Silva tries to clinch but Felipe Silva moves away
and Felipe Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Jason Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Jason Silva breaks from the clinch.
Jason Silva is looking to clinch but Felipe Silva is avoiding it.
Jason Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Felipe Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Felipe Silva closes the distance looking to clinch

and Jason Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Jason Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Felipe Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Felipe Silva is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jason Silva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Felipe Silva to the mat. Felipe Silva regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felipe Silva wants to stand but Jason Silva is controlling the position.

Felipe Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Jason Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Jason Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Jason Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Felipe Silva tries to break free but Jason Silva pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jason Silva jumps into guard, dragging Felipe Silva to the mat.
Felipe Silva trying to control but Jason Silva is working from the bottom.

Jason Silva wriggles free and stands up.
Felipe Silva clinches but Jason Silva breaks the clinch

and Jason Silva moves into the clinch.

Jason Silva pulls guard successfully.
Jason Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Felipe Silva wants to control from the top but Jason Silva keeps moving.
Felipe Silva is looking to stand up but Jason Silva won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felipe Silva wants to control from the top but Jason Silva keeps moving.
Felipe Silva wanted to stand there but Jason Silva had control of the position.
Jason Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Felipe Silva trying to control but Jason Silva is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jason Silva misses with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jason Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Felipe Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jason Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Felipe Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jason Silva wants to clinch up but Felipe Silva keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jason Silva takes the fight into the clinch.

Felipe Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Felipe Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jason Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jason Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Felipe Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jason Silva!
Jason Silva tries to hold on but Felipe Silva pushes him away.
Jason Silva regains half guard.
Jason Silva trying to hold on to Felipe Silva's head to control him but Felipe Silva postures up.
Felipe Silva seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jason Silva keeping hold of Felipe Silva's head, controlling as best he can.
Jason Silva gets full guard.
Jason Silva wants to get back to his feet but Felipe Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Felipe Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Jason Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jason Silva has Felipe Silva pulled in close to control his posture.
Felipe Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jason Silva wriggles free and stands up.

Jason Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jason Silva is just content to waste time from the top position. Felipe Silva takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Jason Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felipe Silva controls Jason Silva momentarily but Jason Silva frees himself.

Felipe Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jason Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Jason Silva gets to his feet. Felipe Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jason Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Silva!