PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between joe silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Amaral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). joe silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

silva
vs
Amaral

200 cm
22
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, joe silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Amaral!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amaral slaps away a takedown attempt from silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Amaral misses.
Joe Amaral seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amaral fails to land the takedown.
Amaral throws a right hand that silva ducks under and follows up with a left that silva also avoids with ease.
silva fails with the takedown.
silva wants to clinch.
Amaral fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
silva shoots in and drives through. Amaral sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for joe silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Amaral looks to land a combination but silva avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
silva fails with a takedown attempt.
silva tries to clinch up but Amaral circles away and keeps his distance.
Amaral defends well against a solid takedown attempt from silva.
Amaral will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amaral misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
silva fails with the takedown.
Amaral swinging wilding here.
Amaral defends well against a solid takedown attempt from silva.
Amaral misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Amaral misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Amaral.
silva is breathing heavily.
Amaral lands a nice forearm strike.
Amaral scores with punches from side control.
silva tries to buck Amaral off but Amaral is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amaral working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amaral working the ground and pound.
silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Amaral working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Amaral working the head and body with strikes.
Amaral working the ground and pound.
Amaral working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amaral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear silva down.
silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Amaral lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amaral working the head and body with strikes.
Amaral working the ground and pound from side control.
Amaral is putting a hurting on silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Amaral grinds an elbow into silva's temple.
silva is pushing Amaral's head away, looking to escape. Amaral manages to hold on to the position though.

Amaral is working to tighten is grip on silva's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. silva has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Amaral is really squeezing tight and eventually silva passes out! Amaral breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Joe Amaral!