PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between alex silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

silva
vs
Yamamoto

201 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
273 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, alex silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Henrique Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
silva shoots in and drives through. Yamamoto sprawls well.
Yamamoto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yamamoto shoots in and drives through. silva sprawls well.

Yamamoto has silva up against the cage in a clinch.
silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yamamoto pulls his leg out and moves away.
silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto looks to land a combination but silva avoids it well.
Yamamoto tries for a takedown but silva circles away easily

and silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Yamamoto trying to hold on to silva's head to control him but silva postures up.
silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yamamoto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yamamoto is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamamoto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yamamoto is trying to stand.
silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Yamamoto wants to get back to his feet.
Yamamoto tries to get to full guard but silva has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Yamamoto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

silva gets the takedown into side control.
silva tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
silva throws an elbow but Yamamoto slips to the side and avoids it well.
silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yamamoto keeps working.
silva cracks Yamamoto with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is trying to control silva's posture but silva avoids it.
Yamamoto is being controlled here.
silva has control of an arm but Yamamoto manages to advance to silva's back!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yamamoto is punishing silva with strikes - can he finish him?!
silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
silva is working to get back to half guard.
Yamamoto wants to control the pace but silva is squirming around nicely.
Yamamoto looks gassed!
silva is in a horrible position here. Yamamoto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva tries to hold on but Yamamoto pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
silva tries to hold on but Yamamoto postures up.
silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yamamoto with good strikes from the mount here!
silva is squirming around, avoiding Yamamoto's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

alex silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

silva with a poor takedown

and Yamamoto counters with a nice double leg into side control. silva won't be happy with that.
Yamamoto wants to lay and pray for a moment but silva keeps working.
silva can't do much from the bottom here.

Yamamoto stands up.
silva tries for a takedown but Yamamoto circles away easily

so Yamamoto counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Yamamoto gets to his feet. silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Yamamoto gets the takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamamoto stands up.
silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamamoto.

Yamamoto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

silva actively working from the bottom here.
silva is looking to escape.
Yamamoto is trying to control the action in half guard but silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yamamoto.
silva wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to stand but can't do so whilst silva controls his leg.
Henrique Yamamoto has got the better of the ground game so far.
silva trying to control from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Yamamoto moves into the clinch.
Yamamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
silva prevents Yamamoto from breaking the clinch.
silva looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for alex silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yamamoto obliges.

Yamamoto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
silva tries to clinch up

so Yamamoto counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yamamoto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yamamoto wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of silva's closed guard. He's half up but silva has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! silva pivots and extends the arm, Yamamoto falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by silva! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). alex silva!