PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sergio philippe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva
vs
philippe

177 cm
21
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Marcos Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, sergio philippe!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Silva is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
philippe is trying to get back to half guard.
philippe can't do much from the bottom here.
philippe throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
philippe wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva advances nicely into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva prevents philippe from getting the reversal.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
philippe throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?
philippe tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva mounts philippe! Really nice guard pass there!

That's two 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.
Silva avoids the attempt from philippe to control.
philippe is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Silva is staying active.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
philippe is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva manages to capitalize on a mistake by philippe to take his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva biding his time, looking for the opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Silva has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Marcos Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
philippe tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva wants to clinch up but philippe keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

philippe closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
philippe trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva keeping control of the position.
philippe wants to advance to full mount but Silva doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
philippe looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is adopting a defensive guard.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. philippe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
philippe tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

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 is pulling down on philippe's head to control his posture.
philippe wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
philippe tries to clinch up

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
philippe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Silva looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

philippe working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Silva has passed into half guard!
Silva uses his free foot to push down on philippe's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for philippe.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
philippe reaches up to try and control the position but Silva seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! philippe rolls and tries to escape and now Silva has his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Silva dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silva clinches up with philippe and pushes him back against the cage.
philippe looking for a takedown.
philippe wants to break free but Silva has control.

Silva works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Silva pushing down on philippe's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
philippe tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
philippe wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva controlling the action here.
philippe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva passes to side control.

Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
philippe tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Silva taking a breather here.
philippe prevents Silva from improving position.
philippe tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
philippe manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silva's best efforts.
philippe wants to get back to full guard.
Silva not doing much here.
Silva prevents philippe from standing back up.

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.
Silva not doing much here.
Silva passes into side control, despite philippe's attempt to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

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