PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Rivet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Forever blaring out of the sound system. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Silva
vs
Rivet

174 cm
22
188 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
19
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre Rivet!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Rivet.

Rivet drops Silva with a left and a right! Oh, Silva is hurt - Rivet dives into side control looking to finish!

Silva is rocked!

It looks like Caio Silva has been cut.
Silva is trying to improve his position.

Rivet stands up and beckons Silva to his feet.

Rivet darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivet winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rivet passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rivet looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rivet looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rivet controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivet looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rivet might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Silva kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Rivet scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rivet landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva is looking to improve his position but Rivet isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivet tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Rivet.
Rivet trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Rivet.
Silva tries to hold on but Rivet pushes him away.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rivet scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rivet has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Silva can't escape the position.
Rivet looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice elbow there by Rivet.
Rivet unloading with bombs!
Rivet fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rivet lands a heavy elbow.
Rivet looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva is trying to stand.
Rivet has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Rivet looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Rivet sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rivet unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivet fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rivet lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivet pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rivet looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Silva covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandre Rivet!