PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Slipknot - Psychosocial. Jenkins is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Prodigy-Out Of Space. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Jenkins

179 cm
19
163 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyrone Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with the takedown.
Tyrone Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jenkins to the mat! Jenkins manages to get full guard.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jenkins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva content to stall in guard here.
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 seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jenkins for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jenkins looking to control.
Jenkins wants to improve his position but instead Silva has moved into half guard.
Silva trying to control the pace.
Jenkins is trying to stand.

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.
Jenkins trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.
Jenkins tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Jenkins pushes Silva off but Silva dives into side control.
Silva is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Jenkins is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silva asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jenkins is looking to get back to his feet here but Silva is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jenkins's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is trying to get back to his feet but Silva has full control of the position and if anything, Jenkins has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Silva just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Jenkins tries to escape but Silva has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Jenkins rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four 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.
Silva stops Jenkins from getting back to his feet.
Jenkins tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva controlling the action here.
Jenkins wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jenkins shoots and misses

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva is standing up over Jenkins. Jenkins looks to escape but Silva dives into side control.
Silva advances to full mount.
Silva controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins really wants to buck Silva off and get back to his feet.
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.
Jenkins is trying to stand.
Jenkins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jenkins is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jenkins working to try and regain half guard.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Jenkins is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva is stalling here but it's allowed Jenkins to get half guard.

Jenkins kicks Silva off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jenkins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jenkins.
Jenkins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jenkins must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jenkins is one step ahead there.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Jenkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jenkins is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jenkins avoid being mounted?
Silva moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jenkins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jenkins wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Jenkins.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jenkins looking to control but Silva passes into half guard.
Silva is taking a breather. Jenkins says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins throws a strike from the bottom but Silva passes into side control!
Jenkins is looking for a sweep.
Jenkins tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Jenkins trying to get back to his feet but Silva is in full control for now.
Jenkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Jenkins doesn't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva is trying to stick to Jenkins's back but Jenkins is turning into Silva. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Silva's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Jenkins.
Jenkins is looking to advance position but Silva has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Jenkins squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Silva controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jenkins is trying to stand.
Silva content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jenkins is looking to get to half guard.
Silva content just to control the position here.
Tyrone Jenkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

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