PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ash Butch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rennon Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Butch
vs
Silva

165 cm
23
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
155 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Ash Butch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rennon Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Butch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up but Butch circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Butch shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Butch.
Butch prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ash Butch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rennon Silva.
Butch is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Butch prevents the takedown attempt.

Silva is fighting off a takedown attempt but Butch is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Silva to the mat. Silva regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Butch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Butch working some strikes from top position.
Butch lands a couple of elbows.
Silva wants to stand up but Butch is controlling him.
Butch chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butch landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Butch is controlling him.
Butch works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Butch controlling the action here.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Butch working the head and body with strikes.
Still in half guard, Butch seems content to control.
Silva tries to kick Butch off but Butch keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Butch lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Butch content to control rather than advance.
Silva pushes Butch off looking to stand but Butch dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Butch trying to control the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva is looking to escape.
Silva looks gassed!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Butch shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Butch swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Butch looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Butch is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butch lands strikes from half guard.
Well, if Butch is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Silva tries to kick Butch off but Butch keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Butch sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Butch takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Butch is controlling him well.
Still in half guard, Butch seems content to control.
Butch takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Butch perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ash Butch just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Butch drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Butch looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Butch'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 is looking to stand up but Butch isn't so interested in that idea.
Butch showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Butch is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Butch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Butch is controlling him.
Butch is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Butch stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Butch is having none of it.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Butch manages to pass to side control.
Butch is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ash Butch just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Butch fails with a takedown attempt.

That's eight 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.

Butch scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Butch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Butch winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Butch is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Butch content to control rather than advance.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Butch lands a nice short elbow.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Butch is controlling the pace.
Butch seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Butch is controlling him

And that's the end of the fight!
Ash Butch showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Butch has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Ash Butch!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Ash Butch!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Ash Butch!

Ash Butch wins by unanimous decision!