PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Rayez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rayez
vs
Silva

183 cm
21
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Rayez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Silva!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva works over Rayez's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva works Rayez's body with a nice hook.

Rayez feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Rayez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rayez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rayez wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rayez is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Rayez trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Rayez passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Rayez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rayez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva stops Rayez from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rayez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rayez wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rayez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Rayez lands with a punch from half guard.
Rayez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!

Rayez is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.

Rayez working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Rayez is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Rayez manages to capitalize on a mistake by Silva to take his back!
Silva can't escape the position.

Rayez is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Silva has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Silva covering up well under a barage of strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rayez trying to control.
Rayez doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.

Rayez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva wants to stand but Rayez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rayez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rayez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rayez forces his way into half guard.
Rayez is controlling the pace.

Rayez seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Rayez winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Rayez seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva tries to roll over but Rayez keeps him under control.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Rayez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Rayez is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Silva is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Silva flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Rayez anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Silva and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Rayez slips an arm under Silva chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Rayez has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Rayez is squeezing on Silva like an anaconda would it's prey. Silva fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nick Rayez!