PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fatih Emir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wellker Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emir comes to the cage accompanied by i kill people. Fatih Emir is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Emir
vs
Silva

185 cm
25
190 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

180 cm
24
184 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fatih Emir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wellker Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Emir bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emir moves into full mount!
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Emir controlling his opponent.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Emir thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Emir has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Emir is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Emir's body position as best he can.

Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Emir.
Emir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Emir.
Silva is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Emir pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Emir thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.
Emir tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva tries to buck Emir off but he can't manage it.
Emir breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Silva looks gassed!
Emir trying to control but he's not successful this time.

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.
Emir looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Emir is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Emir's body position as best he can.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Emir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Emir landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Emir thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.

Silva bucks up and throws Emir to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Emir circles away.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Emir.

Emir looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Emir is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Emir goes for an armbar but Silva turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Silva.
Silva is looking to stand up but Emir won't let him.

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.
Emir looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Emir has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Emir controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Silva wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Emir's closed guard. He's half up but Emir has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Emir pivots and extends the arm, Silva falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Emir! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fatih Emir!