PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Bernaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Sylva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Sylva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bernaldo
vs
Sylva

160 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luiz Bernaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Sylva!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sylva keeps the fight on the outside.
Bernaldo misses with a body kick.
Sylva blocks the body kick.
Bernaldo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sylva as he jumps to the side.
Bernaldo ducks under a wild hook from Sylva.
Sylva throws a good cross that connects.
Nice uppercut there from Sylva.

Bernaldo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernaldo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Bernaldo looking for a guillotine from mount but Sylva is having none of it.
Sylva is squirming around, avoiding Bernaldo's attempts to control the action.
Sylva wants to get back to his feet.
Sylva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bernaldo.
Bernaldo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

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.
Sylva is trying to stand.
Bernaldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Bernaldo working for a guillotine from mount but Sylva is in no mood to give up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bernaldo is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Sylva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scott Sylva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bernaldo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sylva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bernaldo somewhat.
A big right from Sylva misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sylva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bernaldo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sylva's waist but Sylva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bernaldo off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Bernaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bernaldo tries to move into range but Sylva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bernaldo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bernaldo moves forwards but Sylva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernaldo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sylva sprawls well. Sylva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bernaldo gets slowly back to his feet.
Sylva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bernaldo on the side of the head.
Sylva misses with a double jab.
Bernaldo ducks under a wild hook from Sylva.
Sylva lunges at Bernaldo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bernaldo's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Sylva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Bernaldo.
Sylva drops Bernaldo with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Bernaldo! Sylva dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Scott Sylva!