PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Noonan
vs
Da Silva

150 cm
23
300 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

201 cm
28
296 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Noonan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Santiago Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva avoids the body shot from Noonan.
Da Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Noonan punishes Da Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Noonan misses with an uppercut.
Da Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Noonan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da Silva lands with an overhand left.
Noonan tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Noonan looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noonan.
Noonan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Da Silva.
Noonan misses with a hook.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Noonan sprawls well. Noonan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryan Noonan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noonan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Da Silva as he jumps to the side.
Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noonan.
Noonan takes a swing at Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Noonan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Santiago Da Silva has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Noonan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan misses with a body kick.
Noonan wants to land a leg kick but Da Silva is out of range.
Noonan just misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.

Noonan gets caught flat footed, as Da Silva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Da Silva forces his way into half guard.
Da Silva trying to pass the guard but Noonan defending well.
Da Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Noonan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Noonan is looking to improve his position.

Da Silva is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noonan is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Noonan defends the submission attempt.
Noonan moves into full guard.
Noonan looking for a sweep. Not yet Noonan, not yet.
Da Silva slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Noonan managing to control the position.
Da Silva wants to control from the top but Noonan keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noonan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Da Silva stays in close to Noonan's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Santiago Da Silva.
Da Silva moves out of range as Noonan strikes.
Da Silva lands a body shot.
Da Silva scores with a jab.
Da Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Noonan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Noonan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Da Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Da Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Noonan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Da Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Da Silva has momentary wrist control but Noonan slips an elbow through the middle.
Noonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Noonan throws and elbow that misses. Da Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Noonan's guard. Nice move by Da Silva!
Da Silva passes Noonan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Noonan is looking for a sweep. Da Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Da Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Noonan defends it well.
Da Silva working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Noonan's thigh. Noonan counters though and makes it back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva wants to pass the guard but Noonan is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Noonan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santiago Da Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Da Silva avoids the body shot from Noonan.
Da Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Da Silva blocks a jab.
A leg kick checked by Da Silva.

Da Silva darts in and clinches Noonan up against the cage.
Noonan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Da Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Da Silva jumps guard but Noonan stands there with Da Silva around his waist. Da Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Da Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Noonan.
Still in the clinch, Noonan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Noonan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Da Silva's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Noonan missing with knees to the body.
Come on Da Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Da Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Noonan fails to land.
Noonan lands a shoulder strike.
Da Silva prevents a body shot from Noonan.
Da Silva blocks an elbow strike from Noonan.
Da Silva is trying to stall.
Noonan misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan misses with an elbow strike.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Noonan avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from Noonan, against the cage.
Noonan misses with an elbow over the top.
Noonan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Noonan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Da Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Noonan can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from Noonan, against the cage.
Noonan pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Da Silva looking to stall.
Noonan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Noonan smiles and moves away.
Ryan Noonan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santiago Da Silva.
Noonan misses with a body punch
and Da Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Noonan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Da Silva's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Noonan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Da Silva avoiding damage as Noonan throws knees to the body.
Noonan is working Da Silva over against the cage.
Noonan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Da Silva's elbow.
Noonan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Noonan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Noonan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Noonan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Noonan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Noonan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Noonan pushes Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Noonan misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Noonan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Noonan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Noonan lands a good knee to the midsection. Da Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Noonan scores with a hook to the body.
Noonan throws an elbow that misses.
Noonan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Da Silva avoids it.
Noonan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Da Silva is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is looking to control Noonan's arms but Noonan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Da Silva has his back to the cage.
Noonan missing with knees to the body.
Noonan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Da Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Noonan.
Noonan pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Noonan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Noonan tries to work over Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Noonan tries a body shot but Da Silva blocks it.
Da Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Noonan trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva dodges an elbow strike from Noonan.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Noonan.
Noonan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Da Silva jumps guard and drags Noonan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Noonan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Da Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Da Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four 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.
Noonan throwing strikes but missing.
Noonan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Da Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Da Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Noonan defends well.
Noonan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Da Silva's head.

Da Silva working for a triangle but Noonan defends it easily.
Noonan lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Noonan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Santiago Da Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Da Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Noonan can pounce on him.
Da Silva slips a straight right by Noonan.
Da Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Noonan.
Noonan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A big right from Noonan misses.
Noonan throws the kick towards the body but Da Silva avoids it.
Noonan is looking to wear down Da Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Noonan misses with a body shot
and Da Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.

Noonan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Noonan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Da Silva avoids it.
Noonan trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva has Noonan pushed against the cage.
Da Silva presses Noonan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Noonan misses with a hook from the clinch.

Da Silva jumps guard and drags Noonan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Noonan scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noonan throws a strike but Da Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Da Silva wants to pass the guard but Noonan is keeping the position.
Noonan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Da Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Noonan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Noonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Da Silva trying to control the position.
Noonan throws a big right hand that misses.
Noonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Noonan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Santiago Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Da Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Noonan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Noonan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That has opened up Santiago Da Silva's cut even more.
Noonan stopping the sweep attempt from Da Silva.

Da Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Noonan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Noonan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Noonan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Noonan landing with the ground and pound.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Santiago Da Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ryan Noonan!