PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between DJ tiongson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake 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.

tiongson
vs
Silva

179 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, DJ tiongson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. tiongson is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva prevents tiongson from standing back up.
tiongson missing with punches from the bottom.
Silva takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Silva throwing shots but tiongson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but tiongson keeps working.
tiongson is trying to control but Silva passes into side control!
You can see the frustration on tiongson's face as Silva controls the position.
tiongson regains half guard there - taking advantage of Silva's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tiongson wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
tiongson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
tiongson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Silva trying to control but tiongson is working from the bottom.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva stays in close to tiongson's body and controls the position.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
tiongson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva cracks tiongson with a solid left hand.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but tiongson has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva trying to control but tiongson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
tiongson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva passes tiongson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
tiongson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
tiongson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for tiongson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Silva dominated that round.
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.

Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
tiongson trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.
tiongson is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Silva passes the guard and advances to mount!
tiongson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva throws some wild stikes that tiongson manages to avoid easily.
tiongson is trying to escape the mount.
tiongson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva controlling his opponent.
Silva thowing shots but they're missing.
tiongson is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.
Silva landing punches.

tiongson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands a big elbow.
Oh tiongson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Silva cracks tiongson with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Silva!