PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Trent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Dirty Hous'. Trent has chosen Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up as his entrance music. Andrew Trent will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Silva
vs
Trent

178 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Trent!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch up but Trent keeps it at a distance.
Trent lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Trent shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Trent clinches up against the cage.

Trent pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silva wants to control from the top but Trent keeps moving.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Trent trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trent tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trent shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Trent is defended easily by Silva.
Mauricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Trent.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trent.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Trent counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva closes the distance but Trent moves to the side
and Trent counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Trent shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Trent's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Silva darts in and clinches Trent up against the cage.
Trent is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Trent into the cage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Trent in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Trent won't want to take too many of those.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trent avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Trent is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Trent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trent.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Trent in his tracks for a moment.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trent shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice defenses there by Trent.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva throws a hook but Trent avoids it easily.

Trent closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Trent is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Trent managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trent tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Trent back against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch.

Trent has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trent drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Trent tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trent throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silva.
Trent has a takedown stuffed.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Trent fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Trent takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Mauricio Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Trent clinches.
Trent takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Andrew Trent has been cut.
Trent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trent takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.

Trent turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Silva struggling a bit here.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Trent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Trent's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trent moves away.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Trent circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trent slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trent looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trent shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Trent's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Trent misses with a wild body shot.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Trent swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trent drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Trent is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Trent blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trent's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trent successfully pulls guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Trent keeps moving.
Silva won't allow Trent to sweep him here.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Trent keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mauricio Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trent throws a head kick that misses.
Trent takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Trent takes a jab right on the kisser.
Trent shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Trent gets slowly back to his feet.
Mauricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Trent.
Trent swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Trent is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Trent misses with a body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Trent fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trent lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Trent slips a straight right by Silva.

Trent shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Trent finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva is controlling Trent's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Trent is working away from the top position though.
Silva controlling the position for now.
Trent is looking to advance position but Silva won't allow it.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva trying to control the position.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

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.
Trent is fighting to break Silva's control of his arms but Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Trent with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Mauricio Silva wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Trent misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Trent fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Andrew Trent seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva with a hook.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Trent'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!

Trent will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Trent fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Trent jumps guard but Silva stands there with Trent around his waist. Trent gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mauricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Trent.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Trent avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Trent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Trent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trent takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Trent in his tracks for a moment.
Trent takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trent dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trent's brow.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Trent.
Trent avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Trent avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Trent blocks the elbow strike.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Trent jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Trent has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Silva pushes down on Trent's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva is keen to just control but Trent is a slippery customer.
Silva trying to advance position but Trent counters by regaining guard.

Trent looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trent is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Trent wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Trent looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Trent looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Trent's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Trent wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Trent looking to control but Silva passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva is thwarting Trent's attempts to control the position.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Trent is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Trent avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Trent is trying to control but can't.
Silva prevents Trent from standing back up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silva passes into side control, despite Trent's attempt to control the position.
Trent is trying to work for a sweep but Silva has mounted him!
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Silva!