PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Owen Silva II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Nobis (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.

Silva II
vs
Nobis

186 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

195 cm
26
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Threadz
The Perfect Bloodline Laboratories

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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Owen Silva II!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Nobis!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nobis fails with the takedown

and Silva II counters with a crisp one two that drops Nobis! Silva II thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Nobis to his feet! Nobis is in big trouble!
Silva II scores with a jab.

Nobis is rocked!
Silva II misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nobis.
Silva II tries to close the distance and clinch but Nobis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nobis misses with a right hand
and Silva II cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva II throws a looping overhand right but Nobis ducks down to avoid it.
Nobis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nobis fails with the takedown
and Silva II cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Owen Silva II has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Nobis.
Horrible takedown by Nobis or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva II which made him look bad.
Silva II throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nobis.

Silva II darts in and clinches Nobis up against the cage.
Nobis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva II smiles and moves away.
Silva II ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva II scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva II slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Peter Nobis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nobis misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva II cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nobis walks into a jab.
Nobis is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva II finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva II clinches.
Nobis seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva II prevents the takedown attempt.
Nobis looks gassed!

Silva II breaks the clinch.
Nobis misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva II counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nobis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva II dips to his left and cracks Nobis with an uppercut!
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva II.
Silva II lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva II fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nobis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva II scores with a three punch combo!
Owen Silva II is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Silva II closes the distance and pushes Nobis back into the cage.
Nobis wants a takedown.

Silva II's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nobis shoots and misses

and Silva II counters by clinching up.

Silva II breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva II dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva II lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jab from Silva II.
Silva II jabs at Nobis's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobis shoots and misses
and Silva II counters with a straight right hand.
Silva II misses with a few strikes there.
Nobis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Silva II fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nobis, pushing him back against the cage.

Silva II breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by Silva II.
Silva II throws a lazy right hand but Nobis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nobis shoots in and drives through. Silva II sprawls well.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nobis is defended easily by Silva II.
Nobis has his takedown stuffed

and Silva II moves into the clinch.

Silva II breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nobis shoots and misses
and Silva II counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nobis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva II pinned against the cage. Silva II gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nobis has his takedown stuffed

and Silva II counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Silva II breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Silva II misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nobis fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva II will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva II tries to clinch up but Nobis circles away and keeps his distance.
Nobis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nobis tries for a takedown but Silva II sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nobis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva II is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nobis has a takedown stuffed.
Silva II throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nobis jabs at Silva II's body.
Nobis fails to land the takedown.

Silva II closes the distance and clinches.
Nobis tries to break the clinch but Silva II is controlling the position.
Nobis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva II gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nobis is working for takedown but Silva II is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nobis works on Silva II's body with a couple of short punches.
Nobis jumps guard but Silva II stands there with Nobis around his waist. Nobis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Silva II breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nobis shoots in and drives through. Silva II sprawls well.

Silva II gets a clinch.
Silva II wants to break free but Nobis has control.
Nobis working hard to break the clinch.
Nobis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva II gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Silva II manages to break the clinch.
Silva II stuffs the takedown attempt from Nobis. Nobis gets slowly back to his feet.
Nobis tries for a takedown but Silva II circles away easily

and Silva II counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva II.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Silva II breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva II misses with a double jab

and Nobis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nobis.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva II avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Silva II dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

No luck for Nobis with that takedown attempt.
Nobis fails with the takedown
and Silva II counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Silva II closes the distance and pushes Nobis back into the cage.

Silva II pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Nobis with that takedown attempt.
Owen Silva II has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Nobis.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva II, as that shot connected.
Nobis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva II throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva II stuffs the takedown.
Nobis dodges the punch combination from Silva II.
A left lands for Nobis.
Nobis avoids the body shot from Silva II.
Nobis shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva II manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nobis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva II scores with a punch to the head.
Silva II displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nobis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Owen Silva II is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva II leaves Nobis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Silva II there.
Nice sprawl there from Silva II as Nobis shoots in.
Nobis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva II tries to avoid it but Nobis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva II to the ground. Silva II escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nobis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nobis with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Silva II counter with a right hand.
Nobis fails with the takedown
and Silva II counters with a nice body shot.
Silva II misses with the combination.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Danga de danga de dang - Nobis scores with a four punch combination!
Nobis with a poor takedown
and Silva II connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nobis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A combination from Silva II does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva II misses with a two punch combination.
Nobis shoots in but Silva II avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Silva II clinches.

Silva II pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nobis.
Silva II throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva II defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nobis.
Silva II misses with a double jab.
Nobis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Silva II closes the distance and clinches.

Silva II's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nobis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva II sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nobis somewhat.
Nobis on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva II darts in and clinches Nobis up against the cage.
Nobis tries to pull guard but Silva II holds him up against the cage and eventually Nobis drops back down to his feet.
Nobis wants a takedown.
Nobis can't get the takedown.

Silva II breaks from the clinch.

Nobis manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silva II on his heels. He'll look to pass Silva II's guard now, I'm sure.
Nobis slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nobis trying to control the action but Silva II is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva II wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Nobis is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Silva II is trying to escape and Nobis transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Silva II is forced to tap! Nice work there by Nobis! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Peter Nobis!