PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tokugawa Hattori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hattori
vs
Silva

183 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokugawa Hattori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Hattori.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hattori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hattori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hattori lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Hattori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Hattori pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hattori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hattori moves into the clinch.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hattori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hattori is blocking nicely.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hattori is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hattori is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hattori's face.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hattori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hattori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hattori blocks it with crossed arms.
Hattori goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tokugawa Hattori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hattori shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hattori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Hattori.
Silva tries to clinch there but Hattori circles away.
Hattori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.

Silva drives through and clinches with Hattori against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hattori is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hattori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hattori is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hattori drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hattori drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Hattori on that attempt.

Hattori bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Hattori is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hattori looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.

Hattori stands up and beckons Silva to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hattori.
Hattori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hattori will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Hattori closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Hattori goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Hattori pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hattori shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hattori shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva tries to clinch but Hattori moves out of range.
Hattori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva wants to clinch up but Hattori keeps it at a distance.
Silva wants to clinch up but Hattori keeps it at a distance.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hattori gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hattori goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hattori.
Hattori tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Hattori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch there but Hattori circles away.
Paulo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hattori shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Silva wants to clinch but Hattori slips to the side

and Hattori counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hattori wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hattori missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hattori wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Hattori lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hattori throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tokugawa Hattori 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.

Hattori shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Hattori's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hattori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva wants to clinch up but Hattori keeps it at a distance.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva tries to clinch up but Hattori circles away and keeps his distance.
Hattori shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hattori swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Hattori misses with a two punch combination.
Hattori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Hattori moves out of range.
A left and a right from Hattori both land. Nice combination.
Hattori fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tokugawa Hattori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva tries to clinch there but Hattori circles away.

Hattori gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Hattori blocks it.
Hattori is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hattori blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva keeps control of Hattori as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hattori tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hattori fails to pull guard.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Hattori's takedown attempt.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Hattori blocks it.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Hattori.
Hattori has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Hattori has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice combination there by Hattori.
Hattori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva is looking to clinch but Hattori is avoiding it.
Hattori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hattori.

Hattori forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Hattori's takedown attempt.
Hattori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Hattori jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hattori around his waist. Hattori gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hattori blocks it with crossed arms.
Hattori drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Hattori taking a breather.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Hattori is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hattori blocks with his arms.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Hattori tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hattori drops back down to his feet.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hattori is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hattori has his back to the cage.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Hattori jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Hattori gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hattori.
Silva tries to clinch but Hattori is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hattori dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on Hattori's head and hops out.
Tokugawa Hattori is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Hattori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hattori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hattori misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hattori catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hattori shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Silva is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva wants to clinch
and Hattori counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up but Hattori circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva looks to clinch
and Hattori counters with a one-two to the body.
Hattori shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Hattori keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hattori shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hattori keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Hattori shoots in.
Hattori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hattori is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to clinch up but Hattori circles away and keeps his distance.
Hattori shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Hattori's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hattori swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Horrible takedown by Hattori or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Silva tries to clinch but Hattori moves out of range.
Hattori keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hattori's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hattori.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hattori misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hattori circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hattori counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Hattori is avoiding it.

Silva clinches.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Hattori blocks it.
Hattori is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hattori tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tokugawa Hattori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hattori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hattori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hattori's face.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hattori manages to pull guard.

Hattori is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Silva rolls with it to try and escape but Hattori cranks on the arm and Silva is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tokugawa Hattori!