PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Slabczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

da Silva
vs
Slabczak

190 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcin Slabczak!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Slabczak swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Slabczak clinches.
da Silva wants to stall.
Slabczak digs a right hand into da Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on da Silva's gas tank.
Slabczak lands with a left to the head.
da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Slabczak.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Slabczak as da Silva tries to tie him up.
da Silva wants a takedown.
da Silva is trying to break free.
da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slabczak lands a body punch.

Slabczak breaks the clinch.

Slabczak forces da Silva back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Slabczak.
Slabczak lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt da Silva or not.

Slabczak breaks the clinch.
da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slabczak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slabczak walks into a left hand.
Marcin Slabczak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Slabczak on the inside.
da Silva tries to break free but Slabczak pushes him back against the cage.
da Silva slows down the pace here.
Slabczak tries to break the clinch but da Silva is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Slabczak shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Slabczak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slabczak.
A head punch on the inside from Slabczak fails to land.
da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maybe da Silva would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slabczak.
Slabczak has da Silva pressed against the cage, preventing da Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
da Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Slabczak gets an underhook and turns da Silva into the cage.
da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slabczak prevents da Silva from breaking the clinch.
Slabczak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Slabczak wants a takedown but no success here.
da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Slabczak is working for takedown but da Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Slabczak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Slabczak pulls guard successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
da Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
da Silva wants to stand but Slabczak is controlling his posture from full guard.
Slabczak wants to stand but da Silva is controlling the position.
Slabczak keeping moving, preventing da Silva from controlling successfully.
Slabczak is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
da Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Gabriel da Silva wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
da Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Slabczak takes the fight into the clinch.
Slabczak letting da Silva take a breather here.
da Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
da Silva pushes Slabczak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Slabczak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

da Silva moves into the clinch.
da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Slabczak won't allow it.
Slabczak softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slabczak jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Slabczak gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gabriel da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Slabczak.
da Silva is looking to clinch but Slabczak is avoiding it.

Slabczak gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Slabczak pulls guard.

da Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Slabczak moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva is trying to stall.
Nice body punch from Slabczak - that landed with a thud.
Slabczak lands a right hand.
da Silva tries to pull guard but Slabczak holds him up against the cage and eventually da Silva drops back down to his feet.
da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Slabczak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Slabczak has had enough of the clinch but da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
da Silva wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slabczak.
Slabczak wants a takedown but no success here.
A head punch on the inside from da Silva fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slabczak.
Slabczak tries to pull guard but da Silva won't allow it.

Slabczak manages to break the clinch.
da Silva connects with a leg kick. Slabczak looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
da Silva wants to clinch up but Slabczak keeps it at a distance.

Slabczak has managed to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcin Slabczak 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.

da Silva is looking to clinch but Slabczak is avoiding it.

da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Slabczak lands a hook that snaps the head of da Silva backwards.
da Silva is pressed up against the cage. Slabczak has hold of a leg and is looking to drag da Silva down to the mat. da Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Slabczak circles away from the clinch attempt.

da Silva gets the takedown into side control.
da Silva tries to move into full mount but can't pass Slabczak's legs.

Slabczak bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Gabriel da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Slabczak rushes da Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Slabczak gets control of da Silva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Slabczak will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

da Silva stands and steps away. Slabczak gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Slabczak with a lazy takedown attempt
and da Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slabczak scores with a jab. da Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Slabczak throws a jab but it's blocked by da Silva.
Slabczak is breathing heavily.

da Silva drives through and clinches with Slabczak against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slabczak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Slabczak won't allow it.
da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slabczak jumps guard but da Silva stands there with Slabczak around his waist. Slabczak gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gabriel da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Slabczak.
da Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Slabczak is keeping busy.
da Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Slabczak up against the cage.
da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
da Silva tries to stall but Slabczak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee is keeping an eye on da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slabczak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Slabczak won't allow it.
da Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Slabczak is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gabriel da Silva.

Slabczak clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slabczak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite da Silva's efforts to push away.
da Silva tries to break the clinch but Slabczak is controlling the position.
Slabczak wants to get back to striking at distance but da Silva won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from da Silva.
da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Slabczak has him pressed against the cage.
da Silva looking to stall.
da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Slabczak is controlling him.
da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Slabczak up against the cage.
da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
da Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Slabczak uses good head movement to avoid it.

Slabczak drags the fight down to the ground.
da Silva trying to control but Slabczak is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
da Silva throws and elbow that misses. Slabczak uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in da Silva's guard. Nice move by Slabczak!
da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Slabczak throws and elbow that misses. da Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Slabczak's guard. Nice move by da Silva!

da Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Slabczak, up you get!

Slabczak moves into range and clinches up with da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva misses with some punches.
Slabczak lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Slabczak.

Slabczak works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
da Silva wants to sweep here but Slabczak controlling him for the moment.
Slabczak trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slabczak throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slabczak throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as da Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slabczak with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Slabczak throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Slabczak throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gabriel da Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Slabczak moves into range and clinches up with da Silva.
da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Slabczak has him pressed against the cage.
Slabczak prevents da Silva from breaking the clinch.
da Silva tries to circle away but Slabczak has him pinned against the cage.
Slabczak lands an uppercut.
Slabczak is trying to break the clinch but da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
da Silva is trying to break free.
Slabczak lands with a light punch inside.
da Silva trying to stall but Slabczak improves his position.
Slabczak is trying to force a seperation but da Silva has the dominant position.
Slabczak lands a left hand.
Marcin Slabczak seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Slabczak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
da Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Slabczak fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Slabczak stuffs the takedown attempt from da Silva. da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Slabczak fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slabczak misses with a takedown attempt

and da Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Slabczak fails to pull guard.
Gabriel da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Slabczak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva misses with some punches.
da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
da Silva is trying to drag Slabczak to the mat but Slabczak just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
da Silva trying to control the position but instead, Slabczak has worked for underhooks and has pushed da Silva into the cage.
da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Slabczak keeps him there for the moment.
Slabczak scores with a hook to the body.
da Silva wants to stall.
Slabczak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Slabczak.

Slabczak jumps guard.
da Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Slabczak is proving hard to escape from.
Slabczak keeping moving, preventing da Silva from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

da Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Slabczak lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! da Silva goes down and covers up as Slabczak starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcin Slabczak!