PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Lidae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lidae kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Crack A Bottle. John Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. John Silva looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Lidae
vs
Silva

185 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

187 cm
22
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steven Lidae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Silva!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lidae throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A head kick misses from Lidae.

Lidae pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lidae tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Lidae blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lidae has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lidae.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Lidae. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidae wants a takedown.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Silva wants to control the position but Lidae says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Lidae seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Silva is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Steven Lidae!