PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaine de La Valliere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bring Da Ruckus. de La Valliere has chosen Showtek - Black 2008 as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Silva
vs
de La Valliere

189 cm
32
212 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

191 cm
26
223 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaine de La Valliere!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de La Valliere shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards de La Valliere to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
de La Valliere lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
de La Valliere leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
de La Valliere misses with a jab, cross combination.
de La Valliere throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva prevents de La Valliere from standing back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de La Valliere trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.

Silva is working for a kimura but de La Valliere is defending it quite comfortably.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de La Valliere is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
de La Valliere is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
de La Valliere wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
de La Valliere avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
de La Valliere manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. de La Valliere doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. de La Valliere manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de La Valliere is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva controls de La Valliere momentarily but de La Valliere frees himself.

de La Valliere stands up and waves to Silva to follow him.
de La Valliere swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kaine de La Valliere is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
de La Valliere swinging wildly here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
de La Valliere misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A combination from de La Valliere does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from de La Valliere.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by de La Valliere.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but de La Valliere circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by de La Valliere which made him look bad.
de La Valliere throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
de La Valliere works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from de La Valliere.
No joy there for de La Valliere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
de La Valliere tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva fails to land the takedown.
de La Valliere lands a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de La Valliere throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
de La Valliere drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaine de La Valliere dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from de La Valliere.
de La Valliere misses with a jab, cross combination.

Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for de La Valliere!
de La Valliere tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
de La Valliere slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
de La Valliere looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of de La Valliere's head.
de La Valliere tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. de La Valliere doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
de La Valliere is looking to improve his position.
de La Valliere is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
de La Valliere is breathing heavily.
de La Valliere has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de La Valliere is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
Damien Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of de La Valliere's head.
Silva working over de La Valliere with some ground and pound. de La Valliere looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. de La Valliere doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.
Silva throwing shots but de La Valliere is blocking nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

de La Valliere is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
de La Valliere is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
de La Valliere wants to get back to his feet.

Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but de La Valliere is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Silva is working for a kimura but de La Valliere is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.

de La Valliere has one foot on Silva's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
de La Valliere tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but de La Valliere circles away.
de La Valliere connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with a left hand there. de La Valliere was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
de La Valliere moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
de La Valliere cracks Silva with a good jab.
No joy there for de La Valliere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
de La Valliere moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
de La Valliere misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but de La Valliere sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
de La Valliere throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
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 Damien 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!

de La Valliere moves away from the strike by Silva.
de La Valliere throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kaine de La Valliere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de La Valliere counters with a nice leg kick.
de La Valliere throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
de La Valliere misses with a low kick.
de La Valliere looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with de La Valliere, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes de La Valliere against the cage but de La Valliere circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries for a takedown but de La Valliere sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de La Valliere.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
de La Valliere scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
de La Valliere looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
de La Valliere stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
No joy there for de La Valliere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
de La Valliere will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
de La Valliere ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by de La Valliere which made him look bad.
de La Valliere lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere lands with an overhand left.
de La Valliere rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Damien Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva moves forwards but de La Valliere connects with a nice, crisp jab.
de La Valliere fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around de La Valliere's waist but de La Valliere gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Kaine de La Valliere seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. de La Valliere darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
de La Valliere defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
de La Valliere digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
de La Valliere 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.
de La Valliere connects with a crisp jab.
de La Valliere fails to land with a series of punches.
de La Valliere slips a jab from Silva.
de La Valliere stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and de La Valliere wants it to stay on the feet.
de La Valliere looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva avoids the body shot from de La Valliere.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva works de La Valliere's body with a nice hook.
de La Valliere defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de La Valliere lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but de La Valliere avoids it really well and circles away.
de La Valliere cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts de La Valliere, as that shot connected.
de La Valliere rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but de La Valliere sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de La Valliere with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from de La Valliere does it's job there.
de La Valliere misses with a double jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaine de La Valliere comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think de La Valliere has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaine de La Valliere!