PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Gagarin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gagarin comes to the cage accompanied by Necro - Death Rap. Yuri Gagarin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gagarin
vs
Silva

175 cm
23
154 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

170 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yuri Gagarin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva content to stall in guard here.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gagarin is controlling Silva's posture.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Felipe Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Silva drives through and clinches with Gagarin against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gagarin scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Felipe Silva has been cut.
A knee to the head by Gagarin.
Gagarin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gagarin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva is trying to drag Gagarin to the mat but Gagarin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gagarin lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gagarin.

Silva is rocked!

That has opened up Felipe Silva's cut even more.
Gagarin jerks Silva's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Silva drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Gagarin goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Gagarin because Silva was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Yuri Gagarin!
Yuri Gagarin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.