PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maguila Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Vengeance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vengeance comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Melt-Banana - Shield For Your Eyes, A Beast in the Well on Your Hand kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Vengeance

171 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
146 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maguila Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Vengeance!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vengeance has time to react.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Vengeance moves away and avoids it.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva lands the left hand.
Vengeance blocks a jab.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vengeance lands with a slapping head kick.
Vengeance chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vengeance lands a high kick!
Silva throws a right hand that Vengeance ducks under and follows up with a left that Vengeance also avoids with ease.
Vengeance pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vengeance tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Vengeance tries to clinch up.
Vengeance lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengeance connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.

Vengeance has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Vengeance lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vengeance.
Vengeance trying to land knees to the body.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Vengeance is controlling him.
Silva is trying to push Vengeance away but Vengeance has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vengeance tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Vengeance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Vengeance is controlling him.
Vengeance lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vengeance is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vengeance lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Vengeance tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vengeance crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Vengeance tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.

Vengeance pulls guard successfully.
Vengeance bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Vengeance wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Vengeance trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vengeance is controlling him.
Vengeance controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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

Vengeance closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Vengeance lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Vengeance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Vengeance has double underhooks.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vengeance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Vengeance comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vengeance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to break free.
Vengeance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vengeance prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Vengeance landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Vengeance manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Vengeance looking for subs off his back but Silva has passed one foot through into half guard.

Vengeance looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vengeance moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vengeance is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Vengeance dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vengeance's head backwards.
Vengeance scoring well with a low kick there.
Vengeance chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vengeance scores with a nice body kick.
Vengeance fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Vengeance moves into the clinch.

Vengeance pulls guard successfully.
Vengeance bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Vengeance stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vengeance pushes down on Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengeance works his way into side control.
Vengeance has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Vengeance has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Vengeance controlling his opponent.

Vengeance goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Silva is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Vengeance seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Silva is holding on tight.
Vengeance content just to control the position here.
Mister Vengeance has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vengeance won't let Silva get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance moves to back control.
Silva holding both Vengeance 's hands and preventing any damage.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vengeance on the ground.

Silva is trying to defend against the choke here but Vengeance has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Vengeance Tightens the hold and Silva taps out furiously! Vengeance displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mister Vengeance!
Mister Vengeance bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.