PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franco has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Dino Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Franco
vs
Silva

190 cm
25
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dino Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Franco circles away.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt

and Franco counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Franco gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Franco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Silva wants to stand but Franco is controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Franco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Franco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Franco wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco throwing strikes but missing.
Franco throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Franco's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Dino Silva wasn't active enough on the ground.
Franco has a takedown stuffed.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Franco avoids it really well and circles away.
Bryan Franco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dino Silva.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt

and Franco counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
Franco tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Franco cracks Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franco advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Franco is breathing heavily.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Franco has a good base and remains in mount.
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Franco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Franco landing punches.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franco cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Franco unloading with bombs!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Franco cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Franco lands with some strikes.
Franco raining down shots from the mount!
Franco is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Franco lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Franco connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Franco dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva is looking to clinch but Franco is avoiding it.
Franco checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails with the takedown

and Franco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Franco passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva won't allow Franco to pass to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franco drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Franco.
Franco uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva regains half guard.
Franco lands strikes from half guard.
Franco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Franco tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Franco.
Franco stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
Franco working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Silva's thigh. Silva counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Franco looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position.
Franco passes into half guard.
Franco wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Franco has control of the leg.
Franco working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Franco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Franco connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Franco moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Bryan Franco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Franco raining down shots from the mount!
Franco lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franco with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva tries to hold on but Franco pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Franco dominated that second round.
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!

Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Franco's waist but Franco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Franco but Franco pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Franco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Franco.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Franco keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Franco.
Bryan Franco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dino Silva.
Nice sprawl there from Franco as Silva shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from Franco as Silva shoots in.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Franco. Franco gets slowly back to his feet.

Franco closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Silva's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping full guard, as Franco tries to pass.
Franco is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Franco tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Franco postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Franco connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva trying to control the position.
Franco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva is trying to keep Franco in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Franco works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Franco's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Franco's back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Silva's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Franco is defending well though. Silva let's go of the attempt for now.
Franco just trying to survive but Silva is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Franco tries to break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Franco fending off the submission attempt from Silva.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bryan Franco.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Franco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Franco!