PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maguila Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Silva

164 cm
26
142 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

171 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maguila Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Gracie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva connects with a single shot there.

Gracie rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Silva tries to circle away but Gracie has him pinned against the cage.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva letting Gracie take a breather here.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Gracie won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Gracie, against the cage.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gracie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gracie pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gracie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Gracie's takedown attempt.
Gracie pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Gracie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gracie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva tries to break free but Gracie pushes him back against the cage.
Gracie controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracie has double underhooks.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Gracie, against the cage.
Gracie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva letting Gracie take a breather here.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracie has double underhooks.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Gracie misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva tries to break free but Gracie pushes him back against the cage.
Silva tries to break free but Gracie pushes him back against the cage.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Gracie has the dominant position.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Gracie has the dominant position.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Gracie looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gracie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gracie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maguila Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Gracie takes a jab right on the kisser.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Maguila Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Gracie drags him back down.
Gracie trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Silva parries the strikes from Gracie easily there. Gracie is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
Gracie happy to just control the position for now.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva being controlled for a moment.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gracie has an Americana. Silva didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Gracie is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Gracie hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Thiago Gracie!
Thiago Gracie seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.