PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Pinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinha comes into the arena with Bate Pesadão ( Pregador Luo ) blaring out of the sound system. Diego Pinha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pinha
vs
Silva

191 cm
22
213 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
19
223 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

ANABOLIC **160**

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Pinha!
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, Robson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pinha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pinha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva cracks Pinha with a solid left hand.
Pinha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
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!
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pinha looking for a sweep. Not yet Pinha, not yet.
Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pinha's guard.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pinha defending well though.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pinha's head.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Pinha's hands, connecting with Pinha's forehead.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pinha is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of Pinha's head.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva working over Pinha with some ground and pound. Pinha looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva winds up and cracks Pinha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Pinha is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pinha wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
Silva is trying to control. Pinha wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pinha with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva is pressing down on Pinha's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pinha is holding on for now.
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. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Pinha's temple.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
Pinha is breathing heavily.
Silva content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Pinha's hands, connecting with Pinha's forehead.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pinha is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Pinha is rocked!
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
Oh Pinha is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Pinha! More strikes land and this one is all over! Silva jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robson Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Robson Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.