PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Bezanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Bezanson

185 cm
18
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

175 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

White Gorilla Nutrition

high end nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Junie Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Bezanson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch up but Bezanson keeps it at a distance.

Bezanson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Bezanson keeps moving.
Bezanson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bezanson is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Bezanson trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Bezanson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva won't allow Bezanson to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Bezanson which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezanson slips under a jab.
Bezanson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Bezanson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Bezanson.
Nice defenses there by Bezanson.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Bezanson.
Bezanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bezanson will feel that in the morning.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Jason Bezanson has been cut.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bezanson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Bezanson is defending well.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is thwarting Bezanson's attempts to control the position.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Bezanson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Bezanson is looking to improve his position.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Bezanson defends it.
Bezanson looks like he's trying to stand up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bezanson ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch there but Bezanson circles away.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva throws a series of punches but Bezanson avoids them all with ease.
Bezanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bezanson throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Bezanson pushes him off.
Bezanson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jason Bezanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bezanson misses with a few strikes there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Bezanson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Bezanson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bezanson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Bezanson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bezanson misses with a two punch combination.
Bezanson lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezanson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bezanson throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva catches Bezanson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bezanson slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Bezanson scores with a body shot.
Jason Bezanson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Bezanson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bezanson misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Bezanson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junie Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bezanson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bezanson misses with a two punch combination.
Bezanson throws a head kick that misses.

Bezanson tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junie Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Bezanson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bezanson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bezanson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Bezanson pushes him off.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Bezanson pushes him off.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bezanson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bezanson misses with a two punch combination.

Silva clinches up with Bezanson and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bezanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva is stalling here.
Bezanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bezanson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bezanson is breathing heavily.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Bezanson's ribcage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bezanson has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Bezanson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bezanson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has Bezanson pressed against the cage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva tries to pull guard but Bezanson won't allow it.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bezanson just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junie Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to pull guard but Bezanson holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva stalling in the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bezanson keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to clinch up but Bezanson circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Bezanson moves away and avoids it.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Bezanson is rocked!
Silva missing with a left hand there. Bezanson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bezanson is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Bezanson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Silva darts in and clinches Bezanson up against the cage.
Bezanson seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Bezanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bezanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva gets through Bezanson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bezanson tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva tries to clinch but Bezanson moves out of range.
Bezanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Bezanson shows good takedown defense.
Bezanson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bezanson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bezanson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bezanson moves away.
Bezanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva takes a swing at Bezanson's ribcage but misses.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bezanson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bezanson avoids the head kick by Silva.
Bezanson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bezanson misses with a double jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva fails to pull guard.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Junie Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bezanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a right hand that Bezanson ducks under and follows up with a left that Bezanson also avoids with ease.
Bezanson throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Bezanson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezanson throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Bezanson swinging wilding here.
Silva tries to clinch up.
A combination from Bezanson does no damage.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Bezanson.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bezanson's waist but Bezanson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Bezanson misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva closes the distance but Bezanson moves to the side
and Bezanson counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Bezanson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bezanson swinging wilding here.
Bezanson scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bezanson throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junie Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Bezanson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bezanson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A big left from Silva misses.
Bezanson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bezanson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Bezanson misses with a combination
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva is looking to clinch but Bezanson is avoiding it.
Bezanson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bezanson duly obliges.
Bezanson misses with a double jab.

Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bezanson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva prevents Bezanson from escaping the position.
A control attempt from Bezanson but he's now mounted!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Silva has control of Bezanson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bezanson regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezanson tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
Bezanson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bezanson can't escape the position.

Bezanson tries to buck Silva off so he can stand up but Silva has got his back now - this could be big trouble! He's slapped on a rear naked choke that looks really tight! Bezanson falls backwards, slamming Silva to the mat but Silva holds on tight! Bezanson is forced to tap and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Junie Silva!
Junie Silva retains his middleweight title!