PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rennon Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen Wiz Khalifa-Black And Yellow as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Liddell

170 cm
31
155 lbs
5 - 22 - 0

176 cm
23
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rennon Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Liddell counters by moving into the clinch.

Liddell jumps guard.
Liddell controlling the position.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Liddell thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Silva throws an elbow that misses. Liddell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Liddell!
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Liddell controls the pace.
Liddell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Liddell can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Liddell tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Brian Liddell hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.

Liddell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Liddell cracks Silva with a big elbow.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Liddell controls the position.

Liddell decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there

and Liddell counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell staying calm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell lands some shots froms side control.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Liddell scoring with strikes.

Liddell stands up.
Liddell throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Liddell shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Liddell slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Liddell is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva working a defensive guard but Liddell passes into half guard.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Liddell controlling the action here.
Liddell works his foot free and advances to mount.
Liddell landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell controlling his opponent.
Liddell landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva is in a horrible position here. Liddell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Liddell with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell moves to the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell is punishing Silva with strikes - can he finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Liddell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva gets caught flat footed, as Liddell shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Liddell distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Liddell gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Silva throws a low kick but Liddell moves out of range easily.

Liddell darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Liddell frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
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!
Liddell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Liddell stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Rennon Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Liddell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Liddell avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Liddell just stands there and leans against the cage.

Liddell has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Brian Liddell has got the better of the ground game so far.

Liddell pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.

Liddell looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Liddell landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell looking to control and managing it successfully.
Liddell scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Liddell tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brian Liddell wasn't active enough on the ground.

Liddell looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Liddell connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Liddell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Liddell gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Liddell lands a takedown into guard.
Liddell is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Let's hope that Liddell has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Liddell postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Liddell is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Liddell is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Liddell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Liddell looking to pass the guard.
Liddell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Liddell controls the pace.
Liddell passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddell 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.
Liddell content just to control the position here.
Liddell dominating with strikes here.
Liddell with a couple of short strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell unloading with bombs!
Liddell working the ground and pound effectively.
Liddell lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rennon Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Liddell controlling from the full mount.

Liddell has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Silva is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brian Liddell!