PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mazaa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lashley comes to the cage accompanied by Hustlin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lashley
vs
Silva

168 cm
26
135 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

180 cm
26
170 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Lashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mazaa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lashley stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Lashley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lashley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lashley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lashley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lashley throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Lashley misses.
Lashley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lashley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lashley has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lashley jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lashley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Lashley blocks nicely.
Lashley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lashley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva trying to control but Lashley is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stops Lashley from standing up.

Lashley manages to escape and get back to his feet.
A combination from Lashley does no damage.

Lashley clinches up against the cage.
Lashley looking for a takedown.

Lashley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lashley.
A big left from Lashley misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lashley connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Luke Lashley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lashley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lashley lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.

Lashley darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Lashley is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Lashley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lashley misses with a series of wild punches.
Lashley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lashley.
Some wild striking there from Lashley.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Lashley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lashley fails with the takedown

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Lashley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva postures up in Lashley's guard and throws a big left but Lashley blocks it.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva throws a strike but Lashley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Lashley stands up from Silva's guard - Lashley perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Lashley dominated that 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.

Lashley throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lashley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lashley.
Lashley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva is looking for a takedown.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lashley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Lashley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lashley doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Lashley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lashley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lashley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lashley misses with a few strikes there.
Lashley tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Lashley lands a right hook to the body.
Lashley moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Lashley looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lashley.
Lashley walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lashley motions for Silva to come forward. Lashley throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva leaves Lashley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Lashley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lashley showed some decent athleticism there.
Lashley working Silva over with strikes.
Lashley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries to get to full guard but Lashley has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Mazaa Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Lashley lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lashley pulls his head out easily.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Lashley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lashley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Lashley is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Silva sees it coming and defends easily.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Lashley has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lashley landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lashley scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Lashley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
Lashley lands with some strikes.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Lashley has a good base and remains in mount.
Lashley cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Lashley smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Silva is rocked!
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Lashley finish him?
Lashley scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lashley prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Lashley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Lashley maintains control.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Lashley 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!

Lashley moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Lashley gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.

Lashley breaks the clinch.
Lashley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Lashley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lashley advances position into side control!
Lashley lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Lashley landing a few strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lashley lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lashley creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lashley scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lashley scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Lashley working the ground and pound from side control.

Lashley is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Silva trying to control from half guard but Lashley is working away.
Lashley tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Silva with the ground and pound but Lashley uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Silva drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Lashley manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Silva has Lashley in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Lashley slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Lashley slips an elbow through the middle.
Lashley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Lashley connects with a couple of short punches.
Lashley lands a couple of digs.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Lashley pushes his legs off easily.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Lashley slips an elbow through the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lashley throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Lashley trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Lashley from standing up.
Lashley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Lashley pushes his legs off easily.
Lashley scoring with some ground and pound.
Lashley pushes down on Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Lashley is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lashley to get the leverage.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ground and pound from Lashley.
Silva tries to roll over but Lashley keeps him under control.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lashley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Lashley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lashley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lashley slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Lashley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lashley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Lashley is looking for a kimura here.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lashley's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lashley's back!
Luke Lashley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Silva is looking for a rear naked choke here but Lashley reverses the position brilliantly into Silva's guard!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mazaa Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Lashley defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Lashley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lashley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Lashley!
As Luke Lashley got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Soul Supremacy Alliance dominates'.