PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Javis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Javis

172 cm
25
145 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Javis!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Javis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Javis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Javis wants it to stay on the feet.
Javis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Javis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

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.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Javis keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.

Javis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into side control.
Javis is looking for a sweep.

Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Javis pushes Silva away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Silva gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Javis on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Javis has one of Silva's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Javis manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Javis trying to control here.
Silva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Javis!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Javis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Javis holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Silva tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva wants to take his opponent's back but Javis doesn't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Javis is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

Silva is working for a guillotine from mount but Javis frees his head quite easily.
Javis slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Javis is trying to get back to full guard.

Javis manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Javis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Javis. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Javis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Javis looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Javis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Javis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick from Javis lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
Javis lands with a nice body punch.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Silva shoots in and bounces Javis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva won't allow Javis to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Javis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Javis.
Javis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Javis tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Javis misses.
Javis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Javis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Javis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Javis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Javis looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Silva is rocked!
Javis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Javis lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Silva can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Javis and Silva drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Javis.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Will Javis!