PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Layer Prayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen PRIDE FC Opening Theme as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Prayer
vs
Silva

183 cm
26
186 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

187 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Layer Prayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shogun Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Prayer keeps the fight on the outside.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva tries to circle away but Prayer has him pinned against the cage.

Prayer has Silva pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Prayer pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Silva tumbling to the mat - Prayer dives into Silva's guard.
Prayer wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Prayer throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prayer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Prayer works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prayer postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Prayer from controlling successfully.
Prayer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Prayer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Prayer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva wants to stand and escape but Prayer is having none of it.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Prayer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Prayer looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Prayer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Prayer connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.
Prayer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Prayer tries to get out of the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prayer keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Prayer wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.

Silva stands up from Prayer's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.

Prayer looking to score a takedown here. Silva is defending well but Prayer drives through and ends up in Silva's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Prayer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Prayer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Prayer drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Prayer working Silva over with strikes.
Silva trying to hold on to Prayer's head to control him but Prayer postures up.
Prayer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Prayer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Prayer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prayer is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prayer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva has hold of Prayer's hands but Prayer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Prayer in his half guard.
Prayer working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Prayer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prayer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Prayer finish him?
Prayer working the head and body with strikes.
Prayer lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Silva! More strikes land and this one is all over! Prayer jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Layer Prayer!
Layer Prayer bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.