PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor God of Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
God of Thunder

172 cm
26
145 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

167 cm
25
159 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thor God of Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

God of Thunder looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Silva regains half guard.
God of Thunder is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!
God of Thunder fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
God of Thunder controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but God of Thunder cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
God of Thunder working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by God of Thunder.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
God of Thunder landing strikes from the mount.
God of Thunder landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!

God of Thunder is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Silva has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Silva!
God of Thunder trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
God of Thunder bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Silva is looking for a triangle but God of Thunder pushes his legs off easily.
God of Thunder 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 can't keep his opponent in guard - God of Thunder advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
God of Thunder lands strikes from half guard.
God of Thunder seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Let's hope that God of Thunder 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.
Silva is staying active underneath God of Thunder, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in trouble now - God of Thunder has advanced to mount!
God of Thunder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
God of Thunder tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva tries to reverse the position but God of Thunder maintains control.
God of Thunder working the ground and pound effectively.
God of Thunder prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Silva taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
God of Thunder takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
God of Thunder landing strikes, looking to finish!

Silva is rocked!
God of Thunder unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Silva wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! God of Thunder celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor God of Thunder!
During a confident post fight interview, Thor God of Thunder thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.