PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackie Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica - The Unforgiven II kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moon
vs
Silva

191 cm
28
220 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
28
215 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jackie Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Silva !
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.

Silva forces Moon back against the cage and clinches.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Moon pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moon.
Moon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva .
A left lands for Silva .
Moon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva .
Moon takes a swing at Silva 's ribcage but misses.

Silva scores a takedown into full mount!
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.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Moon's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Moon slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Moon is looking to improve his position.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moon's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Moon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Moon is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva wants to control but Moon is keeping him busy.

Moon manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Moon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Moon throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva .
Silva lands a right hand.
Moon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moon's elbow.
Moon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Moon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Moon has a couple of punches blocked by Silva .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moon lands a body punch.
Moon can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Moon drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moon slowing the pace effectively.
Moon is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Moon.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Moon counters with a leg kick.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moon throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Moon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva throws a low kick but Moon avoids it.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Moon sees coming a mile off.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moon avoids the body shot from Silva .

Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Moon's guard.
Silva preventing the sweep.

Moon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Moon is keeping the position.
Moon is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.

Moon pushes a forearm under Silva 's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Silva is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jackie Moon!
An out of breath Jackie Moon thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.