PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wandeco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Jakort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Mad Dog. A fine choice. Wandeco Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Silva
vs
Jakort

180 cm
30
215 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

185 cm
34
220 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wandeco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Jakort!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Jakort checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jakort works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Jakort steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Jakort moved away.
Jakort will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jakort closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Jakort pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Jakort tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wandeco Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Jakort.
Jakort is trying to stall.
Jakort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Jakort blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jakort tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Jakort back against the cage.

Silva turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Silva manages to end up in side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jakort is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jakort tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jakort can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Jakort is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva tries to score with some ground and pound. Jakort controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jakort tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jakort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jakort.
Jakort tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jakort fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jakort shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jakort is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Jakort gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Jakort looks winded!
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Ralph Jakort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Silva scores with a jab. Jakort acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jakort showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Jakort throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Jakort tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jakort if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jakort.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jakort under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Silva knocks Jakort to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Jakort is rocked!
Silva trying to control the action but Jakort is working from the bottom.
Silva lands some shots froms side control.
Jakort is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva landing strikes.
Jakort seems to have recovered his senses.
Jakort tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Jakort regains half guard.
Silva wants to take a breather but Jakort is having none of it.

Jakort is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jakort is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Silva controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wandeco Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jakort wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jakort is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva controls the position.
Silva throws an elbow but Jakort slips to the side and avoids it well.
Silva throws an elbow but Jakort slips to the side and avoids it well.
Silva moves into full mount!
Jakort sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jakort defending well though.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jakort won't allow Silva to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jakort manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Jakort has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Silva doesn't defend quickly enough and Jakort has managed to lock this one up! Can Silva escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Jakort on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ralph Jakort!
Ralph Jakort bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.