PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renato Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Peters

196 cm
23
245 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
30
255 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Renato Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Peters!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Peters cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Peters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peters ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Peters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peters lands a slapping body shot.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Peters throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Peters stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Peters lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Renato Silva has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peters lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Peters lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Peters looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice uppercut there from Peters.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Peters!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the button.
Peters lands a jab-cross combination.
Peters connects with a looping right hand.
Peters tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Peters wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Peters's efforts to push away.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a jab when Peters was well out of range.
Peters scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Peters ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Peters is working the combinations to good effect here.
Peters scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Peters lands a head shot.
Peters works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
A left and a right from Peters both land. Nice combination.
James Peters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to clinch but Peters is having none of it.
Peters listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook.
Peters lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Peters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Peters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva wants to control from the top but Peters keeps moving.
Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Renato Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Peters misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Peters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Peters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peters lands with a right hand.

Silva clinches up with Peters and pushes him back against the cage.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Peters tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Peters manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peters swinging wildly here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Peters dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Peters scores with a decent looking hook.
Peters with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Peters rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Peters sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Peters misses with a two punch combination.
James Peters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Peters sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Peters tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Peters manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Peters slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peters lands a jab to Silva's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Peters both land. Nice combination.
Peters lands a two punch combo.
Peters looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Peters throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Peters looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva tries to clinch there but Peters circles away.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Peters's guard.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Peters gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Peters postures up.

Silva is looking for a triangle here but Peters uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peters lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Peters takes a little break here. Silva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Peters working the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to work for a sweep but Peters has mounted him!
Peters lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Peters 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.
Peters's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

James Peters has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Peters misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peters connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peters as he avoids it easily.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva dives in and grabs Peters's left leg, looking for a takedown. Peters pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Peters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Renato Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Peters catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Peters gets caught napping as Silva dives in and scores a takedown. Peters manages to retain guard.
Peters wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Peters has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Silva is trying to control the position but Peters postures up.
Peters connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Peters is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva wants to control but Peters passes easily into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters controlling the action here.
Silva pushes Peters off looking to stand but Peters dives back in and keeps control.
Peters 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.
Peters slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. James Peters was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Peters throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva misses with the combination.
Peters changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Peters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A shot to the liver by Peters. Beautiful body shot.
Peters lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Peters!
Silva throws a series of punches but Peters moves out of range.
Good exchange - Peters coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Peters feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Peters then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peters as he avoids it easily.
Peters closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Silva rushes Peters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Peters breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to bum rush Peters with a series of wild strikes but Peters uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peters looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
James Peters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Peters swivels and escapes.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peters uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
James Peters is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters scores with a punch to the head.
Peters throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Peters sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Peters's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Peters duly obliges.
Peters lands with an overhand left.
Peters displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Peters lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Peters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peters keeps the fight on the outside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Renato Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peters scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Renato Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Peters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Peters winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Peters!
James Peters decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.