PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Ribeiro da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Azh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro da Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Soulfly - Pain. Azh has chosen Manu Militari - Voix De Fait as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Ribeiro da Silva
vs
Azh

185 cm
27
221 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
33
212 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Azh!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro da Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ribeiro da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ribeiro da Silva misses with a body shot.
Azh clobbers Ribeiro da Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Azh throws a hook to the side of Ribeiro da Silva's head but Ribeiro da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azh misses with a straight right.
Ribeiro da Silva throws a hook but Azh avoids it easily.
Azh throws a looping overhand right but Ribeiro da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Azh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ribeiro da Silva lands the left hand.
Azh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Ribeiro da Silva misses its intended target.
Joao Ribeiro da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribeiro da Silva throws a lazy right hand but Azh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ribeiro da Silva misses with a straight left.
Azh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azh throws a series of punches but Ribeiro da Silva avoids them all with ease.
Ribeiro da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Azh.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Azh gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Azh is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ribeiro da Silva defends well.
Azh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ribeiro da Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ribeiro da Silva trying to control but Azh is working from the bottom.
Ribeiro da Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Azh.
Azh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Ribeiro da Silva is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Azh has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Ribeiro da Silva is looking to defend but Azh has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Ribeiro da Silva! Azh pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Ribeiro da Silva taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Andre Azh!
Our winner, Andre Azh, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.