PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brett Yarris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yarris kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Land Down Under. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Yarris
vs
Silva

175 cm
22
169 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

172 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brett Yarris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Terry Silva!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yarris doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Yarris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Yarris is looking to clinch.
Yarris tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Yarris tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Yarris tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Yarris takes the fight into the clinch.
Yarris lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yarris jumps guard but Silva stands there with Yarris around his waist. Yarris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Yarris throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarris lands with a light punch inside.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yarris has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Yarris has double underhooks.
Yarris has Silva pressed against the cage.
Yarris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yarris lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Yarris manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Yarris throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Silva preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Yarris escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yarris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Yarris is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Yarris's guard.

Yarris throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarris manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Yarris goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Silva is on top in guard.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Yarris's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva trying to control but Yarris is working from the bottom.
Yarris working a defensive guard but Silva manages to pass into side control anyway.
Silva trying to control the action but Yarris is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva wants to stand but Yarris is controlling his arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Terry Silva will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yarris has a takedown stuffed.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brett Yarris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yarris is looking to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Yarris tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yarris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yarris shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yarris.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Yarris's head.
Silva stalks Yarris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yarris's face. Yarris staggers backwards, shaken.

Yarris is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Yarris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva slips under a jab from Yarris.
Yarris seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yarris wants to clinch.
Yarris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Yarris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Yarris has managed to clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Yarris.

Yarris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Yarris has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Yarris closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Yarris lands in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Yarris blocks a jab.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yarris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yarris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Terry Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Yarris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yarris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yarris prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Yarris scores with a shoulder strike.
Yarris misses with some punches.
Yarris keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is trying to break free.
Yarris lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.

Yarris manages to break the clinch.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Yarris's head.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Yarris tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Yarris.
Silva throws a right and a left that Yarris avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Yarris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yarris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yarris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yarris shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Yarris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Yarris shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Yarris was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Silva manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Yarris sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Silva is trying to stand.
Yarris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yarris trying to advance position but Silva counters by regaining guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarris throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.

Yarris is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!
Yarris has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yarris manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva wants to stand but Yarris is controlling the position.
Yarris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yarris would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Yarris throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yarris gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Yarris is out of range.
Terry Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a body punch but Yarris moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yarris doesn't seem phased though.
Silva misses with a hook.
Yarris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yarris slips under a jab from Silva.
Terry Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yarris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Silva.
Yarris tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Yarris moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Yarris's head back.
Silva jabs at Yarris's body.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yarris 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 connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yarris. Yarris circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yarris is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Yarris.
Yarris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Silva really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yarris moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yarris dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Yarris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yarris wants to clinch.
Yarris needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yarris takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yarris moves away.
Yarris tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yarris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a right hand that Yarris ducks under and follows up with a left that Yarris also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yarris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Yarris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Yarris shoots in.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yarris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva misses with the combination.
Yarris moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yarris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Yarris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva lands with a straight right. Yarris didn't see that one coming.
Yarris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yarris has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yarris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yarris defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Yarris moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yarris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Yarris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Yarris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva misses with a hook. Yarris ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yarris is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yarris.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yarris shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Yarris is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yarris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Yarris wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Silva dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Yarris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yarris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yarris.
Silva cracks Yarris with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yarris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yarris tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Yarris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yarris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Yarris has him pressed against the cage.
Yarris throws an elbow but it misses.
Yarris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Yarris connects with a knee to the head.
Yarris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yarris has Silva pressed against the cage.
Yarris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Yarris manages to break the clinch.
Yarris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva looks to land a combination but Yarris avoids it well.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva cracks Yarris with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yarris manages to avoid it.
Silva lands the left hand.
Yarris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Silva misses.
Yarris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Yarris's ribs.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Yarris's head back.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yarris tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lands the left hand.
Yarris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva throws the left hand but Yarris avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yarris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Yarris. Yarris gets slowly back to his feet.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Yarris tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva lands with a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brett Yarris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva lands an overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 45:50
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 45:50
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 46:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Silva!
Terry Silva is the new welterweight champion!