PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Richert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Richert
vs
Silva

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Richert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a hook but Richert blocks it.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Richert.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva throws a hook but Richert blocks it.
Richert misses with a straight left.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva blocks a head kick by Richert.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Richert was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Richert's shoulder, as Richert tries to avoid the shot.
Silva slips a straight right by Richert.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Richert's hands.

Richert scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Richert controls the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Richert content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Richert in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Silva is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The referee asks Richert politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Richert prefers to stall for the moment though.
Richert's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Silva manages to get back to half guard.
Richert is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Silva has a hand on Richert's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Richert takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Richert controlling from mount.
Richert can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Richert.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Richert gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Richert tries to control but Silva wriggling away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Matt Richert just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Richert. Richert gets slowly back to his feet.
Richert lands a with a good body shot.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Richert moved out of range nicely.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Richert sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Richert displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some wild striking there from Richert.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Richert dominated that 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.

Silva misses with a hook.
Richert misses with a straight left.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Richert misses with a body shot.
A jab from Silva misses.
Richert swinging wilding here.
Silva slips a straight right by Richert.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Richert bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Richert missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva throws a hook but Richert avoids it easily.

Richert gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Richert misses with a body punch.

Richert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matt Richert is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richert uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Richert throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
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.
Silva misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails with the takedown

and Richert counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Richert seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Silva is pressing down on Richert's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Richert trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richert seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Richert but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva punching from mount but Richert doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Richert is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Richert is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva looking to finish with strikes here!
Richert is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Richert looks very uncomfortable down there.
Richert takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richert tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Richert hang on?
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Richert is rocked!
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Richert is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Richert is in all sorts of trouble here.
Richert is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Richert wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva misses with a looping right.
Richert throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Richert seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Richert keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Richert moves out of range of the body kick.

Richert shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richert stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Richert has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control the position but Richert postures up.
Richert trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Richert scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Richert from controlling successfully.
Silva wants to sweep here but Richert controlling him for the moment.
Richert trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Richert bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Richert avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Richert throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
A combination from Richert does no damage.
Silva misses with a straight left.
A big right from Silva misses.
Richert looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva misses with a straight left.

Richert closes the distance and clinches.
Richert misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Richert.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Richert, against the cage.
Richert scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.

Richert breaks from the clinch.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Richert was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Richert misses.
Anthony Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richert swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Richert takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Richert slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Richert. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Richert to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Richert wants to sweep but no luck.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Richert trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva throws and elbow that misses. Richert uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Richert!
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Richert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Richert.
I think Richert has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!