PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Radoslaw Numan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Numan comes to the cage accompanied by ITS TIME FOR WAR. Da Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. power kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Numan
vs
Da Silva

180 cm
21
142 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

180 cm
22
145 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Radoslaw Numan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Numan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Da Silva's half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Numan is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Da Silva manages to get to full guard.
Numan wants to stand but Da Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
Da Silva working a defensive guard here.
Numan is looking to stand up but Da Silva won't let him.
Numan postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Numan is looking to stand up but Da Silva won't let him.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jose Da Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Numan closes the distance but Da Silva moves to the side

and Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numan prevents a takedown attempt there.

Da Silva jumps guard.

Da Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Numan is aware though and is defending well.
Numan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Da Silva is proving hard to escape from.

Da Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Numan stands up and waves to Da Silva to follow him.

Numan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numan is trying to push Da Silva away but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Numan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Numan has a takedown stuffed.
Nice takedown defense from Numan. No joy for Da Silva on that attempt.
Numan moves to clinch but Da Silva breaks away

and Da Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Da Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Da Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Numan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Da Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Numan wants to get back to his feet but Da Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Numan is breathing heavily.
Numan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Da Silva.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Da Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Numan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Da Silva.
Da Silva postures up in Numan's guard and throws a big left but Numan blocks it.
Numan wants to stand and escape but Da Silva is having none of it.
Da Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Da Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Da Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Da Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Numan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Da Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Da Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Numan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Numan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Numan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Numan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Da Silva stands up over Numan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Da Silva is working Numan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Da Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Numan wants to stand and escape but Da Silva is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Da Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva is working Numan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Da Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Da Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Numan has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Da Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Da Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Da Silva circles away from the clinch attempt

and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Da Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Numan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva is working for takedown but Numan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Radoslaw Numan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Da Silva.
Numan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Numan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Numan closes the distance but Da Silva moves to the side

and Da Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Numan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Numan wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
Da Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Numan's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Numan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Numan wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side

and Da Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Numan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Da Silva throwing shots but Numan is blocking nicely.
Da Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Da Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Da Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Da Silva drops an elbow to the side of Numan's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva prevents Numan from standing back up.
Da Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Numan is trying to stand.
Numan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Da Silva.
Da Silva thows a huge punch but Numan dodges it nicely.
Da Silva throwing shots but Numan is blocking nicely.
Da Silva is pressing down on Numan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Numan is holding on for now.
Da Silva passes to side control.
Da Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Numan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Numan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Da Silva.
Da Silva cracks Numan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Numan parries the strikes from Da Silva easily there. Da Silva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Numan to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Numan wants to get back to his feet.
Numan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Da Silva.
Da Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ground and pound from Da Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Da Silva working the body and head with strikes.
Numan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Da Silva on the ground.
Da Silva scoring with punches and elbows.
Numan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Da Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Da Silva advances nicely into full mount.
Da Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Silva misses with a head shot.
Da Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Da Silva throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Da Silva landing punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva looking to ground and pound but Numan is blocking nicely.
You get the feeling that Numan really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Da Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Numan as he avoids it easily.
Numan wants to clinch

and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Numan prevents the takedown attempt.

Da Silva drags the fight down to the ground.

Numan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Numan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Numan tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Numan tries to clinch but Da Silva is having none of it.
Da Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Numan is fending him off so far but Da Silva persists. Nope, Numan circles away and we're back to standing.
Radoslaw Numan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Da Silva.
Numan doesn't manage to clinch there - Da Silva circles away.
Da Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Numan, looking for a takedown. Da Silva pushes Numan against the cage but Numan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Numan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Numan scores with a takedown into Da Silva's guard.
Numan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Numan stands and steps away. Da Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Numan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Numan wants to clinch up but Da Silva keeps it at a distance.
Numan darts in trying to clinch

and Da Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Numan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Da Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Numan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Numan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Da Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Da Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Silva pushes down on Numan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Da Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Numan's head.
Numan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Da Silva.
Numan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Da Silva thows a huge punch but Numan dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Da Silva throwing shots but Numan is blocking nicely.
Da Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Da Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Numan defending well though.
Da Silva prevents Numan from standing back up.
Numan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Da Silva.
Numan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Da Silva thows a huge punch but Numan dodges it nicely.
Jose Da Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Da Silva looks to land a strike but Numan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva prevents Numan from getting back to his feet.
Numan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Da Silva.
Da Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Da Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Da Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Numan is wriggling around but Da Silva manages to pass to half guard.
Numan looks like he's trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Radoslaw Numan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jose Da Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Silva is keen to just control but Numan is a slippery customer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Da 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Da Silva!
Jose Da Silva seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.