PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Randy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Son Of God (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Of God

165 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

169 cm
19
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Dynamite

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Son Of God!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
God keeps the fight on the outside.
God throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
God fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
God takes a knee right on the jaw!
God goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
God misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
God is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva working God over with knees to the body.
God looks winded!
God working hard to break the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
God takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

God tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from God.

Silva clinches up with God and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva keeps control of God as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped God in his tracks for a moment.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through God's defenses.
God trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. God tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag God to the ground. God escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Silva has God up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva prevents God from breaking the clinch.
God is trying to stall.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
God trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed God into the cage.
Silva lands an elbow inside that God shrugs off.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands an elbow just above God 's eye.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into God's ribcage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

God tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to God's face.
Silva working God over with knees to the body.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. God won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
God tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva with a knee to the head.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
God ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
God throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves away from the strike by God.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
God throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silva moves into range and clinches up with God.
Silva lands an elbow inside that God shrugs off.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva working God over with knees to the body.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - God circles away.
God tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.

Silva gets a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. God is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through God's defenses.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from God, against the cage.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
God fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. God lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
God trying to land knees to the body.
Silva is working for takedown but God is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Randy Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Son Of God has been cut.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
God is breathing heavily.
Silva wants to take the fight to the mat but God manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

God is rocked!
Silva lands a knee to the head.
God is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva lands an elbow inside that God shrugs off.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
God takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice elbow from Silva.
God is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
God seems to have recovered his senses.
God misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that God can do to turn this around?
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
God misses with some punches.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
God wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva lands a right hand.
God missing with knees to the body.

Silva jumps guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silva trying to control the position.
God loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
God throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
God trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Silva looking for subs off his back but God has passed one foot through into half guard.
God not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
God trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for God on the ground.
God stops Silva from getting back to his feet.

God is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silva is trying to stand.
God thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva trying to hold on to God's head to control him but God postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

God has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Silva defend it? God steps over the head and cranks it - Silva is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for God!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Son Of God!