PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Sonova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonova comes to the cage accompanied by Sleep Lullaby. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sonova
vs
Silva

198 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Sonova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Sonova.
Sonova on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sonova uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Sonova swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva misses with a straight right.

Sonova shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sonova was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sonova trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Sonova in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sonova working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sonova postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sonova sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sonova tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sonova wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Silva wants to control but Sonova postures up.
Sonova creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonova throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Check out the look on Sonova's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sonova working the head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
An elbow from Sonova crashes against the mat.

Sonova is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Silva is trying to escape and Sonova transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Silva is forced to tap! Nice work there by Sonova! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruno Sonova!
In his post fight interview, Bruno Sonova started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.