PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sobrenatural De Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RZ Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). RZ Silva has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sobrenatural De Almeida's chin.

De Almeida
vs
Silva

182 cm
21
208 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sobrenatural De Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, RZ Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
De Almeida drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Almeida's corner calls for a 1-2. De Almeida obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva looks to land a right hand but De Almeida moved out of range.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. De Almeida moves away and avoids it.
De Almeida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
De Almeida slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Almeida is looking to clinch.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Almeida moves away.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva walks into a jab.
De Almeida slips under a jab.
De Almeida takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De Almeida throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Almeida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva connects with a body shot that sends De Almeida's belly button to the back.
De Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Almeida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
De Almeida wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Almeida.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

De Almeida has taken the fight to the clinch.

De Almeida breaks from the clinch.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva lands a jab to De Almeida's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva connects with a body shot.
De Almeida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Almeida digs a good hook to Silva's body.
De Almeida moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Almeida lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Almeida fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

De Almeida forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but De Almeida has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is trying to pull guard but De Almeida has him pressed against the cage.

De Almeida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva misses with a hook.
De Almeida avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Almeida doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
De Almeida tries to clinch up.
De Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Almeida throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Almeida misses with a hook to the body
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but De Almeida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. De Almeida eats them both and turns towards Silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
De Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Almeida had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De Almeida misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Silva misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Almeida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sobrenatural De Almeida 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.

De Almeida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
De Almeida walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva misses with a straight right.
De Almeida is looking to clinch.
De Almeida's corner calls for a 1-2. De Almeida obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Almeida's head.
De Almeida has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
De Almeida is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva moves out of range as De Almeida strikes.
A combination from De Almeida does no damage.

De Almeida moves into the clinch successfully.
De Almeida has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Almeida scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva letting De Almeida take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but De Almeida gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but De Almeida has the dominant position.
Silva wants to stall.

De Almeida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Almeida slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Almeida backs up against the cage.
De Almeida throws a good cross that connects.
De Almeida throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Almeida takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Almeida takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Almeida moves out of range as Silva strikes.
De Almeida misses with a lunging right hand
and De Almeida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. De Almeida does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Almeida fails to land with a series of punches.
De Almeida tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Sobrenatural De Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but De Almeida seems unphased.
De Almeida with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
De Almeida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Almeida looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.

De Almeida has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but De Almeida has him pressed against the cage.
De Almeida lands a body shot.

De Almeida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Almeida swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab by Silva.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Almeida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Almeida slips under a jab from Silva.
De Almeida loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.

De Almeida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

De Almeida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Almeida moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Almeida.
De Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.

De Almeida moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

De Almeida breaks from the clinch.
Sobrenatural De Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
De Almeida misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - De Almeida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sobrenatural De Almeida will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De Almeida tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces De Almeida back to the cage. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
RZ Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De Almeida is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. De Almeida should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by De Almeida.
De Almeida tries to clinch up.
De Almeida throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Almeida throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.

De Almeida clinches.
De Almeida looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

De Almeida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Almeida.
A big right from De Almeida misses.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Almeida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Almeida defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
De Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva misses with a combination

so De Almeida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
RZ Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Silva has his foot on De Almeida's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. De Almeida works his way back into a safe position though.

De Almeida stands up from guard. Let's bang!
De Almeida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva lands with a hook. De Almeida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Almeida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Almeida moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Almeida circles away quickly and effectively.
De Almeida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jab by De Almeida.
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.
Jab by De Almeida.
A shot to the body from De Almeida misses
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Almeida misses with a series of wild punches.
De Almeida scores with a hook.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva scores with a jab.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Almeida's head backwards.
De Almeida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
De Almeida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
De Almeida takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Almeida wants to clinch.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

De Almeida moves into the clinch.

De Almeida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

De Almeida clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.

De Almeida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

De Almeida breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Almeida is looking to clinch.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Sobrenatural De Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Almeida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to RZ Silva.
I think De Almeida 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!