PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Barrios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno 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.

Barrios
vs
Silva

170 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
131 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes musicals

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barrios lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crunch! Silva slams his shin into Barrios's torso.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Barrios.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Barrios sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Barrios. Barrios gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lorenzo Barrios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barrios looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barrios is defended easily by Silva.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barrios pinned against the cage. Barrios gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrios looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Barrios fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Barrios fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrios paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barrios.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Barrios displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barrios shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrios keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva looks winded!
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barrios is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Barrios circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Barrios sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Barrios tries to clinch up.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrios paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barrios fails to land the takedown.
Barrios shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barrios pinned against the cage. Barrios gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Barrios swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Barrios is having none of it.
Barrios shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Barrios.
Barrios fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
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 Lorenzo Barrios will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barrios lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Barrios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Barrios is looking for a takedown.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barrios fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Barrios shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrios paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Silva pushes Barrios up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Barrios is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Barrios down to the mat. Barrios avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Barrios shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Barrios manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lorenzo Barrios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Barrios will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Bruno Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some wild striking there from Barrios.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barrios's waist but Barrios gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Barrios tries to clinch but Silva moves away

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Barrios wants a takedown.
Barrios being controlled against the cage.

Barrios breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrios tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barrios somewhat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barrios wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silva is trying to keep Barrios in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrios is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Barrios postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Silva looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Barrios puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Barrios sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barrios pulls his head out easily.

Barrios seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barrios seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrios is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Barrios looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Barrios pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva tries to clinch up but Barrios circles away and keeps his distance.
Barrios doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Barrios ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Barrios shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Barrios's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barrios tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lorenzo Barrios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Barrios which made him look bad.
Lorenzo Barrios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Silva.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrios takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barrios tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barrios somewhat.

Barrios closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barrios drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Barrios has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch there but Barrios circles away.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Barrios off the cage and back into range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the head kick by Barrios.
Barrios will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barrios stuffs the takedown.
Silva dives in and grabs Barrios's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barrios pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Silva cracks Barrios with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barrios throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barrios off to one side.
Silva throws a right hand that Barrios ducks under and follows up with a left that Barrios also avoids with ease.
Silva shoots in but Barrios avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Barrios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrios misses with a body shot.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barrios's waist but Barrios gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Barrios fails to land the takedown.

Barrios rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Barrios stalls.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrios defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.

Barrios drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barrios has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Barrios fails to pull guard.
Barrios gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barrios blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Barrios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

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 Lorenzo Barrios.
I think Barrios 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 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!