PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omi Yusura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yusura
vs
Silva

190 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Omi Yusura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dante Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yusura fails with the takedown
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yusura fails with the takedown.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Yusura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yusura takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yusura tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Yusura is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yusura keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Yusura throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Yusura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Yusura had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.

Yusura throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Yusura throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yusura is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Yusura is working from the bottom.
Yusura is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva trying to control but Yusura is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dante Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Silva connects with a right hand. Yusura shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Silva.
Yusura tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Yusura is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yusura looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Silva pushes past his half guard into mount!
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yusura is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yusura keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yusura bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Yusura!
Yusura sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yusura won't allow Silva to pass to mount.
Yusura gets full guard.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yusura has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Yusura's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Yusura looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Yusura has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
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 Omi Yusura will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva clobbers Yusura with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Omi Yusura has been cut.
Yusura looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Yusura persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Yusura changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Silva is trying to control Yusura's posture but Yusura avoids it.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yusura maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Silva could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Yusura has cracked it and Silva is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Yusura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Omi Yusura!