PBP Commentary

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

Maicon
vs
Silva

155 cm
23
150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

165 cm
24
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Maicon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Silva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maicon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maicon is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Maicon is looking for a takedown.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Maicon blocks with his arms.
Maicon fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Maicon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Maicon tries to tie him up.
Silva has Maicon pressed against the cage, preventing Maicon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Maicon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Silva darts in and clinches Maicon up against the cage.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maicon's face.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Maicon in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maicon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maicon's defenses.
Maicon missing with knees to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maicon is defending well for now.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Maicon, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.

Silva turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Maicon is trying to strike from the bottom but Silva has passed into full mount.
Maicon is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Maicon has worked his arm free - good work by Maicon!
Maicon really is a fat lump.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva wants to stand but Maicon has his arm trapped.
Maicon wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva wants to stand but Maicon has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maicon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Maicon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maicon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
Maicon wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.
Maicon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maicon trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Maicon is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maicon trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva pulls Maicon in to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Maicon tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Maicon, against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maicon blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maicon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maicon wants a takedown.
Maicon managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maicon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tyler Maicon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Silva gets a clinch.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maicon is defending well for now.

Maicon decides to pull guard.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Maicon's guard.

Maicon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Maicon seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Maicon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Maicon's guard.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maicon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Maicon's legs - danger averted.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Maicon's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Maicon has wrist control.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Maicon is keeping the position.
Maicon is trying to keep Silva in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Maicon.
Silva wanted to stand there but Maicon had control of the position.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Maicon has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Silva is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Maicon wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.
Maicon wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maicon fails with a takedown attempt.

Silva gets a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees to the body from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Silva.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

Silva clinches up with Maicon and pushes him back against the cage.
Maicon is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Nice elbow from Silva.

Silva tightens his grip and picks Maicon up, before dumping him to the ground. Maicon manages to land in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maicon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Silva stands and steps away. Maicon gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Maicon gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Maicon tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maicon managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Knees to the body from Silva.

Maicon pulls guard.
Maicon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maicon working a defensive guard here.
Silva wants to control from the top but Maicon keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maicon's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva working Maicon over with knees to the body.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva stalling.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maicon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Randy Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maicon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Maicon won't want to take too many of those.

Silva wants the takedown. Maicon is fighting it off but Silva persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Maicon's guard against the cage.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Maicon is proving hard to escape from.
Maicon working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Maicon's guard.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maicon is keeping the position for now.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Maicon.
Silva wants to stand but Maicon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Randy Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Maicon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tyler Maicon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Randy Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Randy Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.