PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kopyton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Harvey (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.

Silva
vs
Harvey

187 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kopyton Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dylan Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harvey has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Harvey breaks from the clinch.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harvey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harvey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harvey lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Kopyton Silva has been cut.

Harvey lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Harvey takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Harvey takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Harvey has double underhooks.

Harvey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Harvey throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a big head kick but Harvey shrugs it off.
Silva misses with a left hand

and Harvey counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kopyton Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Harvey breaks the clinch.
Silva lands a two punch combo.
Harvey lands with a nice body punch.
Harvey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Harvey stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harvey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey darts in looking for a takedown but Silva gets double underhooks and turns Harvey into the cage.
Harvey looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva fails to pull guard.

Harvey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Harvey, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Harvey against the cage but Harvey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva misses with the combination.
Harvey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Harvey has managed to clinch.

Harvey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harvey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harvey shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harvey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harvey connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
Harvey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Kopyton Silva's cut is getting worse.
Harvey lands a right hook to the body.
Harvey misses with a series of wild punches.
Harvey works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dylan Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Harvey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harvey tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Harvey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harvey 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.

Harvey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Silva wants to control but Harvey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Harvey wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Harvey stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Harvey throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva fails with the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harvey avoids it really well and circles away.
Harvey darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Harvey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kopyton Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Harvey lands a two punch combo.
Harvey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva dives in and grabs Harvey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harvey pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Harvey looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva swings for the body but Harvey moves out of range.
Harvey misses with a wild combination.
Harvey throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Harvey misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Harvey down.
Harvey misses with a leg kick

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva wants to stall.
Harvey tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harvey breaks from the clinch.
Silva goes for a double leg but Harvey avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Harvey continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.

Harvey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harvey misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harvey is defended easily by Silva.

Harvey forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva prevents Harvey from breaking the clinch.

Harvey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harvey misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kopyton Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Harvey.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Harvey tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harvey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harvey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silva did well to prevent Harvey getting side control.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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!
Harvey trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Harvey gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Harvey swinging wildly here.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Silva. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Harvey shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Harvey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

Harvey has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Harvey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Harvey lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Harvey.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harvey gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Harvey manages to break the clinch.
Kopyton Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harvey throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.

Harvey closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Silva quickly recovers to half guard.

Harvey decides to stand and escape the position.

Harvey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harvey.
Harvey working Silva over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Harvey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kopyton Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Harvey 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.
No joy there for Harvey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva tries to clinch up.

Harvey rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Harvey counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Harvey connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harvey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harvey looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Harvey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harvey is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silva is defending well.

Harvey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Harvey misses

and Silva counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey is trying to break free.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Harvey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva scores with a head kick. Harvey tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Harvey misses with a two punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Harvey.
Harvey misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Harvey does no damage.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Harvey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A punch combination from Harvey misses.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harvey takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Harvey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harvey wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Harvey stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Harvey looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harvey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Harvey counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kopyton Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey throws a big elbow that misses.
Harvey trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Harvey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harvey.
Dylan Harvey has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harvey landing some decent shots from guard.
Harvey trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Dylan Harvey wasn't active enough on the ground.
Harvey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harvey avoids it really well and circles away.

Harvey scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harvey decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silva, up you get!
Harvey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Harvey.
A combination from Silva does no damage.

Harvey takes the fight into the clinch.
Dylan Harvey is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harvey prevents the takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harvey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva wants a takedown.
Harvey is working Silva over against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dylan Harvey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harvey 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dylan Harvey!