PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Boba Fett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Da Gun - Ca Bu Da Pa Pichinguinha as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fett
vs
Silva

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

The Fire Inside

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boba Fett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Fett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fett keeps the fight on the outside.
Fett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fett throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fett throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.

Fett clinches up against the cage.
Fett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fett throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fett smiles and moves away.
Boba Fett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Silva.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Fett fights it but they end up in guard.
Fett wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fett trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva prevents Fett from getting back to his feet.

Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Fett throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Fett's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fett wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva advances position into side control!

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva looks gassed!
Silva throwing strikes but Fett manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fett looking to finish with strikes here!

Fett is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Fett has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva has Fett pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fett manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fett misses with a knee to the head.
Fett scores a nice knee to the body.
Fett with a knee to the head.
Fett scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fett tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Fett lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fett throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Fett clinches but Silva breaks the clinch

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Fett is controlling the position.
Fett wants to break free but Silva has control.
Fett misses with a knee strike.
Fett lands a knee to the head.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fett takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fett is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Fett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fett closes the distance and clinches.
Fett crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva trying to stall but Fett improves his position.
Fett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fett scores with a knee to the head.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Fett.
Fett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Fett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking to clinch but Fett is avoiding it.
Fett wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Fett rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fett moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fett moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Fett. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Fett tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Boba Fett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva stops Fett from getting back to his feet.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Fett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fett wants to get back to his feet.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Fett is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
Fett knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fett's head.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Fett rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Fett is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fett has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Fett crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Silva decides to pull guard.
Fett is fighting to break Silva's control of his arms but Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fett slips nicely into half guard.
Silva trying to get back to full guard but Fett takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Silva tries to lock up and control but Fett gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fett controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fett unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.

Fett is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Boba Fett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fett darts in trying to clinch

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Fett has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fett tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Fett misses with a series of wild punches.
Fett tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.

Fett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fett trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fett just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.

Fett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Fett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Fett clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Fett trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Fett from controlling successfully.
Silva keeping full guard, as Fett tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Fett from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Fett moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

Fett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fett tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fett throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Fett looks to clinch

and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fett!
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Fett but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fett keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Silva is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fett tries to clinch up

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fett tries to escape but Silva is in control.
Fett is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Fett on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fett tries to get out of the position.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fett knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Rocky Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fett pushes Silva away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Silva gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fett is looking to reverse the position.

Fett throws Silva to one side and escapes!
A good leg kick by Fett.
Fett thows a body shot but no joy.
Boba Fett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Fett.

Fett instigates a clinch.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fett is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fett stalling in the clinch.
Fett misses with a knee to the head.
Fett is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fett managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fett missing with knees to the body.
Silva wants to stall.
Fett tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Fett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fett prevents it.

Fett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Fett as Silva shoots in.
Boba Fett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Silva.

Fett pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Fett breaks the clinch.

Fett rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fett throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Fett blocks with his arms.
Fett tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Silva!