PBP Commentary

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

Mosh
vs
Silva

175 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mish Mosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Demian Silva!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Mosh as Silva shoots in.
Silva tries for a takedown but Mosh circles away easily

and Mosh counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Mosh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mosh with a nice head shot there.
Mosh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mosh doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mosh manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mosh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mosh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mosh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mosh cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Mosh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mosh stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mosh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mosh throwing strikes but missing.
Mosh is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mosh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mosh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mosh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mosh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad The Island. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Mosh throws a big right hand that misses.

Mosh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mosh scoring with some ground and pound.
Mosh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mosh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mosh knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Mosh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mosh content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Mosh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mosh stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mosh is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva fails to advance to Mosh's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mosh wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Silva is hanging on to Mosh's back as he tries to escape.

Silva has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Mosh is in real trouble here. Silva gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Mosh is tapping out! Silva wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Demian Silva!