PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Camargo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Camargo

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Camargo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Camargo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Camargo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Camargo fails with the takedown.
Camargo shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Camargo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Carlton Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Camargo.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Camargo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Camargo.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva looks to land a combination but Camargo avoids it well.
Silva looks to clinch
and Camargo counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva looks to clinch

and Camargo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Camargo controls the position from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking for a sweep but Camargo has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Camargo content just to control the position here.
Silva tries to improve his position but instead Camargo has taken his back!
Silva tries to escape the position.
Camargo throwing damaging strikes from the back! Silva could be in trouble here!
Camargo keeps control of the position as Silva tries to break free.
Camargo controlling from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva rolls, trying to escape but Camargo keeps control of the position.
Camargo slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Camargo softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Camargo scores with strikes from the back.
Camargo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Camargo working for a choke but Silva is defending well.
Silva manages to reverse the position and now he's in Camargo's guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camargo wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva wants to stand but Camargo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Camargo pulls Silva in close to his closed guard and prevents Silva from doing any damage or advancing position.

Camargo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Camargo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Camargo is trying to keep Silva in close.
Camargo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Camargo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Camargo tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiago Camargo 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 moves into range and clinches up with Camargo.
Camargo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.

Camargo jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Camargo has wrist control.

Camargo kicks Silva off and gets to his feet.
Camargo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Camargo counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva tries to bench press Camargo off him but Camargo keeps the position.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Camargo scores with punches from side control.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Camargo on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Camargo stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Camargo shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Camargo 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.
Silva throws and low kick but Camargo moves out of range easily.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Camargo shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Camargo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Camargo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Camargo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a combination but Camargo avoids it well.
Camargo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Camargo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Camargo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Camargo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Camargo persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Carlton Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Camargo.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Camargo counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Camargo won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Camargo thows a big elbow that misses.

Silva is working an open guard so Camargo takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.

Camargo takes the fight into the clinch.
Camargo wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Camargo backwards.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Camargo.
Camargo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Camargo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Carlton Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Camargo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Camargo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva tries to clinch but Camargo moves away

and Camargo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Camargo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Camargo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Silva lands a head kick. Camargo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Camargo fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Camargo throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Camargo checks a low kick from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiago Camargo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Camargo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Camargo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Camargo fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Camargo.

Camargo rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva trying to stall but Camargo improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camargo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Camargo wants to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Camargo stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.

Camargo breaks the clinch.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
No joy there for Camargo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Camargo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Camargo tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Camargo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlton Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Camargo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Camargo avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick but Camargo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva throws a series of punches but Camargo avoids them all with ease.
Camargo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva misses with a combination

and Camargo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Camargo stops Silva from standing up.
Silva looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Camargo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Camargo is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Silva wants to get back to full guard but Camargo has passed into side control.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Tiago Camargo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Camargo looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Camargo isn't that keen on the idea.
Camargo looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Silva wants to stand but Camargo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva throws a strike but Camargo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Camargo stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Carlton Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a sweep.

Camargo stands up and beckons Silva to his feet.
Silva throws a right and a left that Camargo avoids nicely.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Camargo tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva clinches but Camargo breaks the clinch

and Camargo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Camargo.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Camargo pulls Silva into guard.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiago Camargo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Camargo 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiago Camargo!