PBP Commentary

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

Wallace
vs
Silva

185 cm
27
193 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

188 cm
27
189 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

The Dark Side

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.

Wallace gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Wallace blocks it.
Wallace prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wallace.

Silva manages to pull guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Wallace is having none of it.

Silva pushes Wallace off and gets back to his feet.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to clinch but Wallace is having none of it.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wallace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wallace on his heels. He'll look to pass Wallace's guard now, I'm sure.

Silva gets to his feet. Wallace looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Wallace gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Wallace gets control of Silva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Wallace will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva looking to pass the guard.

Silva drops back, looking for a kneebar! Wallace looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Wallace looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Wallace!

Wallace tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wallace has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Wallace tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is trying to buck Wallace off.

Wallace looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Wallace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.
Silva pushes Wallace away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wallace gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Silva throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wallace swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva gets a clinch.
Wallace is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.

Silva has picked Wallace up - he's going for a ride! Silva dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva is trying for a kimura here. Wallace looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Silva wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafael Silva!
Our winner, Rafael Silva, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.