PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Bielkheden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Bielkheden

185 cm
23
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
210 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Bielkheden!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Bielkheden is in no mood to give up.
Silva avoids the attempt from Bielkheden to control.
Bielkheden keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bielkheden can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bielkheden is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bielkheden wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bielkheden is looking to escape.
Bielkheden tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bielkheden defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Silva.
Bielkheden keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Silva goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Bielkheden turns into him and now he's in Silva's guard.
Bielkheden must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bielkheden passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bielkheden scoring with punches from side control.
A lull in the action here as Bielkheden stalls from top position.
Bielkheden creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bielkheden working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bielkheden lands a few punches from side control.
Bielkheden is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.

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

Bielkheden is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Bielkheden stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Bielkheden which made him look bad.
Pedro Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Bielkheden saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bielkheden fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Bielkheden persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bielkheden sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Bielkheden trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva is in trouble now - Bielkheden has advanced to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bielkheden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bielkheden controlling from mount.
Bielkheden lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Bielkheden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Bielkheden trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bielkheden cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bielkheden wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Bielkheden dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva has his takedown stuffed

and Bielkheden counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bielkheden can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bielkheden trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bielkheden landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva controls Bielkheden momentarily but Bielkheden frees himself.
Bielkheden works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bielkheden throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva has his takedown stuffed

so Bielkheden counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bielkheden is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bielkheden can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Silva has his foot on Bielkheden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bielkheden works his way back into a safe position though.
Bielkheden connects with a couple of short punches.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bielkheden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Bielkheden stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Pedro Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bielkheden doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bielkheden!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bielkheden throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?

Silva working for a submission but Bielkheden is keeping him at bay.
Bielkheden is working to get back to half guard.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bielkheden is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bielkheden tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva fails to move to back control.
Bielkheden wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
Bielkheden is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
David Bielkheden has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva has control of Bielkheden's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bielkheden regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Silva swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bielkheden is now in Silva's guard. A big mistake from Silva there, giving up the dominant position!

Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Bielkheden drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Bielkheden off! Bielkheden jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.

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.
Bielkheden seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Bielkheden advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bielkheden is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bielkheden trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Silva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bielkheden wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Bielkheden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva misses with a takedown attempt

and Bielkheden counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva tries to buck Bielkheden off but Bielkheden is having none of it.
Silva is not content to let Bielkheden control the position.
Bielkheden is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Bielkheden pulls his head out easily.
Silva keeping control of the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bielkheden stalling.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Bielkheden wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bielkheden decides to return to a standing position.
Silva with a poor takedown

and Bielkheden counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Silva looking to control.

Silva has his foot on Bielkheden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bielkheden works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Bielkheden pushes his legs off easily.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Bielkheden pushes his legs off easily.
Bielkheden stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bielkheden postures up.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bielkheden can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bielkheden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Bielkheden from controlling successfully.
Bielkheden passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva trying to hold on to Bielkheden's head to control him but Bielkheden postures up.

Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Bielkheden pulls his head out easily.
Bielkheden missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bielkheden is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Ground and pound from Bielkheden.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Bielkheden trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt

and Bielkheden counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva keeping full guard, as Bielkheden tries to pass.
Bielkheden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bielkheden doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bielkheden manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Bielkheden is proving a slippery customer.
Bielkheden sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bielkheden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Silva has his foot on Bielkheden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bielkheden works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Bielkheden defends easily.
Bielkheden controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Bielkheden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bielkheden 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Bielkheden!