PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Techo Alaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hunting High and Low. Alaga has chosen shaban shaulich as his entrance music. Techo Alaga acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Silva
vs
Alaga

192 cm
22
243 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

197 cm
28
270 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Techo Alaga!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Alaga. Those never looked like landing.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Alaga has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Alaga throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Alaga scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Rodrigo Silva has been cut.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Alaga tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alaga manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alaga throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alaga is trying is best to control the position here.
Alaga keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alaga's head.
Alaga trying to get back to full guard but Silva takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Alaga tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Alaga is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alaga tries to buck Silva off but he can't manage it.
Silva cracks Alaga with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alaga is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alaga is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Alaga looks winded!
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alaga?
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!

Silva has hold of Alaga's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Alaga manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Alaga is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Silva looking for a guillotine from mount but Alaga is having none of it.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with some strikes.
Silva avoids the attempt from Alaga to control.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Alaga really wants to buck Silva off and get back to his feet.
Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alaga tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva looking to control but Alaga is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva looking to control but Alaga is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alaga is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Alaga squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alaga wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Alaga tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva shoots in for a double leg but Alaga sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alaga misses with the combination.
Alaga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodrigo Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Alaga does no damage.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Alaga had a free shot at his head there.
Alaga's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Alaga duly obliges.
Alaga swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Alaga pulls guard successfully.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Silva here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alaga swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alaga is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Alaga throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Alaga is breathing heavily.
Alaga not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva stands and throws Alaga's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Alaga takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Silva lands a decent elbow from 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!
Alaga is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Alaga tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alaga manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva has been working on his balance at Lethal Tech Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Alaga.
A punch combination from Alaga misses.
Nice sprawl there from Alaga as Silva shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Silva.
Sloppy strikes from Alaga. Those never looked like landing.
Silva looks for a takedown but Alaga sprawls well.
Alaga clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Alaga moves his leg out of the way.
Alaga misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Alaga misses.

Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Alaga is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Alaga is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Alaga is adopting a defensive guard.
Alaga being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alaga is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alaga wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva stands up over Alaga, 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.

Silva stands up from Alaga's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alaga throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Alaga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rodrigo Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Silva's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva forces Alaga back against the cage and clinches.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alaga.
Silva blocks an uppercut.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silva wants to stand up but Alaga is controlling him.

Silva is working an open guard so Alaga takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Alaga throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alaga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Alaga throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alaga throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alaga throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.

Silva closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Alaga quickly recovers to half guard.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva trying to control but Alaga is having none of it.
Alaga trying desperately to get to his feet.
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Alaga but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva trying to control but Alaga is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the attempt from Alaga to control.
Silva content just to control the position here.
Alaga tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Alaga looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alaga in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alaga is looking to escape.
Silva controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alaga is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Alaga tries to buck Silva off but he can't manage it.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Alaga wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alaga?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Alaga is trying to stand.
Alaga tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alaga is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Techo Alaga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva landing punches.
Alaga tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Rodrigo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Silva!
A victorious Rodrigo Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.