PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Shamrock is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Silva
vs
Shamrock

175 cm
27
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
27
180 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Atlantis - Inventory Liquidation!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.

Shamrock decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Shamrock is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shamrock scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shamrock looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shamrock throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Shamrock.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shamrock is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shamrock.

Shamrock is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Silva is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Frank Shamrock!
After winning the bout, Frank Shamrock thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.