PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Balles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Silva
vs
Balles

185 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorge Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timo Balles!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balles tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Balles is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Balles circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Balles as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Balles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Balles sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Balles misses with a leg kick.
Balles tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Balles is keeping the position.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Balles tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Balles.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva passes Balles's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva wants to take a breather but Balles is having none of it.

Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Balles defends the submission attempt.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Balles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Balles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Balles moves into the clinch.
Balles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Balles works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Balles pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balles lands a body punch.
Balles lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Balles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balles lands a shoulder strike.
Balles scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Balles.
Balles pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Balles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Balles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Balles pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balles trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Balles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Balles is trying to stall.
Balles lands with a left to the head.
Balles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Balles lands a shoulder strike.
Balles lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balles tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Balles stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Balles pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balles lands with a light punch inside.
Balles lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Balles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Balles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Balles looking to slow down the pace here.
Balles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is working for takedown but Balles is calmly controlling the position for now.
Balles lands a left hand.
Silva wants a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Balles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Balles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Balles wants to stall.
Balles scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Balles scores with a hook to the body.
Balles scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Balles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Balles lands with a short shot to the head.
Balles gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Balles lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Balles dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Balles misses with a double jab.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.

Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Balles doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.
Silva is tying to control. Balles wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Balles is defending well.
Silva stops Balles from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Balles is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Balles swinging wilding here.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Balles.
Balles stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Balles there.
Balles throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Balles throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva stops Balles from getting back to his feet.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Balles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Balles tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Balles is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Balles is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Balles can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silva throwing strikes here but Balles is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silva trying to control but Balles is having none of it.
Balles is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Balles is trying to stand up.

Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Balles is in no mood to give up.
Balles is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Silva looking to control but Balles is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva fails to take his opponent's back.
Balles is trying to stand.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Balles is looking to escape.
Silva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Silva dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Balles darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Balles lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva letting Balles take a breather here.
Balles lands a body punch.
A short left from Balles.
Balles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balles presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short right from Balles on the inside.
Balles trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
A left hand lands to the body for Balles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balles is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balles stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Balles shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva letting Balles take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balles pulls his leg out and moves away.
Balles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Balles does no damage.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Timo Balles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jorge Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice combination there by Balles.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Balles shows good takedown defense.
Balles throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Balles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Balles scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balles throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Balles misses with a few strikes there.

Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Balles is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Silva trying to control the position but Balles is working away.
Balles is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Balles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Balles struggling a bit here.

Silva tries for a kimura but Balles is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the action but Balles is working from the bottom.

Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Balles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No joy there for Balles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Balles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Balles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Balles throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva tries to clinch up but Balles circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Balles scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Balles as Silva shoots in.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Silva closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Silva lands in his opponent's guard.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balles is keeping the position for now.

Silva stands and steps away. Balles gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Balles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balles is keeping the position for now.
Balles looking for a sweep. Not yet Balles, not yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Silva!