PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Branson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Branson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Meytal Cohen - Toxicity kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Silva
vs
Branson

193 cm
31
216 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

183 cm
32
215 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Branson!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Silva punishes Branson's body with a nice straight punch.
Branson fails with the takedown
and De Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Silva jabs Branson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Branson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but De Silva defends well and Branson ends up having to push De Silva into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

De Silva has Branson up against the cage in a clinch.
Branson is trying to pull guard but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Junior De Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle Branson.
Branson is trying to pull guard but De Silva turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Branson successfully pulls guard.
De Silva is stalling in the full guard.
De Silva wants to pass the guard but Branson is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Silva trying to control but Branson is working from the bottom.

Branson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva postures up.
De Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Silva trying to control but Branson is working from the bottom.
Branson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

De Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Branson keeping moving, preventing De Silva from controlling successfully.
De Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Branson is proving hard to escape from.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Branson holds on and takes a little breather.
De Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Branson on the ground.
De Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Branson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Silva has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

De Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

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.

Branson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Branson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
De Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Branson keeping full guard, as De Silva tries to pass.
De Silva 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.
De Silva trying to control but Branson is working from the bottom.
De Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Branson is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Silva wants to control from the top but Branson keeps moving.

Branson working for a triangle but De Silva defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Branson has his foot on De Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. De Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
De Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Branson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Branson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
De Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Branson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Branson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Silva working a defensive guard here.
Branson pushing down on De Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Branson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Silva defending well though.
Branson prevents De Silva from improving his position.

Branson maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! De Silva could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Branson has cracked it and De Silva is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Branson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kyle Branson!
Kyle Branson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.