PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy The Poodle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy The Poodle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Poodle
vs
Da Silva

220 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

201 cm
22
296 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy The Poodle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Santiago Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva tries to clinch there but The Poodle circles away.
The Poodle lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Santiago Da Silva has been cut.
Da Silva slips under a jab from The Poodle.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Poodle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
The Poodle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Da Silva has The Poodle up against the cage in a clinch.
The Poodle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Poodle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Poodle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Poodle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Da Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Poodle has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.

The Poodle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Poodle looks to land a combination but Da Silva avoids it well.
Tommy The Poodle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - The Poodle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Da Silva blocks a head kick by The Poodle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from The Poodle misses its intended target.

Da Silva pushes The Poodle up against the cage in a clinch.

The Poodle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Poodle swinging wilding here.

Da Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Poodle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Poodle wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
The Poodle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.

The Poodle manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The Poodle is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Da Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but The Poodle pushes him off.

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Poodle wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tommy The Poodle has been cut.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Poodle is trying to break free.
The Poodle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva is pressed up against the cage. The Poodle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Da Silva down to the mat. Da Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Da Silva throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as The Poodle stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Da Silva follows into mount!
Da Silva controlling from the full mount.
Da Silva thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Poodle is looking to get to half guard.
Da Silva controlling from mount.
Da Silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Da Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Poodle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

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.
The Poodle gets back to half guard.
Da Silva is tying to control. The Poodle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Da Silva decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Da Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Poodle's sensitive parts.

Da Silva moves into the clinch.
The Poodle is trying to break free.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Poodle looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy The Poodle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Poodle tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks with his arms.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks it.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Poodle can't break the clinch.
The Poodle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks with his arms.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from The Poodle fails to land.
The Poodle wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva won't allow it.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
The Poodle tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva keeps control of The Poodle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The Poodle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Poodle.
The Poodle avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva prevents The Poodle from breaking the clinch.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Poodle tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually The Poodle drops back down to his feet.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Poodle is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Poodle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Poodle misses with a punch on the inside.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Poodle blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

The Poodle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Poodle loads up on a big right hand but Da Silva slips the punch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but The Poodle moves out of range.
The Poodle misses with a body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Da Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - The Poodle circles away.
Da Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The Poodle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Da Silva. Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Da Silva dodges the punch combination from The Poodle.
Da Silva thuds his shin into the meat of The Poodle's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks it.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
The Poodle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Poodle's face.
The Poodle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Da Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

The Poodle manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Da Silva dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Da Silva moves away from the strike by The Poodle.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but The Poodle circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Poodle.
Da Silva feints and then cracks The Poodle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Poodle down.
A good leg kick by Da Silva.

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
The Poodle takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Poodle is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
The Poodle wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
The Poodle tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually The Poodle drops back down to his feet.
Santiago Da Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
The Poodle wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
The Poodle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
The Poodle can't break the clinch.
The Poodle is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
The Poodle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Poodle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
The Poodle has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Poodle digs a right hand underneath Da Silva's ribcage. Da Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
The Poodle avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.

The Poodle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Santiago Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Da Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Poodle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Da Silva.

Da Silva has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
The Poodle lands with a left to the head.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The Poodle is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Poodle's face.
The Poodle is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from The Poodle.
The Poodle has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
The Poodle tries to pull guard but Da Silva won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy The Poodle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks it.
The Poodle is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
The Poodle misses with a body punch.
The Poodle avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.

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.
A short uppercut from The Poodle.
The Poodle takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Poodle is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva keeps control of The Poodle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
The Poodle tries to stall but Da Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Poodle is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Poodle.
The Poodle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.

The Poodle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Poodle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Poodle is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The Poodle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Poodle wants a takedown but no success here.
Da Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
The Poodle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
The Poodle avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Poodle tries for a takedown. No joy.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Poodle blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
The Poodle can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Poodle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Poodle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.

The Poodle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Poodle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from The Poodle.

Da Silva clinches up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Da Silva as The Poodle tries to tie him up.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
The Poodle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Da Silva is keeping busy.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Poodle has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
The Poodle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Poodle is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The Poodle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Poodle scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Poodle can't get the takedown.
Da Silva prevents The Poodle from breaking the clinch.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
The Poodle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
The Poodle wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
The Poodle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

The Poodle breaks the clinch.
Jab, jab by The Poodle - just one landing.
The Poodle looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.

That's eight 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.
Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
The Poodle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Poodle can't break the clinch.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
The Poodle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks it.

The Poodle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Poodle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Da Silva at a distance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Poodle.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Poodle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Poodle takes a swing at Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
The Poodle throws a head kick that misses
and Da Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Da Silva tries to clinch but The Poodle is having none of it.
Da Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Da Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Poodle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
The Poodle wants a takedown.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The Poodle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Da Silva. Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
The Poodle throws a jab but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to clinch but The Poodle is having none of it.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Da Silva slips under a jab.
Some wild striking there from The Poodle.

Da Silva has managed to clinch.
The Poodle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
The Poodle has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The Poodle lands with a left to the head.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
The Poodle is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
The Poodle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
The Poodle wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into The Poodle's ribcage.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks with his arms.
The Poodle goes for a takedown in the clinch but Da Silva prevents it.
The Poodle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two 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.
The Poodle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva keeps control of The Poodle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Poodle wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva won't allow it.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Poodle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Poodle throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
The Poodle misses with the head strike.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Poodle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks it.
Da Silva keeps control of The Poodle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Poodle can't break the clinch.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva prevents The Poodle from breaking the clinch.
The Poodle lands a shot to the body.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Poodle's face.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
The Poodle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Da Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Poodle can't break the clinch.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
The Poodle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Poodle has Da Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Da Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy The Poodle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Poodle has Da Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Da Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but The Poodle blocks with his arms.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.

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.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
The Poodle tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Da Silva as The Poodle tries to tie him up.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Poodle blocks it with crossed arms.
The Poodle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Da Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
The Poodle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Poodle goes for a takedown attempt but Da Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The Poodle missing with a left hand there. Da Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Da Silva rushes The Poodle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The Poodle can't break the clinch.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
The Poodle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Poodle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The Poodle managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
The Poodle lands a shot to the body.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
The Poodle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Poodle's face.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by The Poodle.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

The Poodle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Da Silva scores with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Da Silva.
The Poodle will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but The Poodle circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva throws a nice head kick!
Da Silva slips under a jab.
Da Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.
The Poodle is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Poodle blocks it with crossed arms.

The Poodle manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Poodle's sensitive parts.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but The Poodle circles away.

Da Silva rushes The Poodle and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva.
The Poodle misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Poodle is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

The Poodle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Da Silva tries to clinch but The Poodle moves out of range.
The Poodle throws an overhand right that lands on Da Silva's shoulder, as Da Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Da Silva slips a jab from The Poodle.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tommy The Poodle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but The Poodle pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Poodle.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
The Poodle misses with a body shot.

Da Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Poodle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but The Poodle is blocking nicely.
Santiago Da Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from The Poodle.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Poodle tries to throw a body punch but Da Silva avoids it by throwing The Poodle back against the cage.

The Poodle breaks from the clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva scores with a leg kick.
Da Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Poodle's head.
The Poodle misses with a looping left.

Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with The Poodle.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Poodle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Poodle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Poodle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Poodle misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Da Silva 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Santiago Da Silva!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Santiago Da Silva!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Santiago Da Silva!

Santiago Da Silva wins by unanimous decision!