PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michel Teló (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teló comes to the cage accompanied by Michel Telo - Ai se eu te pego. The crowd seem to be enjoying Silver's choice of entrance music: Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Teló
vs
Silver

196 cm
26
209 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

190 cm
28
221 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michel Teló!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teló jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silver cracks Teló with a good jab.
Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Teló.
Silver throws a quick inside leg kick.
Teló will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silver looks to land a right hand but Teló moved out of range.
Silver throws a jab when Teló was well out of range.
Silver scores with a leg kick.
Silver misses with a body punch

so Teló counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Teló trying to control the position from guard on top but Silver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Teló drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silver looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silver looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silver!

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teló tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Silver easily slips into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló can't escape the position.
Teló tries to lock up and control but Silver gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silver looking to control and managing it successfully.
Teló is looking to get to half guard.
Silver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Teló tries to hold on but Silver pushes him away.
Teló can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló is working hard here to advance position.
Silver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Teló slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Teló moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Teló wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Silver is now in half guard.
Silver prevents Teló from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló wants to control but Silver is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Teló is trying to get back to full guard.
Silver is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Teló reverses the position - he's now on top in Silver's guard.
Teló is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Teló wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Teló is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Teló trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló throws an elbow that misses. Silver uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Teló's guard. Nice move by Silver!

Teló has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silver can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Teló looking for subs off his back but Silver has passed one foot through into half guard.
Silver tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Silver dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

No luck with that takedown attempt from Teló.
Teló shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silver but Silver pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Teló misses with a jab, cross combination.
Teló misses with a kick to the body
and Silver counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Teló misses with a takedown attempt

and Silver moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michel Teló. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Teló is looking to control Silver's arms but Silver gets an underhook and turns him. Now Teló has his back to the cage.
Teló scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Teló lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teló blocks an elbow strike.
Teló throws a head punch that misses.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Teló drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silver gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Teló drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Teló dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
I was talking to Teló's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Teló dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Teló is looking to break free of the clinch but Silver has double underhooks.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Teló in his tracks for a moment.
Teló jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Teló gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teló.
Silver avoids the body shot from Teló.
Silver tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silver stuffs the takedown.
Silver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silver misses the body punch
and Teló counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silver thinking.
Teló gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Teló misses with a few strikes there.
Teló misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Silver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Teló swings for the body but Silver moves out of range.
Teló misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teló tries to bum rush Silver with a series of wild strikes but Silver uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Teló gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Teló takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Teló takes one on the button.

Silver closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teló.

Teló breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Teló looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Teló appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Silver connects with the punch.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Teló moves away from the strike by Silver.
Silver takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Silver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teló closes the distance and clinches up with Silver, looking for a takedown. Teló pushes Silver against the cage but Silver circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Teló throws a leg kick

and Silver holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Teló tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Teló has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Teló lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Teló blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Teló pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver thuds a left hand into Teló's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Teló is just out of range.
Teló appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Teló moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Teló looks for a takedown but Silver sprawls well.
Silver takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Teló connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Teló shoots in for a takedown but Silver shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silver throws a low kick, looking for Teló's leg but Teló calmly moves out of range.
Teló throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Silver counters by moving into the clinch.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Teló or not.
Teló tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Silver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silver wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silver tries to clinch but Teló moves out of range.
Teló appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Teló takes one on the button.
Teló throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheers as Silver lands an impressive looking overhand right. Teló doesn't seem phased though.
Silver throws a shot from downtown. Teló moves away and avoids it.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Teló fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Teló lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teló on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand

and Teló counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Teló looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silver tries to kick Teló off but Teló keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló slows the pace down in half guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michel Teló!