PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Rawlings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Rawlings
vs
Silva

190 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dave Rawlings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jay Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawlings misses with an uppercut.
Rawlings moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSilva.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rawlings.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Rawlings with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rawlings struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva tries to pull guard but Rawlings forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva blocks an uppercut.

Rawlings has hold of one of Silva's legs. Silva is fighting the takedown attempt but Rawlings gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Silva uses the cage to get back to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rawlings. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rawlings sprawls well. Rawlings wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlings has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.

Rawlings pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rawlings - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rawlings slowing the pace effectively.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dave Rawlings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Silva.
Rawlings is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rawlings down to the mat. Rawlings avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rawlings slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva tries to land a body kick
enabling Rawlings to counter with a crisp jab.
Rawlings avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rawlings throws a combination that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice takedown defense from Rawlings. No joy for Silva on that attempt.

Rawlings drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva blocking some punches.
Rawlings scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rawlings tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rawlings swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rawlings fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rawlings breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Rawlings counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rawlings.
Silva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rawlings is defending well.
Silva tries to pull guard but Rawlings holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Rawlings misses with a knee strike.
Silva jumps guard but Rawlings turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rawlings avoiding damage.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva jumps guard but Rawlings turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Rawlings has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Silva pushes down on Rawlings's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva wants to take a breather but Rawlings is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Rawlings controlling the position for now.
Rawlings tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Rawlings is doing well to control the position and prevent Silva from advancing to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rawlings is looking to improve his position.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Rawlings dominated that round.
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.

Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rawlings tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rawlings misses with a head kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.

Rawlings forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Dave Rawlings has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rawlings lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rawlings softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rawlings is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlings can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Rawlings lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva prevents a body shot from Rawlings.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlings just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Rawlings utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rawlings misses with a punch to the body.

Rawlings manages to break the clinch.

Rawlings forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Rawlings turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dave Rawlings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Silva.

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

Rawlings closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.

Rawlings escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Rawlings moves into the clinch.

Rawlings escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Rawlings sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Rawlings clinches up against the cage.

Silva jumps guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.
Rawlings controlling from the top position.
Silva looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rawlings sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rawlings looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Rawlings. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Rawlings scores with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rawlings lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.

Rawlings closes the distance and clinches.
Rawlings lands an uppercut.

Rawlings gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Rawlings wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Rawlings has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rawlings throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.
Rawlings is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Rawlings dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Rawlings throws a nice inside leg kick.

Rawlings has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Rawlings lands an uppercut.

Rawlings breaks the clinch.
Rawlings throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Rawlings tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Rawlings as Silva shoots in.
Rawlings throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.

Silva is rocked!

Rawlings forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Rawlings throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Rawlings landing knees to the body.
Silva jumps guard but Rawlings turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dave Rawlings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Silva.
Rawlings pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Rawlings finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rawlings creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Silva's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Silva drops to his knees and Rawlings pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Rawlings!