PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and daniel cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Da Ruckus. Damien Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
cook

189 cm
24
219 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, daniel cook!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cook stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
daniel cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
cook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
cook keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva blocks a head kick by cook.
cook misses with a head kick.
Silva blocks a head kick by cook.
Silva looks for a takedown but cook sprawls well.
cook thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on cook's shoulder, as cook tries to avoid the shot.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
cook throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.

cook lands a head kick that stumbles Silva and the fighters go to the mat.

It looks like Damien Silva has been cut.
Silva has cook pulled in close to control his posture.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
cook wants to stand but Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to sweep here but cook controlling him for the moment.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. cook doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. cook manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for cook!
Silva scoring with strikes but cook is staying in there.
cook really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
cook wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Silva is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Silva extends the arm and cook is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien Silva!