PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 3216 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lanny Poffo (ranked 6699 p4p, 467 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura blaring out of the sound system. Poffo has chosen The Genius as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Lanny Poffo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Poffo

192 cm
40
251 lbs
24 - 44 - 0

182 cm
22
250 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 44 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lanny Poffo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Poffo.
Poffo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Silva throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Poffo tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silva is in Poffo's guard.

Poffo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Silva has passed into half guard!
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Poffo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Poffo is trying to get back to full guard.
Poffo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Poffo is defending the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva moves nicely into side control.
Silva trying to control the action but Poffo is working from the bottom.
Poffo pushes Silva away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Silva gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Poffo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva is working Poffo over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Silva avoids the strikes from the bottom by Poffo.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva is putting a hurting on Poffo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Poffo tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva working away.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Poffo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working away.
Poffo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Silva haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Poffo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Poffo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva landing a few strikes.
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!

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Poffo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Poffo tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.

Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Poffo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poffo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Poffo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poffo can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Poffo is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.

Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Poffo is defending well.

Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Poffo to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Poffo from escaping the position.
Poffo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poffo struggling a bit here.
Poffo is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Silva is staying active.
Silva working the head with strikes.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Poffo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Poffo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Poffo tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Poffo shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Poffo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Poffo has his takedown stuffed

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva working away.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Poffo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Poffo is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Poffo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Poffo is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo struggling a bit here.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poffo can do to turn this around?
Poffo tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Poffo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Poffo is trying to improve his position.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poffo can't do much from the bottom here.
Poffo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Silva tries for a kimura but Poffo is defending well.
Poffo wants to control but Silva postures up.

Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Poffo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Poffo wants to get back to his feet.

Silva is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Poffo is trying to escape and Silva transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Poffo is forced to tap! Nice work there by Silva! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodrigo Silva!
A victorious Rodrigo Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Lanny Poffo had this to say: 'I've only got one way to go after that one!'.