PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chelo de Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugenio Conolly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conolly has chosen Rolling Stones - Satisfaction as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Chelo de Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

de Silva
vs
Conolly

198 cm
19
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Red Light Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chelo de Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eugenio Conolly!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

de Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.

de Silva gets to his feet - Conolly follows without any prompting.

de Silva clinches up with Conolly and pushes him back against the cage.
de Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
de Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Conolly takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Eugenio Conolly has been cut.
de Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Conolly pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

de Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
de Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Conolly avoids the body shot from de Silva.

de Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
de Silva looking to slow down the pace here.

de Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Conolly, looking for a takedown. de Silva pushes Conolly against the cage but Conolly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
de Silva blocks a head kick by Conolly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Conolly shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
de Silva throws a lazy head kick

and Conolly counters with a single leg into guard. de Silva didn't expect that.
de Silva is breathing heavily.
de Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Conolly tries to stand but de Silva is controlling from the bottom.

de Silva has his feet on Conolly's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de Silva shoots in for a double leg but Conolly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
de Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

Conolly closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Conolly is keen to just control but de Silva is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conolly controlling the action here.
Conolly really doesn't want to stay on the ground with de Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Conolly wants to free his trapped foot but de Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
de Silva tries to kick Conolly off but Conolly keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Conolly decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
de Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
de Silva tries to clinch but Conolly moves away

and Conolly counters with a takedown into side control.

Conolly decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Conolly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Conolly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Silva.
de Silva misses with a wild combination.
Conolly wants to clinch but de Silva slips to the side

and de Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Conolly didn't expect that.
de Silva is looking to stand up but Conolly won't let him.

de Silva gets to his feet. Conolly looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Conolly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick from de Silva lands but Conolly takes it in his stride.

Conolly drives through and clinches with de Silva against the cage.
de Silva tries to break the clinch but Conolly is controlling the position.
de Silva is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Conolly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Silva with a lazy takedown attempt

so Conolly counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chelo de Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de Silva wants to get back to his feet but Conolly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Conolly advances position into side control!

Conolly stands up.
Conolly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
de Silva has his takedown stuffed

and Conolly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in de Silva's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eugenio Conolly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eugenio Conolly's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A combination from Conolly does no damage.
de Silva tries to clinch but Conolly is having none of it.
de Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
de Silva moves in looking to clinch but Conolly pushes him off.
de Silva moves in looking to clinch but Conolly pushes him off.
Good leg kick by de Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

de Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

de Silva decides to stand and escape the position.
de Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
de Silva throws a right hand that Conolly ducks under and follows up with a left that Conolly also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Conolly throws a right and a left that de Silva avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Conolly wants to clinch up but de Silva keeps it at a distance.

de Silva moves into range and clinches up with Conolly.

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

de Silva drives through and clinches with Conolly against the cage.
de Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Conolly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from de Silva.

de Silva manages to break the clinch.

de Silva has closed the distance and engaged Conolly in a clinch.
de Silva is trying to break free.
de Silva crunches a lovely knee into Conolly's ribcage.
de Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conolly.
de Silva wants to stall.
de Silva prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Conolly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Silva tries to clinch but Conolly moves out of range.
Conolly shoots in for a double leg but de Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
de Silva tries to clinch but Conolly is having none of it.
de Silva misses with a double jab

and Conolly moves into the clinch.
de Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Conolly gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Conolly breaks from the clinch.
de Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Conolly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
de Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Conolly feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
de Silva wants to stand and escape but Conolly is having none of it.

de Silva has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Conolly off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Conolly drives through and clinches with de Silva against the cage.
de Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Conolly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Conolly tries to pull guard but de Silva won't allow it.
Chelo de Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eugenio Conolly.

Conolly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chelo de Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conolly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
de Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Chelo de Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Silva fails with the takedown.
Conolly throws a leg kick but de Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - de Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Conolly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Conolly slips a jab and a cross from de Silva.
Conolly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Conolly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice body kick from de Silva.
Conolly shoots for a takedown but de Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
de Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

de Silva closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - de Silva lands in his opponent's guard.
Conolly wants to sweep here but de Silva controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chelo de Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eugenio Conolly's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

de Silva fails with the takedown.
Conolly closes the distance but de Silva moves to the side

and de Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
de Silva trying to control the pace.
de Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Conolly is looking to control de Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Conolly avoid being mounted?
de Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conolly wants to control but de Silva is keeping busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from de Silva there.
Conolly wants to get back to his feet.
Conolly is looking to get back to is feet but de Silva passes into side control.

de Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Conolly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with de Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Conolly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

de Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
de Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Conolly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Conolly.
Conolly tries for a takedown. No joy.
de Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Conolly is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Silva.
Conolly is trying to break the clinch but de Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Conolly looking for a takedown.
Chelo de Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eugenio Conolly.
de Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
de Silva keeps control of Conolly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
de Silva tries to break the clinch but Conolly is controlling the position.
Conolly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
de Silva landing knees to the body.
Conolly lands an elbow that stopped de Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Conolly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but de Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Conolly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Conolly is pressed up against the cage. de Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Conolly down to the mat. Conolly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
de Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Conolly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

de Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Conolly sprawls well initially but de Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Conolly is looking to get back to is feet but de Silva passes into side control.
Conolly is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but de Silva has just dragged him back down to the mat.

de Silva decides to stand back up. de Silva steps back and let's Conolly get back to his feet.
Conolly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Conolly stuffs the takedown attempt from de Silva. de Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Conolly blocks a head kick by de Silva.
Conolly tries to clinch but de Silva is having none of it.
Conolly throws a head kick that misses

and de Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Silva dodges an elbow strike from Conolly.
Conolly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Conolly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

de Silva has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Conolly uses from the top position.
de Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Conolly is proving a slippery customer.

de Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Conolly swats away the attempt to clinch by de Silva.
Conolly circles away from the clinch attempt

and Conolly counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

de Silva breaks the clinch.

de Silva has managed to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chelo de Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think de Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chelo de Silva!