PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Silva (ranked 1010 p4p, 1215 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 144 p4p, 170 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Silva
vs
Turturro

176 cm
25
172
9 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
184
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Turturro instigates a clinch.
Silva cracks Turturro with a nice body shot.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva cracks Turturro with a nice body shot.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turturro can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
A short right from Turturro on the inside.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Turturro misses its intended target.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Turturro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turturro has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Turturro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turturro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Turturro clinches.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turturro manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Turturro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva postures up in Turturro's guard and throws a big left but Turturro blocks it.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turturro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in close to Turturro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Turturro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Turturro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Turturro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Turturro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turturro is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Turturro.
Turturro seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Turturro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Turturro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Turturro is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Turturro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turturro is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Silva cracks Turturro with a solid left hand.
Turturro trying to control the position.
Silva won't allow Turturro to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva throws the left hand but Turturro avoids the punch easily.
Turturro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turturro misses with a looping left.
Turturro scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Manuel Silva has been cut.
Good shot there by Silva.
Turturro takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Turturro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turturro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Turturro is just out of range.

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Turturro is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Manuel Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro is looking to improve his position.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turturro is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Turturro avoid being mounted?
Turturro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Turturro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva prevents Turturro from improving his position.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Turturro trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Turturro's head.

Turturro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from Silva.

Turturro is rocked!
Turturro tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Turturro's hands, connecting with Turturro's forehead.
Turturro is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turturro can do to turn this around?
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Silva lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Turturro quite badly. Turturro pulls Silva in close trying to recover. Silva postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Turturro on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Turturro doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Silva!
Manuel Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.