PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Nassir (ranked 4654 p4p, 4910 weight class) and Lino Silva (ranked 484 p4p, 500 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nassir
vs
Silva

187 cm
25
245
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
265
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Nassir!
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, Lino Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nassir connects with the punch.

Silva pushes Nassir up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Nassir jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silva wants to clinch but Nassir slips to the side
and Nassir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No luck for Nassir with that takedown attempt.
Silva moves to clinch but Nassir breaks away
enabling Nassir to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva wants to clinch but Nassir slips to the side
and Nassir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Nassir drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nassir is keeping busy.
Nassir tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Nassir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nassir is breathing heavily.
Silva stalling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries a knee to the head but Nassir blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nassir is trying to pull guard but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Nassir stalling.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lino Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Nassir keeps the fight on the outside.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Nassir.
Nassir being controlled against the cage.
Silva stalling.
Silva receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Nassir improves position.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Nassir improves position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nassir.

Nassir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nassir circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Silva looks to move away, Nassir throws a big counter combo but Silva just gets out of the way.
Nassir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Nassir does no damage.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Nassir pushes him off.
Nassir shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nassir swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nassir swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.

Silva has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nassir is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Nassir improves position.
Nassir takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nassir's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nassir avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lino Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nassir seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Nassir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nassir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Nassir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva is pushing Nassir up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nassir lands a right hand.

Nassir breaks from the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up but Nassir circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva gets a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lino Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva gets a clinch.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nassir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Nassir lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nassir jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Nassir gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Nassir closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silva did well to prevent Nassir getting side control.

Nassir stands up and beckons Silva to join him on the feet.
Silva tries to clinch there but Nassir circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Silva darts in and clinches Nassir up against the cage.
Nassir changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nassir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blake Nassir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch but Nassir moves out of range.

Nassir tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nassir is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Nassir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Nassir controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nassir managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Nassir letting Silva take a breather here.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Nassir backwards.
Lino Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nassir up against the cage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nassir dodges an elbow strike from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nassir as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lino Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Nassir thinks about countering with a head kick.
Nassir tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva wants to clinch.

Silva rushes Nassir and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nassir tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Nassir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Silva's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nassir blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Nassir scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lino Silva.

Silva clinches.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Nassir controls his hands.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Nassir is blocking nicely.
Nassir tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nassir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nassir tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva lands an elbow just above Nassir 's eye.

It looks like Blake Nassir has been cut.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Nassir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lino Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Blake Nassir's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Nassir circles away.
Silva tries to clinch there but Nassir circles away.

Silva forces Nassir back against the cage and clinches.
Nassir is trying to pull guard but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.

Nassir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nassir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nassir goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Nassir letting Silva take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Nassir improves position.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva tries a body shot but Nassir blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nassir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nassir lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nassir misses with a jab, cross combination.

Nassir takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva avoiding damage.
Nassir lands a left hand.
Nassir letting Silva take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lino Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lino Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Nassir is having none of it.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nassir is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nassir managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Nassir avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Nassir gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Nassir is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lino Silva.
Nassir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva wants to clinch.
It looked like Nassir was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Nassir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nassir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nassir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nassir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nassir stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Nassir throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Nassir is having none of it.

Nassir tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Nassir gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Blake Nassir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lino Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Nassir showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

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