PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Shortman (ranked 6444 p4p, 6270 weight class) and Rafael Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Shortman
vs
Da Silva

220 cm
26
300
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
18
300
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Shortman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shortman misses with a two punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Shortman. No joy for Da Silva on that attempt.
Shortman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Da Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Shortman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Shortman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Shortman tries to keep at a distance but Da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shortman tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Shortman drops back down to his feet.
Shortman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Da Silva prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Shortman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shortman stalling.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva stalling the fight.

Shortman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Da Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Shortman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Da Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Da Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Da Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Shortman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Da Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Shortman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Shortman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Da Silva!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Shortman!