PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rimmer (ranked 4395 p4p, 4192 weight class) and Benjamim Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 328 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.

Rimmer
vs
Silva

175 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
154
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Island clothing lite

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Rimmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benjamim Silva!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Rimmer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rimmer's head.
Benjamim Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva digs a good body shot into Rimmer's ribs.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Rimmer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rimmer needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rimmer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rimmer showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Rimmer has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is in trouble now - Rimmer has advanced to mount!
Rimmer throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rimmer lands a couple of good shots and Silva has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Rimmer scores with punches and elbows.
Silva rolls, trying to escape but Rimmer keeps control of the position.
Rimmer connects with a big shot to the side of Silva's head.
Rimmer 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.

Rimmer working for the choke.
Rimmer throwing wild punches that miss their target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rimmer misses with an elbow to the head.

Silva preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Rimmer.

Rimmer is working for a rear naked choke. Silva is not defending it well and Rimmer has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Silva refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Silva's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Steve Rimmer!