PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marco Natta (ranked 4550 p4p, 5433 weight class) and Benjamim Silva (ranked 346 p4p, 371 weight class). Benjamim Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Natta
vs
Silva

170 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
154
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

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, Marco Natta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benjamim Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Natta circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Natta. Natta maintains the clinch.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Come on Natta - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Natta manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva working aggressively here.

Natta jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Natta is adopting a defensive guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Natta has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Natta's legs - danger averted.
Natta working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natta has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Silva is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Natta has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Silva is looking to defend but Natta has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Silva! Natta pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Silva taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marco Natta!
During a confident post fight interview, Marco Natta thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.