PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Da Silva (ranked 3750 p4p, 1515 weight class) and WP Inman (ranked 244 p4p, 110 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as WP Inman enters the cage!

Da Silva
vs
Inman

163 cm
21
145
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
151
6 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

30th Century Beer Store

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, WP Inman!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inman lands a body shot.
Inman throws out a loose jab but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Inman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Inman loads up on a big right hand but Da Silva slips the punch.
Da Silva tries to counter by clinching up but Inman breaks away and moves out of range.
Inman throws a right hand that misses

and Da Silva counters with a takedown into side control.

Da Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Inman is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Inman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Da Silva fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Da Silva advances to full mount.
Da Silva 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.
Da Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Inman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Da Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inman is squirming around, avoiding Da Silva's attempts to control the action.
Inman is looking to improve his position but Da Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Da Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Inman taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.
Da Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Da Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Da Silva avoids the attempt from Inman to control.
Inman can't escape the position.

Da Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Inman is in no mood to give up.
Da Silva trying to control but Inman is having none of it.
Da Silva is trying to take his opponent's back.
Da Silva prevents Inman from getting the reversal.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Da Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Da Silva lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Inman tries to hold on but Da Silva postures up.
Inman slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Inman tries to roll over but Da Silva keeps him under control.
Da Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Inman is trying to get back to full guard.
Da Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Inman wants to control but Da Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Inman has hold of Da Silva's hands but Da Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Inman desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Inman trying to hold on to Da Silva's head to control him but Da Silva postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Da Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Da Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Inman is working to get back to half guard.

Da Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Inman is in no mood to give up.
Da Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Inman is squirming around, avoiding Da Silva's attempts to control the action.
Inman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Da Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inman tries to hold on but Da Silva pushes him away.
Da Silva is looking to work his way around to Inman's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Da Silva punishing his opponent with strikes.
Inman taking shots to the head.
Inman is looking to get to half guard.
Inman tries to lock up and control but Da Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Da Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Inman is looking to escape.
Inman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Da Silva wants to finish this one by submission but Inman is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Da Silva.
Da Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Inman is looking to escape.

Da Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Da 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.

Da Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Inman.
Da Silva wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch up
and Inman counters with a right hand to the body.
WP Inman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Inman.
Inman throws a predictable looking body shot

and Da Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Inman's guard.
Da Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Inman is retaining full guard.
Da Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Da Silva passes Inman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Inman is trying to control but can't.
Da Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Inman can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Inman is trying to maintain the position but Da Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Inman won't allow Da Silva to pass to mount.
Inman manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Da Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Inman wants to sweep but no luck.
Da Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Da Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Da Silva drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Da Silva seems to have locked his on tight now - Inman screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Da Silva, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Anderson Da Silva!
Anderson Da Silva decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.