PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between PEDRO SILVA (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wand Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). PEDRO SILVA could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wand Silva's chin.

SILVA
vs
Silva

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, PEDRO SILVA!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wand Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
SILVA moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.

SILVA instigates a clinch.
SILVA stalling in the clinch.
SILVA using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
SILVA works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
SILVA's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and SILVA duly obliges.

It looks like Wand Silva has been cut.
SILVA swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
SILVA throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and SILVA counters with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
SILVA fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.

SILVA gets a clinch.
Silva avoiding damage as SILVA throws knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from SILVA.
SILVA lands a nice elbow.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but SILVA keeps him there for the moment.
SILVA landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
SILVA lands a nice elbow.
SILVA manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
SILVA dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
SILVA misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from SILVA.
Come on SILVA - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
SILVA lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
SILVA lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
SILVA leaning his opponent against the cage.
SILVA connects with a knee to the head.
SILVA stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
SILVA missing with knees to the body.
SILVA missing with knees to the body.
SILVA connects with a knee to the head.
SILVA stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by PEDRO SILVA.
Silva tries to move into range but SILVA moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

SILVA moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
SILVA misses with a knee strike.
SILVA with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
SILVA tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
SILVA misses with a wild body shot.
Silva tries to clinch

and SILVA holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
SILVA taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
SILVA tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

SILVA instigates a clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but SILVA is blocking nicely.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
SILVA misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
SILVA scores a nice knee to the body.
SILVA tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
SILVA missing with knees to the body.
SILVA is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from SILVA.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but SILVA has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
SILVA with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
SILVA lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
SILVA keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but SILVA blocks with his arms.
SILVA stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

PEDRO SILVA dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wand Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
PEDRO SILVA is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and SILVA counters with a lovely shot to the body.
SILVA lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.

SILVA has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and SILVA avoids it.
SILVA misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
SILVA lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by SILVA.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
SILVA utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
SILVA lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
SILVA lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for SILVA.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but SILVA blocks with his arms.
SILVA lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
SILVA throws a knee to the head but misses.
SILVA tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. SILVA obliges.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from SILVA.
Silva tries a knee to the head but SILVA blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for SILVA.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
SILVA trying to land knees to the body.
SILVA throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
SILVA misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
SILVA tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
SILVA fails in his attempt to clinch.
SILVA throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - SILVA looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
SILVA misses with a jab, cross combination.
SILVA tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
SILVA scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
SILVA tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva digs a good hook to SILVA's body.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva wants to clinch
and SILVA counters with a lovely straight right hand!
SILVA doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva tries to clinch there but SILVA circles away.
SILVA lands a high kick!

SILVA closes the distance and clinches.
SILVA tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from SILVA.
Silva can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
SILVA is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from SILVA.
SILVA tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
SILVA is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from SILVA.
SILVA misses with a knee to the head.
SILVA is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
SILVA trying to land knees to the body.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
SILVA wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
SILVA lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
SILVA fails to land with a series of punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

PEDRO SILVA dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wand Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A cross from SILVA lands.

SILVA pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
SILVA tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
SILVA comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stalling in the clinch from SILVA.
SILVA tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
SILVA lands an elbow inside.
SILVA tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
SILVA stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
SILVA throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
SILVA tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
SILVA lands a damaging elbow.
Silva letting SILVA take a breather here.
SILVA scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

SILVA clinches with his opponent.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but SILVA has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
SILVA is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
SILVA is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns SILVA into the cage.
SILVA throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
SILVA is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
SILVA trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but SILVA avoids the damage to the body.
SILVA connects with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
SILVA keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
SILVA connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
SILVA looking to land some kicks to the body here.
SILVA digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but SILVA bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva wants to clinch but SILVA slips to the side

and SILVA holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
SILVA throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. SILVA is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for SILVA.
SILVA lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
SILVA stalling the fight.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
SILVA tries to clinch up.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva looks to clinch

and SILVA moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
SILVA unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva avoiding damage as SILVA throws knees to the body.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but SILVA has him pressed against the cage.
SILVA tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
SILVA working Silva over with knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as SILVA throws knees to the body.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and SILVA counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
SILVA is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from SILVA.
SILVA lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles SILVA. SILVA circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
SILVA throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
SILVA lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
SILVA has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with SILVA's head.
SILVA scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva is looking to clinch.
SILVA scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from SILVA.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

SILVA gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Come on SILVA - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wand Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
PEDRO SILVA is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
PEDRO SILVA is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva wants to break free but SILVA has control.

And that's the end of the fight!
PEDRO SILVA showed his dominance in that final round.
Well SILVA has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... PEDRO SILVA!