PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between anthony silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Dee Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

silva
vs
Dee Penn

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, anthony silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jay Dee Penn!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn shoots in and drives through. silva sprawls well.
silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and silva wants it to stay on the feet.
No luck for Penn with that takedown attempt.
anthony silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Dee Penn.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Penn.

silva closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - silva lands in his opponent's guard.
Penn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Penn tries to strike from the bottom.
Penn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst silva is controlling him.
Penn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Penn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Penn unloads with some shots from mount but silva bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva is bucking up trying to escape but Penn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Penn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Penn thowing shots but they're missing.
silva tries to hold on but Penn postures up.
Penn throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Penn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. silva looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Penn.
Penn landing strikes, looking to finish!
silva is working to get back to half guard.
Penn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
silva tries to hold on but Penn postures up.
silva is bucking up trying to escape but Penn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Penn lands a big shot there that rocks silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Penn raining down shots from the mount!
Penn breaks from silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Penn prevents silva from getting the reversal.
Penn throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for silva because Penn loaded up on that one.
silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Penn lands a heavy elbow.
Penn punching from mount but silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.

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.
Penn throws some wild stikes that silva manages to avoid easily.
silva is trying desperately to improve position.
silva tries to hold on but Penn pushes him away.
Penn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish silva?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva is looking to improve his position but Penn isn't that keen on the idea.
Penn dominating with strikes here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
silva tries to hold on but Penn pushes him away.
Penn lands a big shot there that rocks silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Dee Penn dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Penn shoots and misses

and silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Penn's guard.

Penn looking for a guillotine here but silva defends easily.
silva content to stall in guard here.

silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn looking to hit a scissor sweep but silva is one step ahead there.
silva wants to pass the guard but Penn is keeping the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Penn shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Penn won't be happy with that.
silva takes a little break here. Penn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
silva is looking to take a break and control but Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a strike from the bottom.
silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Penn keeps working.
silva avoids the strikes from the bottom by Penn.
Penn is trying to get back to half guard.
silva trying to control the action but Penn is working from the bottom.
silva avoids the strikes from the bottom by Penn.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Penn doesn't succeed with the takedown

and silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by silva.
anthony silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Dee Penn.
silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Penn's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. silva is working away from the top position though.
Penn is trying to get back to full guard.
Penn punching from the bottom.
silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
silva blocks the strikes from Penn.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Penn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Penn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Penn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Penn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
silva seems keen to control Penn's posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Penn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

anthony silva dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Penn fails with the takedown

and silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Penn wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Penn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Penn is trying to escape the position but silva is controlling the position.
silva is looking to take a break and control but Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Penn throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
silva controls the position.
Penn tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee asks silva politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. silva prefers to stall for the moment though.
Penn misses with a strike from the bottom.
silva staying calm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Penn for as long as he can get away with.
Penn is trying to control silva's posture but silva avoids it.
Penn connects with an elbow from the bottom.
silva happy to just control the position for now.
silva is looking to take a break and control but Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee stands the fighters back up. anthony silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Penn has his takedown stuffed

and silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Penn's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Penn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.
silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Penn doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Penn throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Penn wants to sweep here but silva controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Penn will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Penn shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
anthony silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Dee Penn.
silva is trying to control. Penn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
silva blocks the strikes from Penn.
Penn tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Penn punching from the bottom.
silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Penn keeps working.
silva controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Penn!
Penn is in all sorts of trouble here.
silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Penn is trying to escape the mount.
Penn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Penn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Penn swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
silva prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
anthony 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... anthony silva!