PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob General (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Lil Wayne- I'm Me. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
General

194 cm
24
210 lbs
4 - 4 - 1

183 cm
21
213 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob General!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
General wants to clinch.
General misses with a kick to the body.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bob General seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
General is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
General tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Silva has General up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
General tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but General has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva landing knees to the head.
General jumps guard but Silva stands there with General around his waist. General gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
General misses with an elbow strike.
General misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
General lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva is looking to control General's arms but General gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
General misses with a knee to the head.
General working Silva over with knees to the body.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, General has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

General ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. General no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of General is proving hard to escape from.
General looking for a sweep. Not yet General, not yet.
General wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Silva moves into the clinch.
General landing some nice looking knees to the body.
General trying to land knees to the body.
General is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
General has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
General tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
General tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from General.
General throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
General tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Silva.
General connects with a knee to the head.
General tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
General wants to break free but Silva has control.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
General with a knee to the head.
General is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
General swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, General has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
General misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
General tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
General is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
General blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
General is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Michael Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob General.
General connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva blocking some punches.
General throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but General is blocking nicely.
General is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva avoiding damage as General throws knees to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
General using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
General tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
General misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but General is blocking nicely.
General scores with a knee to the head.
General is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
General makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
General lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
General looking for a takedown.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
General tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.
Silva avoiding damage as General throws knees to the body.
General is trying to break free.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
General misses with a knee strike.
General landing some nice looking knees to the body.
General using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
General tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
General misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.
General takes a knee right on the jaw!
General landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
General struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
General misses with a knee to the head.
General stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bob General will probably get the nod.
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.

Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
General tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
General misses with a knee strike.
General landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but General has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
General trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed General into the cage.
General takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva blocks a body shot from General.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
General throws a head punch that misses.
General is trying to stall.
General is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Silva has denied him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
General tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.
Silva stalling in the clinch but General improves position.
General 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.
General is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
General misses with an elbow strike.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
General connects with a knee to the head.
General throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by General.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
General throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
General misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
General trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
General 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 throws a head punch that misses.
General tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
A short left from Silva.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
General drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but General is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two 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 with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
General connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
General landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva has General pressed against the cage, preventing General from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
General is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Michael Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob General.
Silva with a knee to the head.
General 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.
General lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but General is blocking nicely.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but General has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by General.
General tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
General landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
General throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but General blocks it.
General misses with a knee to the head.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from General.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
General misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
General tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
General using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva just leaning against General, taking a breather.
General dodges an elbow strike from Silva.

General decides to pull guard.

Silva gets to his feet. General looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
General doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Michael Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
General tries to clinch up

and Silva moves into the clinch.
General has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
General looks to throw an elbow but misses.
General digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but General gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but General gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
General 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 tries a knee to the head but General blocks it.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but General is blocking nicely.

General breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
General shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

General closes the distance looking to clinch

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.

General breaks the clinch.
General changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but General manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Michael Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
General wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Michael Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
General lands a damaging elbow.
General is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
General tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
General connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva has General pressed against the cage, preventing General from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as General throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
General landing knees to the body.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
General throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
General missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.

General successfully pulls guard.

Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silva throws a body punch but General moves out of range.
General clinches but Silva breaks the clinch

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
General throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
General is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
General blocks the elbow strike.
General misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
General pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
General with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
General lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but General blocks it with crossed arms.
General tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
General misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but General blocks it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but General blocks it.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
General using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
General tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by General.
Silva tries a knee to the head but General blocks it.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
General with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
General is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns General into the cage.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through General's defenses.
General tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from General.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed General into the cage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
General is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.

That's four 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 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva letting General take a breather here.
General 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 looking to throw knees to the head but General is blocking nicely.
General 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 using the Thai plumb to throw knees but General has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
General misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva avoiding damage as General throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as General tries to tie him up.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
General lands a knee to the body.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but General has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
General tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but General has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
General landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
General throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but General blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Silva!