PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daunte Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Getting Away with Murder-Papa Roach. Daunte Mauricio Silva had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mauricio Silva
vs
Morgan

185 cm
22
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daunte Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harry Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mauricio Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Morgan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan with a knee to the head.

It looks like Daunte Mauricio Silva has been cut.
Morgan keeps control of Mauricio Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mauricio Silva wants to break free but Morgan has control.
Mauricio Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan scores with a knee to the head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Morgan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan lands a body punch.
Mauricio Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Morgan landing knees to the head.

Mauricio Silva is rocked!
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Morgan manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Mauricio Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Mauricio Silva.

Morgan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mauricio Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Morgan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mauricio Silva backwards.
Morgan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Morgan.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.
Morgan scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Mauricio Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mauricio Silva is breathing heavily.
Morgan avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Morgan - that landed with a thud.
Mauricio Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Mauricio Silva can't get the takedown.
Stalling in the clinch from Morgan.
Mauricio Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morgan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daunte Mauricio Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morgan.
Morgan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mauricio Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Morgan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Morgan.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Mauricio Silva keeps it at a distance.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Mauricio Silva keeps it at a distance.
Mauricio Silva throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
Harry Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Mauricio Silva circles away.

Morgan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Morgan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morgan landing knees to the head.
Morgan slows down the pace here.
Mauricio Silva wants to break free but Morgan has control.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Mauricio Silva's ribcage.
Mauricio Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morgan has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Mauricio Silva's ribcage.
Morgan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mauricio Silva is keeping busy.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mauricio Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morgan gets through Mauricio Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan pushes Mauricio Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morgan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Morgan connects with a knee to the head.
Morgan lands a shot to the body.
Morgan lands a nice knee to the body.
Mauricio Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Morgan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.

Daunte Mauricio Silva's cut is getting worse.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mauricio Silva fails to pull guard.
Morgan lands a knee to the head.

Morgan has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Mauricio Silva goes down! Morgan pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Mauricio Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mauricio Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Mauricio Silva sneaks back into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva wants to get back to full guard.

Morgan stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Mauricio Silva to get to his feet.
Mauricio Silva misses with the combination.

Morgan moves into the clinch.
Morgan cracks Mauricio Silva with a nice body shot.
Morgan landing knees to the body.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morgan landing knees to the body.

Morgan breaks the clinch.
Mauricio Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mauricio Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan dodges the punch combination from Mauricio Silva.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Mauricio Silva keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daunte Mauricio Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mauricio Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Morgan wants to land a leg kick but Mauricio Silva is out of range.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
Morgan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mauricio Silva will feel that in the morning.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mauricio Silva.
Mauricio Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mauricio Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Daunte Mauricio Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Mauricio Silva circles away.
Mauricio Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morgan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Morgan tries to clinch but Mauricio Silva is having none of it.
Morgan is looking to clinch.
Mauricio Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan tries to clinch but Mauricio Silva is having none of it.
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Mauricio Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morgan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mauricio Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morgan is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harry Morgan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Mauricio Silva is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Mauricio Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daunte Mauricio Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan controlling the action here for a moment.
Mauricio Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan 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.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mauricio Silva is trying to stall.

Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan staying out of range there.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Morgan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morgan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mauricio Silva jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Mauricio Silva around his waist. Mauricio Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan lands an uppercut.

Daunte Mauricio Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Morgan taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Morgan.
Morgan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A knee to the head by Morgan.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Mauricio Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morgan just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morgan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mauricio Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morgan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Morgan misses with a knee strike.
Morgan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Morgan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mauricio Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Morgan controlling the action here for a moment.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mauricio Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mauricio Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morgan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Mauricio Silva pushes him off.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Harry Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.

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.
Morgan tries to clinch up but Mauricio Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Mauricio Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Morgan.
Mauricio Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Mauricio Silva keeps it at a distance.
Morgan tries to clinch but Mauricio Silva is having none of it.
Mauricio Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Mauricio Silva circles away.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Mauricio Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Morgan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mauricio Silva checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Mauricio Silva.
Mauricio Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daunte Mauricio Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morgan tries to clinch but Mauricio Silva moves out of range.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Mauricio Silva keeps it at a distance.
Mauricio Silva misses with a double jab
and Morgan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mauricio Silva.
Mauricio Silva lands a two punch combo.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Mauricio Silva.
Mauricio Silva throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Morgan is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mauricio Silva throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
Mauricio Silva moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Mauricio Silva.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Mauricio Silva circles away.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morgan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mauricio Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mauricio Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mauricio Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Mauricio Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Mauricio Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morgan defends it well.
Morgan controlling the position well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mauricio Silva is looking for a kimura here.

Mauricio Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Morgan defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mauricio Silva is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Morgan is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daunte Mauricio Silva!