PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Castro
vs
Silva

184 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kim Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro misses with a double jab.
Silva lands a head kick!
Castro wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Castro sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Castro fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Castro counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Silva has his foot on Castro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Castro works his way back into a safe position though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Silva wants to stand but Castro is controlling the position.
Castro trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Castro pushes his legs off easily.
Silva looking to control.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Castro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Castro is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Castro won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva has his foot on Castro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Castro works his way back into a safe position though.
Castro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Castro trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Castro gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.

Castro throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and Castro finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Castro postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Castro is proving a slippery customer.
Castro wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

That's four 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 is trying to keep Castro in close.

Silva has his foot on Castro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Castro works his way back into a safe position though.
Castro preventing the sweep.

Castro stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Castro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Castro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tony Castro will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva lands a body shot.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Castro sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Tony Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch but Castro is having none of it.
Castro closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tony Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Castro persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Castro is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Castro stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Castro takes a kick to the side of the head.
Castro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Tony Castro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Silva.
Silva dives in and grabs Castro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Castro pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.
Castro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Castro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castro backwards.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Castro looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva scores with a head kick.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Castro moves into the clinch successfully.

Castro decides to pull guard.
Silva won't allow Castro to sweep him here.
Silva wants to stand but Castro has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Castro is keeping the position.
Castro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Castro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Castro keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Castro scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva controls Castro momentarily but Castro frees himself.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Castro seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Castro won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Castro dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva shoots for a takedown but Castro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Castro pinned against the cage. Castro gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Castro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Castro scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.

Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Castro defends it easily.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing Castro any problems.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva striking from the bottom here.
Silva is trying to keep Castro in close.
Castro trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Castro looking to pass the guard.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Castro is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Castro won't allow Silva to sweep him here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Castro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.

Castro manages to pull guard.

Silva gets to his feet - Castro follows without any prompting.
Castro scores with a punch to the head.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Castro counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tony Castro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Silva.
Silva tries to clinch there but Castro circles away.
Castro throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Castro off to one side.
Castro wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro looking to control.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Castro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Castro wants to sweep but no luck.
Castro controlling the position.
Castro is looking to sweep but instead, Silva has passed into half guard.
Silva moves into full mount! Castro won't be happy about that!

That's four 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 working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Castro on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Castro tries to get out of the position.
Silva controlling from mount.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tony Castro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva prevents Castro from getting the reversal.
Kim Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Castro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!