PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wallid Ismail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Forever as his entrance music. Wallid Ismail could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Caio Silva's chin.

Ismail
vs
Silva

170 cm
24
182 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

174 cm
23
192 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wallid Ismail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up but Ismail circles away and keeps his distance.
Ismail shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ismail paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva moves forwards but Ismail connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ismail swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Ismail shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ismail showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Ismail jumps into side control!
Ismail grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
Silva wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Ismail lands a nice forearm strike.

Ismail is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ismail passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ismail lands a heavy elbow.
Ismail sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ismail. What's that going to do exactly?
Ismail trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ismail controlling from mount.
Ismail landing strikes from the mount.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ismail with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.

Ismail looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ismail connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ismail tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ismail lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Ismail stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Caio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ismail scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ismail works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ismail tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Silva tries to land a strike from the bottom but Ismail has taken his back! He's got the choke... big trouble for Silva here! Silva is tapping! Great work there by Ismail!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wallid Ismail!