PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sladen Shockner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shockner has chosen This is the new shit as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Shockner

194 cm
21
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

205 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

FNF Energy & Stamina - Sale!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sladen Shockner!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shockner throws a hook but Silva blocks it.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shockner looking for a sweep. Not yet Shockner, not yet.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Shockner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Shockner is retaining full guard.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shockner's guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shockner's head.
Shockner is trying to control but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shockner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shockner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Shockner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shockner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shockner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shockner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Shockner shows good takedown defense.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shockner is not content to let Silva control the position.
Shockner tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Shockner taking a bit of punishment here - Silva scoring with strikes.
Shockner gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Shockner sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Shockner is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Silva in particular looking to stall.
Silva prevents Shockner from improving his position.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shockner tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Shockner is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shockner is trying to get back to full guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shockner defends it well.
Silva prevents Shockner from improving his position.
Shockner is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working over Shockner with some ground and pound. Shockner looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Shockner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Shockner's temple.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shockner defending well though.

Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Shockner is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Shockner tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Shockner is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Shockner is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Shockner is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Silva is controlling him well.
Silva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Shockner manages to get back to half guard.
Shockner tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva not doing much here.
Silva wants to take a breather but Shockner is having none of it.
Silva blocks the strikes from Shockner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva passes into side control, despite Shockner's attempt to control the position.
Silva trying to control the action but Shockner is working from the bottom.
Shockner struggling a bit here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Shockner tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Shockner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shockner tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Shockner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Shockner is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are battling for position here. Shockner manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Silva postures up.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shockner 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.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shockner looking to control.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Shockner is retaining full guard.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Shockner wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shockner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shockner pushes down on Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva is not content to let Shockner control the position.
Shockner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shockner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Shockner from controlling successfully.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva trying to control the position.
Shockner preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Shockner is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Shockner is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Shockner doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shockner looking to control.
Shockner wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Shockner seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Shockner trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Shockner keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Shockner.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Shockner doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Shockner is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Shockner slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Shockner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva dives in and grabs Shockner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Shockner pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Shockner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shockner lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shockner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shockner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Shockner.
Shockner is looking to clinch.
Silva tests Shockner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Shockner.
Shockner doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Shockner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shockner is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shockner tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva scores with a takedown into Shockner's guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Shockner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Shockner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva pushes down on Shockner's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva passes to full mount!
Silva cracks Shockner with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Shockner is in no mood to give up.
Shockner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shockner working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shockner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shockner holds on to Silva around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Shockner tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Shockner looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shockner tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Shockner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shockner is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sladen Shockner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rick Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

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