PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between kyle kindrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wand Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think kindrick might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to swagg surfin. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

kindrick
vs
Silva

185 cm
18
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, kyle kindrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wand Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is looking to clinch.
kindrick shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
kindrick keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

kindrick shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. kindrick showed some decent athleticism there.

kindrick is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

kindrick decides to stand up.
kindrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva with a knee to the head.
kindrick is trying to stall.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but kindrick pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kindrick looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
kindrick is breathing heavily.
Silva tries to clinch but kindrick moves out of range.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and kindrick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
kindrick has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Silva clinches up against the cage.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

kindrick clinches up against the cage.
kindrick avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries for a takedown but kindrick manages to get underhooks.
kyle kindrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wand Silva.
kindrick tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of kindrick backwards.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
kindrick misses with an elbow over the top.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

kindrick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
kindrick connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

kindrick has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

kindrick pulls guard successfully.
kindrick not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from kindrick's guard.
kindrick looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva tries to stand but kindrick is controlling from the bottom.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to kindrick's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but kindrick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from kindrick.
kindrick is trying to keep Silva in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
kindrick throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
kindrick misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
kindrick tries a head kick but it misses.

Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for kindrick!
kindrick is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

kindrick is rocked!
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh kindrick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva raining down shots from the mount!

Silva has control of kindrick's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and kindrick regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva landing shots from mount.
kindrick wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
kindrick is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
kindrick keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wand Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

kindrick shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from kindrick. kindrick gets slowly back to his feet.
kindrick tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva clinches up against the cage.

Silva jumps into guard, dragging kindrick to the mat.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. kindrick manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
kindrick wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva looks up at the clock and then as kindrick takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Silva smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at kindrick to see if he's OK.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
kindrick taking a bit of punishment here - Silva scoring with strikes.

Silva stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva clinches up with kindrick and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva unloads an enormous knee to the head! That's knocked kindrick out cold! Holy cow, it was almost as if it lifted kindrick off his feet!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Wand Silva!