PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: Here i go again. Tyrone Brooks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brooks
vs
Silva

190 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Fight Club Clothing™

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyrone Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vitor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva moves out of range as Brooks strikes.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva looks to clinch
and Brooks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva is looking to clinch but Brooks is avoiding it.
Brooks tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Brooks walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

Silva has Brooks up against the cage in a clinch.
Brooks is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Brooks blocks with his arms.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brooks is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brooks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brooks takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Brooks blocks with his arms.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva gets through Brooks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brooks drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brooks wants a takedown but no success here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitor Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brooks keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Brooks is having none of it.
Brooks throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brooks.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Vitor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.

Silva darts in and clinches Brooks up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Brooks.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brooks's defenses.

Brooks gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Brooks trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brooks is just content to waste time from the top position. Silva takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Brooks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Brooks from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Brooks is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Brooks slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Brooks tries to stand but Silva is controlling his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Silva moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva working for a triangle but Brooks defends it easily.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brooks doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brooks manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brooks wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Brooks would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brooks stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Brooks postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Brooks wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Brooks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Brooks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vitor Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brooks's waist but Brooks gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Brooks scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva is looking to clinch.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Brooks is just out of range.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Brooks fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Brooks is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brooks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tyrone Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitor Silva.
Silva moves to clinch but Brooks breaks away
and Brooks counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva looks to land a combination but Brooks avoids it well.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Brooks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooks's face.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
Brooks tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brooks.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Brooks shrugs off.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brooks blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brooks.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Brooks is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Brooks blocks with his arms.
Brooks wants a takedown but no success here.
Vitor Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brooks looking for a takedown.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Brooks avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Brooks is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Brooks changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brooks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Brooks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brooks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tyrone Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Brooks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitor Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

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