PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ipad Dsix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dsix
vs
Silva

155 cm
26
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

167 cm
28
146 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ipad Dsix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva moves out of range as Dsix strikes.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dsix.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dsix on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Silva drives through and clinches with Dsix against the cage.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Dsix pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dsix throws a big shot that misses.
Dsix looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Dsix tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dsix manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dsix throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Dsix ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dsix thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Dsix shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ipad Dsix has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Silva.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dsix's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Dsix. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dsix.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Dsix shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dsix scores with a nice strike.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dsix tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dsix to the ground. Dsix escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dsix is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dsix keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dsix moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Dsix ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dsix lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dsix misses with a head kick.
Dsix avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab by Dsix.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dsix lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Dsix swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dsix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dsix takes a kick to the side of the head.

Silva drives through and clinches with Dsix against the cage.
Dsix looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dsix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dsix is trying to break free.
Dsix is trying to break free.
Dsix wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Silva tightens his grip and picks Dsix up, before dumping him to the ground. Dsix manages to land in guard.
Silva advances position into side control!
Silva taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dsix wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Silva working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The strikes coming from Silva are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Silva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dsix bucks up and tries to throw Silva off but instead Silva has got his back!
Dsix is breathing heavily.
Dsix is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Dsix.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Silva.
Silva is landing with strikes. Dsix can't take much more of this.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dsix covering up well under a series of strikes from Silva.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Even with his hooks in, Silva manages to miss with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva gets a double leg takedown into Dsix's guard.
Silva trying to control but Dsix is working from the bottom.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva misses with the ground and pound.
Dsix knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.
Marcos Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva throws an elbow but Dsix slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dsix might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dsix knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Silva looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dsix is avoiding damage well.
Silva passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dsix!
The referee warns Dsix that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dsix on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dsix tries to get out of the position.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Dsix is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva looking to ground and pound but Dsix is blocking nicely.
Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Silva unloads with some shots from mount but Dsix bucks and avoids them well.
Silva lands a big elbow.
Silva landing punches.

Silva is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Dsix to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dsix shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Dsix manages to avoid the submission attempt.
A lull in the action here.
Sloppy strikes there by Silva.
Silva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dsix managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva takes a little break here. Dsix wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Silva misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva advances to full mount.

Silva working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Dsix looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Silva! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Marcos Silva!
Our winner, Marcos Silva, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.