PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sebastiao da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

da Silva
vs
Bukholt Nielsen

175 cm
28
162 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

173 cm
23
167 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastiao da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nielsen lands a jab-cross combination.

da Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. da Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

da Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Nielsen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nielsen wants to improve his position but da Silva is controlling well.
Nielsen moves into full guard.

da 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.
Nielsen wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nielsen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

da Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nielsen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, da Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Nielsen's legs - danger averted.

Nielsen working for a triangle but da Silva defends it easily.

da 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.
da Silva wants to control from the top but Nielsen keeps moving.

da Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
da 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.
da Silva passes Nielsen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Nielsen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

da Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Nielsen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but da Silva pulls his head out easily.

da Silva is looking for a kimura here.

da Silva is looking for a kimura but Nielsen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for da Silva to get the leverage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nielsen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of da Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take da Silva's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nielsen looking for the choke from the back.
Well, with Nielsen on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before da Silva is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Nielsen is landing with strikes. da Silva can't take much more of this.

Nielsen looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! da Silva taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen waved his t-shirt featuring Namunamu Clothing 's logo in front of the cameras.