PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sharp's choice of entrance music: Stronger. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Silva
vs
Sharp

188 cm
24
196 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sharp gets tackled into the ropes by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sharp's efforts to push away.
Silva is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sharp's efforts to push away.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sharp wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Sharp's brow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sharp can do anything to dispel that myth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Sharp's brow.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Sharp taking some punishment here, with Silva in his half guard.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp taking some punishment here, with Silva in his half guard.

Sharp is rocked!
Silva lands a big elbow - Sharp is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Silva!