PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hamza Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Clay
vs
Silva

173 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes musicals

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hamza Clay!
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, Fabio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Clay is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Clay circles away and we're back to standing.
Clay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Clay has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Clay to keep the fight standing.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Clay turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hamza Clay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Silva.
Clay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Clay stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Clay has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Silva clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Clay is hanging on to Silva's back as he tries to escape.
Silva finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Clay trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to reverse the position but instead Clay has taken his back - oops!
Clay keeps control of the position as Silva tries to break free.
Clay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva breaks Clay's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clay swivels though and keeps the full guard.

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.
Clay is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Clay has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.

Silva is trying for a kimura here. Clay looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Silva wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fabio Silva!