PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan McConor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
McConor

180 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ethan McConor!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Silva.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McConor blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
McConor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Juan Silva has been cut.
McConor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as McConor controls the action.
McConor can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva keeps control of McConor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McConor wants to break free but Silva has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
McConor blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of McConor backwards.
McConor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McConor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McConor has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
McConor takes a shot to the head.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva keeps control of McConor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents McConor from breaking the clinch.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from McConor.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but McConor uses good head movement to avoid it.
McConor is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva digs a right hand underneath McConor's ribcage. McConor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McConor takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva pushes McConor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McConor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as McConor controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by McConor.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of McConor backwards.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but McConor uses good head movement to avoid it.
McConor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
McConor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McConor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of McConor backwards.
Silva misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
McConor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McConor is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of McConor backwards.
McConor tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
McConor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McConor wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McConors head.
McConor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McConor has time to react.
McConor connects with a body shot.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
McConor thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

McConor tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McConor tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva works on McConor's body with a couple of short punches.
McConor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
McConor wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a right hand.
McConor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva misses with the head strike.
McConor can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
McConor has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of McConor's head.
McConor blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
McConor has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
McConor tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets through McConor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva has McConor pressed against the cage, preventing McConor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McConor.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
A short right from Silva.
Juan Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva keeps control of McConor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva digs a right hand underneath McConor's ribcage. McConor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McConor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva scores with the left hand. McConor knows he should have avoided that one.
McConor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
A quick step to the side and Silva tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McConor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

McConor tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of McConor backwards.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McConor blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
McConor wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McConor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
McConor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva is looking to counter punch.
McConor misses with a wild combination.
McConor looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McConor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
McConor tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juan Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McConor.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
McConor is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva pushes McConor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McConor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McConor has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
McConor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by McConor.
McConor can't break the clinch.
Silva digs a right hand underneath McConor's ribcage. McConor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McConor.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva tries to work over McConor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McConor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Juan Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan McConor.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
McConor letting Silva take a breather here.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but McConor uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McConor wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but McConor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
McConor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McConor can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from McConor fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
McConor avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
McConor is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McConor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McConor is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McConor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McConor is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McConor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
McConor misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva works the jab nicely.
McConor ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva moves out of range as McConor strikes.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McConor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
A body shot lands from Silva.
McConor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ethan McConor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McConor misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:25
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:25
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:25

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