PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Danky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dom Danky looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Silva
vs
Danky

185 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Danky!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thiago Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva blocks a head kick by Danky.
Danky misses with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Danky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Danky tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva blocks a head kick by Danky.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Danky. Danky obviously looking to wear him down.
Danky is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Danky.
Danky looks gassed!
Danky shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danky swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Danky tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Thiago Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dom Danky.
Danky wants to break the clinch but can't.

Silva gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Danky is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Silva looks to land a combination but Danky avoids it well.
No joy there for Danky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Danky circles away from the clinch attempt.

Danky closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Danky lands in his opponent's guard.
Danky tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Danky working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Danky darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like Danky is going to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky prevents Silva from standing back up.

Danky stands up out of the half guard.
Danky finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Danky misses with a double jab.
Silva fails to land the takedown.

Danky scores a takedown into full mount!
Danky lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Danky fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A nice elbow there by Danky.
Danky avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Danky dominated that round.
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.

A punch combination from Silva misses.
Danky tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva throws a series of punches but Danky moves out of range.
Danky will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Danky takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.

Danky instigates a clinch.

Danky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked

and Danky moves into the clinch.
Danky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Danky fails with a takedown attempt.
Danky tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Danky counters with a nice body shot.
Danky throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Danky swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva misses with a combination
and Danky counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.

Danky shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Danky slips nicely into half guard.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Danky is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Danky thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Danky scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Danky not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva tries to kick Danky off but Danky keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Danky bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Danky closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva can't get the takedown.

Danky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Danky.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Danky fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Thiago Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danky keeps the fight on the outside.
Danky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva tries to clinch up

and Danky counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Danky stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Danky counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danky stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Danky in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Danky throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Danky's guard. Nice move by Silva!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danky looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Silva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Danky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Danky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Danky shoots in.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danky scores with a body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Danky on that attempt.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Danky counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Danky.
Danky trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Silva is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Danky to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Danky counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva misses with the combination.

Danky shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard.
Danky postures up.

Danky stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd cheers as Danky lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Danky misses with a double jab.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Danky will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thiago Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dom Danky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danky has his takedown stuffed

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Danky keeps him there for the moment.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Danky won't allow it.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Danky throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Danky back into the cage.
Silva is trying to drag Danky to the mat but Danky just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Danky is working Silva over against the cage.

Danky manages to break the clinch.
Danky throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Danky will be more careful next time no doubt.

Danky clinches.
Danky holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Silva is fighting off a takedown attempt but Danky is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Silva to the mat. Silva regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Dom Danky has got the better of the ground game so far.
Danky stops Silva from standing up.
Danky looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Danky keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Danky is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Danky preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dom Danky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Danky darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Danky has double underhooks.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Danky saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thiago Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Danky counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dom Danky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Danky winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Danky!