The Island Season 1, 205 lbs, Round 3 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omi Yusura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Omi Yusura could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thiago Silva's chin.

Yusura
vs
Silva

190 cm
27
215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

183 cm
20
214 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Omi Yusura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yusura wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yusura thinking.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yusura.
Yusura doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yusura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yusura tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Omi Yusura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yusura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yusura moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Yusura walks into a straight right hand from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura misses with a body kick.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Yusura wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Yusura walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yusura tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yusura moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Yusura moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
Yusura tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Yusura fails with the takedown
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yusura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yusura doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Yusura moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yusura moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Yusura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva with a nice cross.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva cracks Yusura with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yusura doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Yusura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yusura tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Yusura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yusura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yusura tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a swing at Yusura's ribcage but misses.
Yusura is looking to clinch.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yusura.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yusura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yusura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yusura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yusura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yusura moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yusura misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yusura closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yusura wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Yusura gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Silva counter with a right hand.

It looks like Omi Yusura has been cut.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yusura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yusura on the side of the head.
Yusura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yusura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yusura is looking to clinch.
Yusura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thiago Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yusura on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yusura tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Yusura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yusura tries to clinch up.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yusura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yusura fails with the takedown
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yusura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yusura wants to clinch.
Yusura closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Thiago Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yusura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yusura tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omi Yusura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Omi Yusura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Yusura ducks down to avoid it.
Yusura misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yusura wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Yusura fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yusura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yusura is looking to clinch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yusura has his takedown stuffed
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Yusura seems unphased.

Yusura is rocked!
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oh Yusura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yusura looks to clinch
and Yusura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Yusura looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yusura tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Yusura tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Yusura is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Yusura seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yusura tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yusura doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Yusura has his takedown stuffed
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yusura tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yusura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yusura is looking to clinch.
Silva tries to bum rush Yusura with a series of wild strikes but Yusura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yusura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yusura takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yusura slips a jab from Silva.
Yusura wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Omi Yusura's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yusura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yusura tries to clinch
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yusura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Yusura doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yusura.
Yusura wants to clinch
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Yusura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yusura takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yusura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yusura takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yusura tries a head kick but it misses.
Yusura wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yusura thinking.
Yusura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Yusura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yusura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yusura wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Yusura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Yusura tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yusura closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Yusura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Yusura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yusura doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yusura tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily

and Silva counters with a crisp one two that drops Yusura! Silva thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Yusura to his feet! Yusura is in big trouble!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Yusura. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yusura.
Yusura closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yusura tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Yusura is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva jabs at Yusura's body.
Yusura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yusura closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yusura.
Yusura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yusura doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Yusura might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Yusura tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omi Yusura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Yusura got wobbled bad by a big combination! Silva presses forward with punches and knees until Yusura stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Yusura closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Silva!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
91%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noongar Fella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Survivor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Fella might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Monster. The key to victory for Noongar Fella has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fella
vs
Survivor

186 cm
27
212 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

182 cm
27
220 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Noongar Fella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, The Survivor!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Survivor slips a straight right by Fella.
Survivor tries a head kick but it misses.
Fella tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Survivor was well out of range. Poor timing from Fella.
Survivor connects with an inside leg kick.
Survivor slips under a jab.
Fella has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Pit in the buildup to the fight.
Survivor takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like The Survivor has been cut.
Fella rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Survivor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Fella does it's job there.
Survivor ducks right into an uppercut from Fella.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Survivor cracks the inside of Fella's front leg.
Fella stalks Survivor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Survivor's face. Survivor staggers backwards, shaken.
Survivor blocks a jab.
Survivor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fella takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fella throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fella takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fella looks to land a left hand but Survivor moved out of range nicely.
Fella jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Survivor delivers a nice body kick.
Fella is breathing heavily.
Both fighters circling a little - Survivor finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Survivor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fella's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Survivor throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Survivor lands a big head kick that sends Fella tumbling to the mat! Survivor takes a step backwards and waves Fella back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Survivor connects with a solid leg kick.
Survivor lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Survivor lands a big head kick that sends Fella tumbling to the mat! Survivor takes a step backwards and waves Fella back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Fella is rocked!
Survivor throws a head kick that misses.
Survivor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Survivor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Survivor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fella. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Survivor!
Fella is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Survivor seems to be stalking Fella here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Fella drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). The Survivor!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimo Ovaska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley comes to the cage accompanied by O Fortuna. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bradley
vs
Ovaska

189 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
217 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kimo Ovaska!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovaska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bradley finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Ovaska's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Bradley falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimo Ovaska!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
15%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Sonova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonova comes to the cage accompanied by Sleep Lullaby. Bruno Sonova has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sonova
vs
Silva

198 cm
27
210 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Sonova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dante Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonova shoots and misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Sonova shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sonova shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Sonova. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands the left hand.
Sonova looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sonova.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sonova.

Sonova darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Sonova is very close to passing his half guard.

Sonova wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Sonova is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sonova missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonova sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.

Sonova is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Sonova is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.

Sonova is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva is in trouble now - Sonova has advanced to mount!
Silva tries to hold on but Sonova pushes him away.
Sonova dominating with strikes here.
Sonova has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Sonova jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Silva is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Silva and Sonova has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sonova tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sonova has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sonova has hold of Silva's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Silva tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Sonova cranks the arm and Silva screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Silva, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bruno Sonova!
After the fight, Bruno Sonova was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.