PBP Commentary

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

Silva
vs
smith

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

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 0 - 1 - 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mitchell smith!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
smith moves away from the strike by Silva.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva wants a takedown.
smith stops a takedown attempt from Silva.

Silva pulls guard successfully.
smith wants to stand and escape but instead Silva has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
smith is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
smith is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva 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 throwing strikes from guard but smith blocks nicely.
Silva won't allow smith to get back to his feet.
Silva with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva stops smith from standing up.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
smith is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Silva dives into side control.

Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but smith is defending well.
Silva is breathing heavily.
smith takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, smith has escaped the position, nice work there.
smith is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.
smith is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
Silva has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for smith!
smith wants to try and get back to his feet.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
smith is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
smith wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silva looking to finish smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for smith!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with shots to the head and body - smith looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and smith is in trouble!
smith wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Silva working smith over with strikes here.
smith is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. smith can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and smith is in trouble!
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
smith is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Silva looking to finish smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for smith!
Silva with shots to the head and body - smith looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
smith is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
smith trying desperately to get to his feet.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
smith'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.
A nice elbow there by Silva.
A nice elbow there by Silva.
smith is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Silva with shots to the head and body - smith looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
mitchell smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
smith scores with a head kick.

It looks like Thiago Silva has been cut.
Silva shoots for a takedown but smith saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
smith throws a head kick that misses.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by smith which made him look bad.
smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Silva changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Silva lands some shots froms side control.
smith is working to avoid the ground and pound but Silva connects with a decent elbow.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva looks up at the clock and then as smith takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Silva smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
smith pushes Silva away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Silva gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva is working smith over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
smith takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
smith throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
smith throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
smith misses with a series of wild punches.
smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
smith throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva decides to pull guard.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing smith any problems.

Silva looking for a triangle here. smith is fighting it but it looks tight! Silva pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, smith is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Thiago Silva!