PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Delrio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romo da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Aijeke by Wyrd kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Delrio
vs
da Silva

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Douglas Delrio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Romo da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delrio shoots in but da Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Delrio drops da Silva with a beautiful combination! da Silva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Delrio is looking for the KO!

It looks like Romo da Silva has been cut.
Delrio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? da Silva is fending him off so far but Delrio persists. Nope, da Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Delrio fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Douglas Delrio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
da Silva misses with a few strikes there.
da Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Delrio misses with a series of wild punches.
Delrio closes this distance looking for a takedown but da Silva circles away.
A head kick misses from Delrio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva wants to clinch up but Delrio keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Delrio with that takedown attempt.
Delrio shoots for a double leg takedown but da Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Delrio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Delrio wants to clinch
and da Silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Delrio shrugs it off.
Delrio is breathing heavily.
Delrio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and da Silva counters by clinching up.
da Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Delrio prevents it.
Delrio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Delrio can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Delrio tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. da Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Delrio prevents da Silva from breaking the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Delrio prevents a takedown attempt there.
Delrio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
da Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
da Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
da Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Delrio pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Delrio taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delrio tries to score a body lock takedown but da Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Delrio prevents a takedown attempt there.
da Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Delrio is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
da Silva tries to break the clinch but Delrio is controlling the position.
da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
da Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Delrio gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, da Silva regains guard.
da Silva pulls Delrio in close to prevent any damage.
Delrio preventing the sweep.
da Silva is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
da Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva has his hands on Delrio's head, controlling the position.
da Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
da Silva stalling.
da Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Delrio with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Delrio is looking for a sweep. da Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
da Silva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Delrio!
da Silva avoids the attempt from Delrio to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Delrio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Romo da Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

da Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
da Silva stops Delrio from getting back to his feet.
da Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Delrio is trying to stand up here but da Silva is controlling him well.
Still in half guard, da Silva seems content to control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Delrio trying to control but da Silva postures up.
da Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
da Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Despite being in the dominant position, Romo da Silva just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Delrio closes the distance looking to clinch

and da Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
da Silva is taking a breather. Delrio says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

da Silva postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Delrio to stand up.
Delrio swats away the attempt to clinch by da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delrio tries to clinch but da Silva moves out of range.
da Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Delrio.
da Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Delrio counters with a two punch combo.
da Silva looks to land a combination but Delrio avoids it well.
da Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from da Silva.

Delrio gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
da Silva stands and throws Delrio's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva slows the pace down.
da Silva advances to mount.
da Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
da Silva's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romo da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Romo da 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

da Silva instigates a clinch.
Delrio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Delrio has him pressed against the cage.

Delrio pulls guard successfully.
da Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
da Silva is pushing down on Delrio's leg trying to pass to half guard. Delrio is fighting to maintain full guard but da Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Delrio trying to control here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
da Silva passes to side control.
da Silva is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Delrio's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Romo da Silva just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
da Silva blocks a head kick by Delrio.
da Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Delrio has his takedown stuffed
and Delrio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
da Silva misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

da Silva feints and as Delrio raises his hands in defense, da Silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
da Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
da Silva staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

da Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Delrio, who protects the arm well.
Delrio being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva grinds an elbow into Delrio's temple.
da Silva in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Let's hope that da Silva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Romo da Silva just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Delrio circles away from the clinch attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Romo da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think da Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29

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