PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luca de Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

de Silva
vs
Martin

180 cm
23
167 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luca de Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Martin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Silva throws a head kick but Martin moves out of range.
James Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin throws a right and a left that de Silva avoids nicely.
de Silva misses with a double jab
and de Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from de Silva.

Martin gets the takedown into side control.
de Silva avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Martin.
de Silva is trying to improve his position.

Martin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, de Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin wants to control but de Silva is keeping him busy.

Martin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by de Silva, who protects the arm well.
de Silva can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Martin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Martin trying to control the position but de Silva is working away.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
de Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
de Silva lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like James Martin has been cut.
de Silva looks to land a combination but Martin avoids it well.
de Silva cracks the inside of Martin's front leg.
de Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Martin looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but de Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Martin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by de Silva. de Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
de Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luca de Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
de Silva misses with a two punch combination.
An inside leg kick lands from de Silva.
de Silva misses with a head kick.
de Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Martin moves out of range easily.
de Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by de Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Silva clobbers Martin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
de Silva scores with a jab.

Martin is rocked!

That has opened up James Martin's cut even more.
de Silva cracks Martin with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Martin falls to his knees and de Silva doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca de Silva!
Luca de Silva retains his welterweight title!