PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rodrigo silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bone
vs
silva

170 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, rodrigo silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva moves in looking to clinch but Bone pushes him off.
silva tries to clinch up.
Bone circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bone shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bone was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Bone working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
silva tries to hold on but Bone pushes him away.
Bone throws some wild stikes that silva manages to avoid easily.
silva wants to hold on but Bone pushes him away.
silva stops Bone from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
silva is trying to escape the mount but Bone keeps good control and instead manages to take silva's back.
Bone is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone throwing sloppy strikes.
Bone has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of silva's body.

Bone looking to break silva's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. silva remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Bone will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Bone working for the choke.
Bone slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
silva looking very determined here, making life difficult for Bone.

silva preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva turns into Bone and is now in his guard.
silva stopping the sweep attempt from Bone.
silva wants to control from the top but Bone keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bone lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for silva!
silva prevents Bone from taking his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bone wants to control the pace but silva is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone takes silva's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, silva is in trouble.
silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
silva looks gassed!
silva is working to get back to half guard.
silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bone with good strikes from the mount here!
Bone throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bone looking to control but silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Bone jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Bone is working to tighten is grip on silva's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. silva has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Bone is really squeezing tight and eventually silva passes out! Bone breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jacob Bone!