PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Wolf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathaniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wolf comes to the cage accompanied by Wolfpack. Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ruin. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wolf
vs
Silva

205 cm
22
273 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
270 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Wolf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nathaniel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolf misses with a double jab.
Wolf rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Silva lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wolf down.
Wolf is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva controlling the position.
Wolf is trying to improve his position.
Silva advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wolf is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wolf tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Wolf really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Silva.

Wolf is rocked!
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Wolf is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
I looks like Silva might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Despite being in the dominant position, Nathaniel Silva just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wolf tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Wolf, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wolf is breathing heavily.
Wolf is looking to land body kicks.
Wolf seems to have got his legs back now.
Wolf misses with a series of wild punches.
Wolf looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva passes Wolf's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Wolf wants to get back to his feet.
Wolf is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wolf misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wolf tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Wolf throws a strike from the bottom but Silva passes into side control!
Silva happy to just control the position for now.
Wolf is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolf is working hard here to advance position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wolf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Wolf.
Wolf misses with the combination.
Wolf throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wolf.
Wolf swinging wilding here.
Wolf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wolf will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wolf pinned against the cage. Wolf gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathaniel Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Wolf's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wolf is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wolf is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wolf avoid being mounted?
Wolf is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Silva is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Wolf trying to control but Silva postures up.
Wolf wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Well, if Silva is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf misses with some strikes from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wolf misses with the combination.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Wolf sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Wolf lands with a right and another and another! Silva is in big trouble! Wolf lands again and this time it's lights out for Silva! A quality knockout there for Wolf.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nate Wolf!