PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romo da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Iago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Aijeke by Wyrd. Iago has chosen One More Time as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

da Silva
vs
Iago

185 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Romo da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Iago!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iago looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? da Silva is fending him off so far but Iago persists. Nope, da Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Iago looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
da Silva lands a jab.
A jab lands there for da Silva.
da Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Iago. Iago gets slowly back to his feet.
Iago shoots in but no luck this time.
Romo da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Iago.
da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Iago circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
da Silva is looking to clinch.
Iago circles away from the clinch attempt.
da Silva tries to clinch up but Iago circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva tries to clinch up but Iago circles away and keeps his distance.
da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Iago pushes him off.
da Silva tries to clinch but Iago is having none of it.
da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Iago pushes him off.
da Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.

da Silva rushes Iago and presses him up against the cage.
da Silva wants a takedown.

da Silva has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Iago is trying to keep an underhook but da Silva manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
da Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Iago is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Silva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
da Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
da Silva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Iago avoiding damage under a succession of punches from da Silva.
da Silva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
da Silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
da Silva wants to pass the guard but Iago is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iago is in trouble now - da Silva has advanced to mount!
da Silva controlling his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Romo da Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

da Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
da Silva content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
da Silva works to advance to full mount. Iago defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva landing strikes from the mount and Iago is in trouble!
da Silva controlling the pace for now.
Iago is looking to get to half guard.
da Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
da Silva raining down shots from the mount!
da Silva controlling the pace for now.
da Silva wants to control the pace but Iago is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romo da Silva dominated that round.
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.

da Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Iago has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

da Silva closes the distance and clinches.

da Silva wants the takedown. Iago is fighting it off but da Silva persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Iago's guard against the cage.
da Silva postures up in Iago's guard and throws a big left but Iago blocks it.
Iago can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as da Silva controls the pace.
da Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Iago is keeping the position for now.
da Silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Iago is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Iago is keeping the position for now.
Iago keeping moving, preventing da Silva from controlling successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Romo da Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

da Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
da Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Iago keeps working.
Iago is letting da Silva control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iago tries to get back to half guard but can't.
da Silva just content to control the position.
Iago is trying to get back to half guard.
da Silva wants to control but Iago is keeping him busy.
da Silva is really struggling to control Iago but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Romo da Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
da Silva is looking to clinch but Iago is avoiding it.
Iago stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from da Silva.

da Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
da Silva moves into full mount!
da Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
da Silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Iago for as long as he can get away with.
Iago wants to hold on but da Silva pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Iago really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
da Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

da Silva is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Iago is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Iago flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. da Silva anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Iago and secures both hooks! This could be bad! da Silva slips an arm under Iago chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. da Silva has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. da Silva is squeezing on Iago like an anaconda would it's prey. Iago fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Romo da Silva!