PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukas Daiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daiva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Rasmus - The Fight. Dave Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Daiva

186 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lukas Daiva!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Daiva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a series of punches but Daiva avoids them all with ease.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Daiva tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Daiva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Daiva wants to clinch.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Daiva takes the fight into the clinch.
Daiva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.

Daiva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daiva wants to clinch.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Daiva moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Daiva won't allow it.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Daiva blocks it.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Silva tries to stall but Daiva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Daiva breaks the clinch.
Daiva moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut there from Daiva.
Daiva avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Daiva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Daiva closes the distance and clinches.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daiva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.
Daiva lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daiva trying to land knees to the body.
Daiva avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Daiva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daiva.
Silva is trying to stall.
Daiva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Daiva keeps him there for the moment.

Daiva breaks the clinch.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daiva blocks a jab.
Daiva tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Daiva is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Daiva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva misses with a hook

and Daiva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to roll over but Daiva keeps him under control.
Silva trying to control but Daiva postures up.
Silva wants to get back to full guard but Daiva has passed into side control.
Daiva controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiva's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Daiva wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Daiva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Daiva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva throws a right and a left that Daiva avoids nicely.
Daiva slips a straight right by Silva.
Nice body kick there by Daiva.
Daiva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Daiva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to break free but Daiva has control.
Daiva landing knees to the body.
Daiva keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daiva has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Daiva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daiva crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva wants to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daiva lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva connects with a knee to the head.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Daiva clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Daiva lands a knee to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daiva works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Daiva landing knees to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva wants to stall.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daiva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Daiva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daiva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daiva lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.
Daiva lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Daiva avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Daiva lands a knee to the body.
Daiva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daiva lands a shot to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva is trying to break free.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Daiva lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Daiva blocks it.
Silva tries to stall but Daiva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daiva lands a body shot.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Daiva avoids the damage to the body.
Daiva landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiva crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daiva smiles and moves away.
Dave Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Daiva has managed to clinch.
Daiva landing knees to the body.
Daiva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daiva works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Daiva with a knee to the head.
Daiva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Daiva.

Daiva breaks from the clinch.

Daiva has managed to clinch.
Knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daiva.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Daiva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Silva is trying to break free.
Daiva crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Daiva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daiva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Daiva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Daiva.
Daiva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Daiva won't allow it.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Daiva prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Lukas Daiva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Daiva throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Daiva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Daiva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dave Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daiva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daiva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Silva gets caught flat footed, as Daiva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Daiva stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Daiva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Silva is tightening it up a little... Daiva has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Daiva reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Daiva taps out! nice BJJ there by Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Dave Silva!