PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Filipe Belo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belo comes to the cage accompanied by Apaga mais não bate. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belo
vs
Silva

188 cm
22
205 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

185 cm
23
213 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Filipe Belo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belo fails with a takedown attempt.
Belo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Belo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filipe Belo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Filipe Belo has been cut.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belo.
Thiago Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws a head kick but Belo moves out of range.
Belo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Belo persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Belo fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva stuffs the takedown.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Belo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.

Belo is fighting off a takedown attempt but Silva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Belo to the mat. Belo regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Belo looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Silva is defending well. Belo quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Silva has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Belo celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Filipe Belo!