PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between shit face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ankka Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Ankka Silva enters the cage!

face
vs
Silva

200 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
230 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, shit face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ankka Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
face changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but face manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Silva has face up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

face pulls guard successfully.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as face works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva prevents face from getting back to his feet.
face wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva stops face from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. face is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
face chopping away at his opponent's legs.
face shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but face keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
face is looking to clinch.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from face. face gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for shit face. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. face defends it nicely.
face shoots and misses

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
face is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to clinch

and face counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
face is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but face has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silva trying to control but face postures up.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

face is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silva is looking to control face's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
face is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Nice strikes from face there.
face sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

face moves into the clinch successfully.
face lands a knee to the head.
face taking a breather.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
face stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva wants to clinch
and face counters with a lovely shot to the body.
face misses with the combination.
Silva tries to clinch there but face circles away.
face misses with a takedown attempt

and Silva counters by clinching up.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that shit face will probably get the nod.
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 closes the distance but face moves to the side

and face counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
face seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Silva makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

face pulls Silva into guard.
face keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
face is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

face looking for submissions off his back.
face is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. face knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
face tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
face wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
face tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
face has a hand on Silva's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Silva takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
face is wriggling around trying to escape.
face is working hard here to advance position.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
face tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
face tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
face is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ankka Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva rushes face and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
face lands a shot to the body.

face pulls guard successfully.
face wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
face looking for a sweep. Not yet face, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva wants to control from the top but face keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
face with a poor takedown

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva avoiding damage as face throws knees to the body.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.

Silva has face up against the cage in a clinch.
face takes an elbow to the forehead.
face taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva tries for a takedown but face manages to get underhooks.

face pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
face will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for shit face. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but face circles away.
face fails with a takedown attempt.
face looks to clinch

and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in face's guard now.
Silva postures up.

face manages to escape and get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

and face counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst face is controlling him.
face is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
face trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but face is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
face managing to control the position.
Silva trying to control but face is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

face shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to shit face.
I think face has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!