PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bizzy Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bone comes into the arena with Thuggish Ruggish Bone blaring out of the sound system. Bizzy Bone has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bone
vs
Silva

185 cm
23
186 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bizzy Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roberto Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Silva tries to stand but Bone is controlling his head.
Bone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bone is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Bone manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silva's best efforts.

Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Bone is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bone is holding on to half guard well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bone manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bone pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Bone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Bone controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bone is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Bone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Bone slips an elbow through the middle.
Bone with a nice head shot there.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bone stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bone connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Bone from controlling successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bone keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bone controls the pace.
Bone trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bone stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Silva is not content to let Bone control the position.
Bone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silva some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Bone lands some shots froms side control.
Silva looks gassed!
Bone scoring with punches from side control.
Bone landing strikes.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bone connects with a decent elbow.
Bone wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Bone working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Silva wants to control but Bone postures up.
Bone trying to control the position but Silva is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bone works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bone trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bone is chipping away with strikes.
Bone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Bone working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bone in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bizzy Bone 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.

Bone tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.

Bone scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bone passes to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Bone trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Bone lands strikes from half guard.
Bone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Bone tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Bone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bone lands a nice short elbow.
Bone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bone keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Silva has hold of Bone's hands but Bone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Bone there.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Bone in his half guard.
Bone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Bone in his half guard.
Bone trying to control the pace.
Bone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has hold of Bone's hands but Bone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bone wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Bone not doing much here.
Bone lands with a punch from half guard.
Bone with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bone working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bone passes to full mount!
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Bone tries to control but Silva wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Silva wants to control but Bone is having none of it.
Bone working the ground and pound effectively.
Bone landing shots from mount.
Bone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Bone.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bone landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva tries to reverse the position but Bone maintains control.
Bone lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bizzy Bone dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bone shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard.
Bone stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Bone lands a couple of elbows.
Bone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Bone controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bone's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bone looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva working a defensive guard but Bone manages to pass into side control anyway.
Bone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Bone lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bone controls the position.
Bone works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Check out the look on Bone's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Bone's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bone working the head with strikes.
Bone scoring with punches and elbows.
Bone works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bone connects with a decent elbow.
Bone working the ground and pound from side control.
Bone creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bone landing strikes.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bone working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bone lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Silva is letting Bone control him for a moment.
Bone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Bone scoring with punches and elbows.
Silva takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bone just content to control the position.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bone connects with a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bone cracks Silva with a big right hand but Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bone taking a breather here.
Bone is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bone landing strikes.
Roberto Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bone in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bone lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bizzy Bone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Check out the look on Bone's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bone in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bizzy Bone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Bizzy Bone!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Bizzy Bone!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Bizzy Bone!

Bizzy Bone wins by unanimous decision!