PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eye of the Tiger. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Silva
vs
Torres

190 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Torres!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Torres swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Torres's head but Torres sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva cracks Torres with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres lands with a thumping leg kick.
Torres doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Torres has taken the fight into the clinch.
Torres looking for a takedown.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Torres shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Torres lands a big elbow.
Torres wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Torres blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Torres fails to move to back control.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Torres on the ground.
Torres putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Silva wants to hold on but Torres pushes him away.
Torres scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Torres. What's that going to do exactly?
Torres with a couple of short strikes.
Torres has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Torres looks gassed!

Torres has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva really wants to buck Torres off and get back to his feet.

Torres jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Silva is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Silva and Torres has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Torres tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Torres has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres working the ground and pound.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Silva is pushing Torres's head away, looking to escape. Torres manages to hold on to the position though.
Torres lands an elbow.

Torres in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Silva is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Felipe Torres!