PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between robbie silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rooney is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Immortal Technique - Point of No Return. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

silva
vs
Rooney

189 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, robbie silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wayne Rooney!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rooney stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rooney wants it to stay on the feet.
Rooney looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A slapping leg kick lands for silva.
A right-left combo lands from silva.

silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rooney wants to stand but silva is controlling the position.
silva 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 stands and steps away. Rooney gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

silva stands up.
Nice body kick from silva.

silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on silva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
silva blocks the strikes from Rooney.

silva decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A nice combination there by silva.

Rooney is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva drops Rooney with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Rooney! silva dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). robbie silva!