PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Katarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and carlos silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that carlos silva was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Katarn
vs
silva

169 cm
24
189 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Katarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, carlos silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katarn throws a looping overhand right but silva ducks down to avoid it.
Katarn throws the left hand but silva avoids the punch easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Katarn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Katarn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

silva shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than silva was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Katarn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
silva working Katarn over with strikes here.
silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Katarn is bucking up trying to escape but silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
silva trying to control but Katarn is having none of it.
Katarn swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva content just to control the position here.
Katarn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
silva controlling the pace for now.
silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
silva blocks Katarn's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

silva looking for a guillotine from mount but Katarn is having none of it.
Katarn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katarn swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Katarn throwing hammer fists to the chest of silva. What's that going to do exactly?
silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Katarn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katarn swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
silva scoring with strikes but Katarn is staying in there.
Katarn is trying to reverse the position but instead silva has taken his back - oops!
silva trying to control.
Katarn is trapped and silva is scoring with shots to the head and body.
silva looks gassed!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
silva lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Katarn is trying to get back to his feet but silva has full control of the position and if anything, Katarn has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva is trying to stick to Katarn's back but Katarn is turning into silva. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in silva's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Katarn.
silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Katarn tries to reverse the position but silva maintains control.
Katarn is trying to stand up.
Katarn throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
silva working the ground and pound effectively.
silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Katarn?
Katarn gives up his back whilst trying to strike.

Katarn fending off the submission attempt from silva.
Katarn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for silva on the ground.
silva has the hooks in. Katarn is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva trying to control momentarily.
Katarn holding both silva 's hands and preventing any damage.
You can see the frustration on Katarn's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
silva doesn't have the hooks in and Katarn manages to turn into his guard.
silva looking to control.
Katarn preventing the sweep.
silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Katarn tries to clinch but silva moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carlos silva 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.

Katarn with a poor takedown

and silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Katarn's guard.
Katarn trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Katarn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Katarn trying to strike off his back.
Katarn throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katarn trying to strike off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
silva circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarn lands with a hook. silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Katarn.
Katarn tries to clinch but silva is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Katarn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Katarn with a lazy takedown attempt

and silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Katarn!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Katarn is in all sorts of trouble here.
silva controlling from mount.
Katarn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Katarn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Katarn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silva landing strikes from the mount.
Katarn is squirming around, avoiding silva's attempts to control the action.
Katarn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
silva looking to control but Katarn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
carlos silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Katarn working to try and regain half guard.
Katarn swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
silva controlling the position easily from mount.

silva working for a submission but Katarn is keeping him at bay.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Katarn throwing hammer fists to the chest of silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Katarn is working to get back to half guard.
Katarn regains half guard.
silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Katarn keeps working.
Katarn is looking to escape.
silva blocks the strikes from Katarn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carlos silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

silva clinches up against the cage.
Katarn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A frustrated look appears on silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Katarn.
silva looking to throw knees to the head but Katarn is blocking nicely.
silva is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from silva fails to land.
silva tries to circle away but Katarn has him pinned against the cage.
Katarn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Katarn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katarn misses with a takedown attempt

and silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Katarn's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Katarn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Katarn wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarn keeping moving, preventing silva from controlling successfully.

Katarn manages to escape and get back to his feet.
silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Katarn tries for a takedown but silva circles away easily

and silva counters with a shoot takedown. Katarn fights it but they end up in guard.
Katarn is looking to stand up but silva isn't so interested in that idea.
silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Katarn thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Katarn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Katarn wants to get back to his feet but silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Katarn has momentary wrist control but silva slips an elbow through the middle.
silva prevents Katarn from getting back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
silva throws a body punch but Katarn moves out of range.

silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Katarn did well to prevent silva getting side control.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Katarn tries to reverse the position but silva maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva controlling from the full mount.
silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Katarn is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

silva is going olschool here, as he tries to force Katarn to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Katarn shrugs it off.
silva trying to control but Katarn is having none of it.
Katarn swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Katarn throwing hammer fists to the chest of silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Katarn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
silva won't let Katarn get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Katarn throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
silva with the ground and pound from mount.
silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Katarn is in all sorts of trouble here.

And that's the end of the fight!
carlos silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... carlos silva!