PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Fellows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giant Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Fellows
vs
Silva

190 cm
26
295 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

220 cm
20
290 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damien Fellows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giant Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fellows throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva jabs Fellows right on the nose. Fellows blinks but takes it well.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Fellows.
Silva misses with a combination

so Fellows counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fellows's guard.
Fellows keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

Fellows is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fellows looking for a sweep. Not yet Fellows, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Fellows is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Fellows has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Fellows throws a big right hand that misses.
Fellows might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fellows trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Fellows is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two 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.
Fellows trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fellows was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva defending well as Fellows loads up on a big left hand.
Fellows fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva tries to clinch
and Fellows counters with a left to the body.
Fellows throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva slips a jab from Fellows.
Fellows slips a straight right by Silva.
Fellows slips a jab and a cross from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fellows thows a body shot but no joy.
Fellows tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Fellows moved out of range.
Silva leaves Fellows with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fellows looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fellows slips a jab from Silva.
Fellows shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Giant Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fellows fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fellows moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fellows uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Fellows is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fellows on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fellows displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva misses the body punch
and Fellows connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 Damien Fellows will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fellows's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fellows scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Fellows is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Fellows 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.
Fellows looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.
Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Fellows asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Fellows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fellows throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Fellows throws an elbow but Silva slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Fellows crashes against the mat.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fellows manages to avoid it.
Fellows slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Fellows misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Fellows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fellows with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Fellows takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Fellows misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Fellows ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Giant Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva misses with the combination.
Fellows fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva tries to clinch but Fellows moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fellows fails with a takedown attempt.
Fellows swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fellows throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Fellows displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Fellows looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Fellows. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fellows lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Fellows throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Fellows saw that one coming.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Fellows needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Silva lands with a cross.
Fellows avoids the body shot from Silva.
Giant Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fellows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giant Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva throws the left hand but Fellows avoids the punch easily.
Fellows throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fellows manages to avoid it.
Fellows throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fellows.
Fellows looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fellows throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fellows on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Fellows moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fellows avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fellows keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva takes a swing at Fellows's ribcage but misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fellows at a distance.
Fellows is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fellows throws a sloppy body shot
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fellows thinking.
Silva throws a body punch but Fellows moves out of range.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fellows counters with a straight right hand.
Fellows is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fellows sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva throws a body punch but Fellows moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Fellows sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fellows fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a hook.
Fellows misses with a body shot.
Silva avoids the body shot from Fellows.
Silva digs a good hook to Fellows's body.
Fellows ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fellows swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fellows makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fellows.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Fellows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fellows swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva connects with a right hand. Fellows shakes it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Fellows, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giant Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giant Silva!