PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ezekial Stoltzfuses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wagani Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stoltzfuses comes to the cage accompanied by Cotton Eye Joe. Silvia has chosen Roll With It as his entrance music. Wagani Silvia will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stoltzfuses
vs
Silvia

177 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
195 lbs
8 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Crocodile Steak and Ale House
Star & Star .Inc

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ezekial Stoltzfuses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagani Silvia!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvia shoots in looking for a takedown. Stoltzfuses tries to sprawl out of it but Silvia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stoltzfuses manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Stoltzfuses gets the takedown into side control.
Stoltzfuses tries to stand but Silvia is controlling his head.

Stoltzfuses decides to stand up, so the ref orders Silvia to his feet.
Silvia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Stoltzfuses darts in and clinches Silvia up against the cage.
Stoltzfuses is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silvia is defending well for now.
Stoltzfuses comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stoltzfuses lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stoltzfuses comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silvia blocks an elbow strike.
Silvia takes an elbow to the temple.
Stoltzfuses using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silvia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvia blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Stoltzfuses.
Stoltzfuses comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silvia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silvia tries to pull guard but Stoltzfuses won't allow it.
Stoltzfuses lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Wagani Silvia has been cut.
Silvia working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoltzfuses throws an elbow that misses.
Stoltzfuses comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Stoltzfuses.
Silvia blocks an elbow strike from Stoltzfuses.
Silvia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Stoltzfuses is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ezekial Stoltzfuses has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wagani Silvia.
Stoltzfuses lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stoltzfuses misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stoltzfuses tries a knee to the head but Silvia blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Stoltzfuses is breathing heavily.

Stoltzfuses has picked Silvia up - he's going for a ride! Stoltzfuses dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Stoltzfuses is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Silvia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silvia is controlling Stoltzfuses's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Silvia tries to get to full guard but Stoltzfuses has control of the leg.
Stoltzfuses wants to stand but Silvia has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoltzfuses is thwarting Silvia's attempts to control the position.
Stoltzfuses tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Silvia.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Stoltzfuses closes the distance and pushes Silvia back into the cage.
Silvia dodges an elbow strike from Stoltzfuses.
Silvia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stoltzfuses lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stoltzfuses landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stoltzfuses lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stoltzfuses with a knee to the head.

Stoltzfuses lands a takedown into guard.
Silvia has a closed guard, preventing Stoltzfuses from standing up.
Stoltzfuses is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoltzfuses has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silvia is proving hard to escape from.
Stoltzfuses knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silvia on the ground.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stoltzfuses got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silvia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stoltzfuses has managed to get both his arms back between Silvia's legs - danger averted.
Stoltzfuses slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Stoltzfuses won't allow Silvia to get back to his feet.
Stoltzfuses landing some decent shots from guard.

Stoltzfuses stands up from Silvia's guard - Stoltzfuses perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stoltzfuses rushes Silvia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Stoltzfuses pulls guard.
Silviais looking to pass into half guard but Stoltzfuses pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Stoltzfuses is in guard.
Silvia tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Silvia is working an open guard so Stoltzfuses takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Stoltzfuses moves into the clinch successfully.

Stoltzfuses manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Stoltzfuses might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stoltzfuses pulls Silvia in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silvia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silvia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ezekial Stoltzfuses dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wagani Silvia's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stoltzfuses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Stoltzfuses tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silvia is desperately trying to improve his position but Stoltzfuses has a good base and remains in mount.
Silvia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoltzfuses controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stoltzfuses seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silvia for as long as he can get away with.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ezekial Stoltzfuses just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Stoltzfuses clinches.
Stoltzfuses comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stoltzfuses tries a knee to the head but Silvia blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stoltzfuses putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silvia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stoltzfuses struggles to land a body shot inside as Silvia controls his hands.
Stoltzfuses lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stoltzfuses putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silvia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stoltzfuses tries a knee to the head but Silvia blocks it.
Stoltzfuses lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stoltzfuses using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silvia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvia takes an elbow to the temple.
Stoltzfuses is struggling to control the position.
Stoltzfuses comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Stoltzfuses turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Stoltzfuses manages to end up in side control.
Silvia wants to control but Stoltzfuses postures up.

Stoltzfuses decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Stoltzfuses gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoltzfuses with a knee to the head.
Stoltzfuses gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silvia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stoltzfuses gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stoltzfuses tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stoltzfuses looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stoltzfuses just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silvia's brow.
Stoltzfuses creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silvia's defenses.
Silvia blocks an elbow strike.
Stoltzfuses missing with knees to the body.

Stoltzfuses turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Stoltzfuses manages to end up in side control.
Stoltzfuses remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Silvia is not content to let Stoltzfuses control the position.

Stoltzfuses stands up and beckons Silvia to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia tries for a takedown but Stoltzfuses circles away easily

and Stoltzfuses counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Stoltzfuses.
Stoltzfuses looking to pass the guard.
Stoltzfuses is looking to stand up but Silvia won't let him.
Silvia being controlled here, momentarily.
Stoltzfuses wants to stand but Silvia is controlling his posture from full guard.
Stoltzfuses is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ezekial Stoltzfuses dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wagani Silvia's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Stoltzfuses drives through and clinches with Silvia against the cage.
Silvia blocking some punches.
Silvia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stoltzfuses walks away with a smile on his face. Silvia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silvia throws a nice looking combination but Stoltzfuses bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Stoltzfuses darts in and clinches Silvia up against the cage.
Stoltzfuses is stalling here.
Stoltzfuses misses with a knee to the head.
Stoltzfuses tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvia's elbow.
Silvia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stoltzfuses missing with knees to the body.
Stoltzfuses gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stoltzfuses lands a knee to the body.
Stoltzfuses is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvia can do to turn this around?
Silvia managing to block the knees to the body from Stoltzfuses.
Stoltzfuses lands a nice knee to the body.
Silvia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stoltzfuses working aggressively here.
Stoltzfuses tries to land a knee to the head but Silvia blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silvia avoiding damage as Stoltzfuses throws knees to the body.
Silvia blocks an elbow strike.
Stoltzfuses doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoltzfuses is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silvia is defending well for now.
Stoltzfuses pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stoltzfuses stops a takedown attempt from Silvia.
Ezekial Stoltzfuses has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wagani Silvia.
Stoltzfuses missing with knees to the body.
Stoltzfuses lands an elbow inside that Silvia shrugs off.
Stoltzfuses looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stoltzfuses lands a nice elbow.
Silvia takes an elbow to the temple.
Stoltzfuses misses with a knee strike.
Stoltzfuses lands an elbow just above Silvia 's eye.
Silvia takes an elbow to the temple.
Stoltzfuses swings wildly with an uppercut but Silvia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silvia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stoltzfuses smiles and moves away.
Silvia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Stoltzfuses has managed to clinch.
Stoltzfuses lands a good knee to the midsection. Silvia won't want to take too many of those.
Stoltzfuses scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silvia avoiding damage as Stoltzfuses throws knees to the body.
Stoltzfuses unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silvia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silvia tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stoltzfuses just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stoltzfuses throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silvia managing to block the knees to the body from Stoltzfuses.
Stoltzfuses misses with a knee strike.
Stoltzfuses using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stoltzfuses just leaning against Silvia, taking a breather.
Stoltzfuses lands a good knee to the midsection. Silvia won't want to take too many of those.
Stoltzfuses throws an elbow but it misses.
Stoltzfuses misses with a knee to the head.
Stoltzfuses slows down the pace here.
Stoltzfuses lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stoltzfuses tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvia's elbow.
Stoltzfuses with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stoltzfuses pushes off an throws an elbow but Silvia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stoltzfuses misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silvia.

Stoltzfuses turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Stoltzfuses manages to end up in side control.

Stoltzfuses decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stoltzfuses shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Silvia is trying to control but can't.
Stoltzfuses tries to stand and escape but Silvia is controlling the position.
Silvia is staying active underneath Stoltzfuses, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Stoltzfuses content to control rather than advance.
Silvia is looking for a sweep. Stoltzfuses is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stoltzfuses drops an elbow to the side of Silvia's head.
Stoltzfuses wants to get back to his feet.
Ezekial Stoltzfuses is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Stoltzfuses moves into the clinch.
Stoltzfuses lands an elbow that stopped Silvia in his tracks for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stoltzfuses.
Stoltzfuses lands an elbow that stopped Silvia in his tracks for a moment.
Stoltzfuses is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silvia is defending well for now.
Stoltzfuses lands an elbow inside.
Wagani Silvia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stoltzfuses creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silvia's defenses.
Stoltzfuses controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Stoltzfuses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ezekial Stoltzfuses showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stoltzfuses, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ezekial Stoltzfuses!