PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Stamb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman - Metallica. Flavio Stamb will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Silva
vs
Stamb

185 cm
19
181 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emilio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flavio Stamb!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Stamb does no damage.
Silva swings for the body but Stamb moves out of range.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Stamb makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stamb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.

Stamb gets a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stamb taking a breather.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Stamb fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stamb moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Stamb lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.

It looks like Emilio Silva has been cut.
Silva misses with a looping left.

Stamb gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stamb leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva prevents Stamb from breaking the clinch.
Stamb controlling the action here for a moment.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stamb defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.

Stamb pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Stamb.
Silva wants to stall.
Stamb can't break the clinch.
Stamb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Stamb gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stamb.

Silva tightens his grip and picks Stamb up, before dumping him to the ground. Stamb manages to land in guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Stamb keeps moving.
Silva won't allow Stamb to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stamb is keeping the position for now.
Stamb is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.

Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Stamb is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stamb is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva cracks Stamb with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stamb gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva not doing much here.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Stamb tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva wants to control but Stamb is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Flavio Stamb will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Emilio Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stamb misses with a body shot.
Stamb is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
A bone on bone clash there as Stamb blocks the leg kick.
Silva scores with a jab.
Stamb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Stamb counter with a right hand.
Stamb misses the jab.
Stamb is looking to clinch.
Stamb misses with a wild combination.
Stamb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva throws a push kick but Stamb slaps the foot to one side.
Stamb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stamb throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Stamb misses.
Stamb missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Flavio Stamb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stamb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Stamb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva tries to clinch but Stamb is having none of it.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stamb.

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Stamb is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Stamb looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stamb is breathing heavily.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Stamb is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Stamb defends the submission attempt.

Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Stamb is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Stamb is in trouble now - Silva has advanced to mount!
Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stamb?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for a guillotine from mount but Stamb is having none of it.
Stamb regains half guard.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silva with the ground and pound but Stamb uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Stamb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stamb looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stamb has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Stamb's brow.
Silva forces his way into half guard.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Stamb really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emilio Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Emilio Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Stamb throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Stamb with a nice cross.
Stamb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Stamb's head but Stamb sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stamb swinging wilding here.
Flavio Stamb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stamb tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Stamb counters by moving into the clinch.
Stamb managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Still in the clinch, Stamb scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stamb lands a right hand.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Stamb gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamb throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva is trying to stall.
Stamb is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stamb has his back to the cage.
Silva keeps control of Stamb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stamb tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Stamb.
A frustrated look appears on Stamb's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva tries to stall but Stamb uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stamb taking a breather.
Stamb wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva has Stamb pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A bit of stalling here from Stamb.
Stamb wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stamb cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Stamb takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva tries to stall but Stamb uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stamb lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stamb smiles and moves away.

Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Stamb to the mat! Stamb manages to get full guard.

Silva drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Stamb manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Silva has Stamb in his guard.
Stamb postures up.
Stamb wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Stamb 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Stamb pushes his legs off easily.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Stamb defends easily.
Stamb trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Stamb is now in half guard.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stamb pulls his head out easily.
Stamb controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stamb pulls his head out easily.
Stamb working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stamb controlling the action here.
Silva trying to control here.
Silva is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Stamb takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Emilio Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stamb wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Flavio Stamb.
I think Stamb 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight for Emilio Silva!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Emilio Silva!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Emilio Silva!

Emilio Silva wins by unanimous decision!