PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shaolin da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

da Silva
vs
Gracie

175 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shaolin da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
da Silva lands an elbow inside.
da Silva lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by da Silva.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
da Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Matt Gracie has been cut.
Gracie wants a takedown.
da Silva lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can da Silva finish him?
da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
da Silva landing knees to the body.
Gracie looks gassed!
da Silva lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
da Silva has Gracie pressed against the ropes. He pushes Gracie back and as he springs towards him off the ropes, da Silva throws a beautiful elbow that sends Gracie crashing to the floor! da Silva piles on the pressure with more strikes! Gracie is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaolin da Silva!