PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rodrigo silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). rodrigo silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garcia
vs
silva

169 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, rodrigo silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia shoots for a takedown but silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A bit of stalling here from silva.
Garcia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but silva is controlling him.
silva with a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcelo Garcia has been cut.
Garcia is looking to control silva's arms but silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcia has his back to the cage.
Garcia jumps guard but silva stands there with Garcia around his waist. Garcia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garcia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Garcia takes an elbow to the temple.
silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garcia's face.
silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garcia's defenses.
silva with a knee to the head.
silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
silva lands an elbow inside that Garcia shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva stalling in the clinch.
Garcia tries to pull guard but silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcia drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva landing knees to the head.
Garcia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but silva is keeping busy.
silva with a knee to the head.
silva avoiding damage.
silva looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by silva.
silva looks gassed!
silva scores with a knee to the head.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
silva is looking to control Garcia's arms but Garcia gets an underhook and turns him. Now silva has his back to the cage.
Garcia drops down looking for an ankle pick but silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from silva.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from silva, right into the meat.
silva is looking to clinch.
silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with silva but silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
silva fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by silva.
silva is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Garcia blocks the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Garcia. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
silva wants to clinch.
silva leaves Garcia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
silva tries to clinch but Garcia is having none of it.

Garcia closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Garcia lands in his opponent's guard.
Garcia stands and throws silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rodrigo silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Garcia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A combination from silva does no damage.
silva is looking to clinch.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt - silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt - silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
silva tries to clinch but Garcia moves out of range.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from silva as Garcia shoots in.
silva blocks a head kick by Garcia.
silva throws a wild body kick that Garcia sees coming a mile off.
silva wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
silva wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says silva as he avoids it easily.
silva tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
silva tries to clinch but Garcia moves out of range.
silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
silva tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.

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.
silva tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia pivots, looking for a leg kick but silva is out of range and Garcia settles back down.
Garcia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by silva.
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for silva.
Garcia fails to land the takedown.
Garcia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Garcia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and silva defends it well.
silva is staying active underneath Garcia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Garcia is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garcia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

silva has one foot on Garcia's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
rodrigo silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
silva is breathing heavily.
silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and silva is able to avoid easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garcia throws a right hand that silva ducks under and follows up with a left that silva also avoids with ease.
Garcia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia blocks a head kick by silva.
A telegraphed right hand from Garcia misses the target.
silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
silva is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.

Garcia tries to keep at a distance but silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garcia has silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rodrigo silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Garcia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
silva tries to clinch but Garcia moves out of range.
Marcelo Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
silva wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
Garcia fails to land the takedown.
silva tries to clinch but Garcia moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
silva is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
silva tries to clinch up.
Garcia tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but silva swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but silva keeps working.

Garcia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
silva is trying to buck Garcia off.
silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for silva!

Garcia looking for a guillotine from mount but silva is having none of it.
silva is squirming around, avoiding Garcia's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garcia looking to secure an arm triangle but silva defends it well.
silva really wants to buck Garcia off and get back to his feet.
silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Garcia tries to control but silva wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Garcia looking for a guillotine from mount but silva is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to control but he's not successful this time.

silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Garcia.
Garcia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia moves to the back position.

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.

Garcia looking for the choke but no joy.
silva controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Garcia is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but silva won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Garcia off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcelo Garcia!