PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Daniels could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thiago Silva's chin.

Daniels
vs
Silva

194 cm
18
208 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from Daniels misses its intended target.
Daniels connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Thiago Silva has been cut.
Daniels lands a lovely overhand right.
Daniels fails to land the takedown.
Chuck Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daniels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Daniels.

Daniels looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing Daniels any problems.
Daniels trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Daniels throwing strikes but missing.
Daniels throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Daniels counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Daniels throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Daniels clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Daniels goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daniels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daniels!

That has opened up Thiago Silva's cut even more.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Daniels shows good takedown defense.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Daniels bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Daniels connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silva some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Daniels lands a decent elbow from side control.
Daniels lands a decent elbow from side control.
Daniels cracks Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Daniels wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels working the head with strikes.
Daniels scores with a couple of short elbows.
Daniels in side control lands a decent elbow.
Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Daniels lands a few punches from side control.
Daniels lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva misses with an elbow from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Daniels uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Daniels has his takedown stuffed

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Daniels. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daniels looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working away.
Daniels is looking for a sweep.
Daniels dodges the ground and pound from Silva.
Daniels on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Daniels tries to get out of the position.
Daniels dodges the ground and pound from Silva.

Silva goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Daniels has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Silva but great work by Daniels.
Daniels grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
Daniels scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Daniels swinging wilding here.
Daniels jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Daniels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Daniels misses the target.
Daniels misses with a body shot.
Daniels misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

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.
Daniels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Daniels sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Daniels shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Daniels scores a takedown into full mount!
Silva regains half guard.
Daniels looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daniels scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Daniels not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Daniels slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Daniels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Daniels cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Daniels lands with a cross.

Daniels looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Daniels landing strikes from the mount.
Daniels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Daniels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daniels blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Daniels maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Daniels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Daniels is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Daniels landing shots from mount.
Daniels with a couple of short strikes.
Daniels fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Daniels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Daniels looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Daniels landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Daniels lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two 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 really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Daniels scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daniels lands a heavy elbow.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Daniels smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva regains half guard.
Daniels tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Daniels looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Daniels takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
Silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Daniels throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daniels takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Daniels jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Daniels works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Daniels throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Daniels misses the body punch

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Daniels is controlling Silva's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Daniels manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Daniels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Daniels with a couple of short strikes.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Daniels lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels lands a heavy elbow.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Daniels dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Silva'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. And we move into the final round!

Daniels misses with a few strikes there.
Chuck Daniels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daniels slips a straight right by Silva.
Daniels paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Daniels is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silva's half guard.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Daniels working Silva over with strikes.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Daniels looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Daniels has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels working the ground and pound effectively.
Daniels scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Daniels is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Daniels. What's that going to do exactly?
Daniels blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Daniels lands a nice shot to the head.
Daniels with the ground and pound from mount.
Daniels lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Daniels pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

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 regains half guard.
Daniels lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Daniels wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Daniels in his half guard.
Daniels working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva punching from the bottom.
Chuck Daniels overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Daniels.
Daniels working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Daniels blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Daniels lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Daniels connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Daniels scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daniels is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Daniels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Daniels landing strikes, looking to finish!
Thiago Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daniels cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Daniels lands a nice shot to the head.
Daniels looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Daniels breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daniels is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Daniels is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four 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.
Daniels blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Daniels landing strikes from the mount.
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Silva drops back, looking for a kneebar! Daniels looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Daniels looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Daniels!
Silva throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Daniels looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Daniels smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Daniels lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Chuck Daniels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daniels slows the pace down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Daniels showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Daniels has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Daniels!