PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and chernyev sergej (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
sergej

192 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, chernyev sergej!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a head kick but sergej moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No luck for sergej with that takedown attempt.
sergej misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick

and sergej counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
sergej not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
sergej stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
sergej controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sergej thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as sergej accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for sergej on the ground.
sergej loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
sergej stops Silva from standing up.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

sergej forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.

sergej breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and sergej counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but sergej has taken the fight into the clinch.
sergej has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but sergej keeps him there for the moment.
Silva can't break the clinch.
sergej manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Thor Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Silva lands a big head kick that sends sergej tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves sergej back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Silva throws a lazy head kick

and sergej counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
sergej displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sergej tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses sergej's front leg but catches the back leg as sergej tries to avoid it.
Silva circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! sergej drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Silva follows sergej to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor Silva!