PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chan Yang Minowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and forrest silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Yang Minowa
vs
silva

175 cm
18
148 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chan Yang Minowa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, forrest silva!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yang Minowa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but silva swivels and escapes.
Yang Minowa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

silva has managed to clinch.
Yang Minowa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
silva cracks Yang Minowa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice body punch from silva.
silva wants to clinch.

silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yang Minowa up against the cage.

silva gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Yang Minowa regains guard.
Yang Minowa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yang Minowa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yang Minowa tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
forrest silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yang Minowa!
silva controlling his opponent.
silva lands a big shot there that rocks Yang Minowa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
silva lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yang Minowa is looking to escape.
silva content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that silva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yang Minowa hang on?
silva controlling the position easily from mount.
silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yang Minowa?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
silva landing strikes from the mount.
silva prevents Yang Minowa from getting the reversal.
Yang Minowa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yang Minowa is looking to escape.
Yang Minowa is looking to improve his position but silva isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

forrest silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

silva throws a sloppy head kick and Yang Minowa moves out of range easily.

silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yang Minowa!
silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Yang Minowa tries to reverse the position but silva maintains control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva with shots to the head and body - Yang Minowa looks very uncomfortable down there.
silva wants to control the pace but Yang Minowa is squirming around nicely.
silva working Yang Minowa over with strikes here.
Yang Minowa is looking to get to half guard.
silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yang Minowa is looking to get to half guard.
silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yang Minowa is looking to escape.
silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

silva moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Yang Minowa has worked his arm free - good work by Yang Minowa!
Yang Minowa is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
silva stalling.

Despite being in the dominant position, forrest silva just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Yang Minowa feints and as silva raises his hands in defense, Yang Minowa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yang Minowa trying to control the position from guard on top but silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yang Minowa thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but forrest silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Yang Minowa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yang Minowa keeps working.
silva in side control, just content to control the action for now.
silva working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang Minowa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
silva trying to control the position but Yang Minowa is working away.
silva scores with a couple of short elbows.
silva controls the position from side control.

That's two 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.
silva tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Yang Minowa is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Yang Minowa is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take silva's back!
Yang Minowa is riding his opponent, not letting silva buck him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva tries to break free.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Yang Minowa has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Yang Minowa is working for a rear naked choke. silva is not defending it well and Yang Minowa has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! silva refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of silva's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chan Yang Minowa!