PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian YellOw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by suffocating under the words of sorrow (Bullet For My Valentine). Nick Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brian YellOw's chin.

Silva
vs
YellOw

175 cm
23
196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

[†CoE†]Terror Trition[†CoE†]
[†CoE†]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian YellOw!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
YellOw takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva throws a series of punches but YellOw avoids them all with ease.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but YellOw is just out of range.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have YellOw backpedaling.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
YellOw defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. YellOw moves away and avoids it.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
YellOw on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but YellOw was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
YellOw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract YellOw.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Silva looks to land a combination but YellOw avoids it well.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
YellOw misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
YellOw tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from YellOw.
Nick Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice cross by Silva.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thuds his right hand into YellOw's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva misses with a body shot.
YellOw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by YellOw.
Silva tests YellOw's chin there with a solid looking shot.
YellOw tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva throws a body punch but YellOw moves out of range.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
YellOw fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Nick Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian YellOw.
YellOw changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but YellOw manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
YellOw walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva works over YellOw's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva thuds his right hand into YellOw's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
YellOw blocks a jab.
Silva throws a right and a left that YellOw avoids nicely.
Nick Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but YellOw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
YellOw gets cracked there but stands up to it.
YellOw bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but YellOw is just out of range.

YellOw gets a clinch.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but YellOw has him pressed against the cage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
YellOw keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries a body shot but YellOw blocks it.
YellOw is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for YellOw.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
YellOw keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Silva tries to circle away but YellOw has him pinned against the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
YellOw keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva wants to break free but YellOw has control.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
YellOw lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but YellOw is controlling him.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
YellOw slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

YellOw slips a jab from Silva.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
YellOw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
YellOw moves out of range of the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on YellOw's shoulder, as YellOw tries to avoid the shot.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nick Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
YellOw takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by YellOw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
YellOw uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
YellOw keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but YellOw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
YellOw swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
YellOw punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. YellOw moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot

and YellOw decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
YellOw stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
YellOw slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
YellOw won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
YellOw trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Silva wriggles free and stands up.
YellOw uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva misses with a double jab
and YellOw counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice cross by Silva.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
YellOw tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
YellOw blocks a jab.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
YellOw gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva throws a jab when YellOw was well out of range.
Nick Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva throws a series of punches but YellOw moves out of range.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. YellOw should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
YellOw shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but YellOw circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
YellOw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick

and YellOw decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
YellOw showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
YellOw's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Silva dominated that second round.
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.

Silva looks to throw the jab but YellOw is out of range.
YellOw uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. YellOw does a little dance to reset his feet.
YellOw is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
YellOw takes one to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. YellOw moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
YellOw bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
YellOw blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva misses with the combination.
YellOw displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
YellOw uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
YellOw ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
A shot to de liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
YellOw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
YellOw walks into a jab.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.

YellOw is rocked!
YellOw has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
YellOw throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
YellOw is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown by YellOw or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
YellOw seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice defenses there by YellOw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva tries to bum rush YellOw with a series of wild strikes but YellOw uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
YellOw fails with the takedown.
Silva swings for the body but YellOw moves out of range.
YellOw slips under a jab.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but YellOw moves away.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and YellOw counters with a right hand to the body.
YellOw ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from YellOw.
Nick Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian YellOw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
YellOw tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to work over YellOw's front leg with a kick but YellOw checks it.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
YellOw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but YellOw is out of range.
Silva scores with a jab. YellOw acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
YellOw is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
YellOw gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
YellOw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
YellOw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that YellOw can do to turn this around?
Silva digs a good hook to YellOw's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab
and YellOw counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
YellOw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
YellOw avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
A nice combination there by Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
YellOw avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva swinging wildly here.
YellOw slips a straight right by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Silva clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a head kick.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through YellOw's defenses.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on YellOw's shoulder, as YellOw tries to avoid the shot.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
YellOw misses the shot to the body.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
YellOw moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from YellOw, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva misses with a looping left.
YellOw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
YellOw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Good shot there by Silva.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by YellOw.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
YellOw slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
YellOw on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
YellOw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but YellOw ducks down to avoid it.
Silva throws a combination that misses

and YellOw counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is looking to stand up but YellOw isn't so interested in that idea.

Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
YellOw moves away from the strike by Silva.
YellOw closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
A nice combination there by Silva.
Silva throws the left hand but YellOw avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have YellOw backpedaling.
Silva cracks a nice hook into YellOw's ribs.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
YellOw slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva works the jab nicely.
YellOw walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and YellOw counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva looks to throw the jab but YellOw is out of range.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
YellOw takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from YellOw is defended easily by Silva.
Nick Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian YellOw.

YellOw has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but YellOw keeps him there for the moment.
YellOw tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
YellOw works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
YellOw tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Silva had his way with Brian YellOw in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva takes a swing at YellOw's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at YellOw's knee but YellOw avoids it well.
Silva throws a combination that misses

and YellOw counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
YellOw keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but YellOw won't allow it.
Silva can't break the clinch.
YellOw wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva tries to break the clinch but YellOw is controlling the position.

YellOw breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and YellOw counters with a head kick.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
YellOw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a jab when YellOw was well out of range.
YellOw misses with a body punch
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva looks to land a combination but YellOw avoids it well.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as YellOw checks a leg kick.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and YellOw counters with a nice body shot.
YellOw shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Nick Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian YellOw.
YellOw is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Silva lands a nice hook to YellOw's body. YellOw takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
YellOw with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva throws out a loose jab but YellOw uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva misses with the combination.
A nice combination there by Silva.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

YellOw gets in close and instigates a clinch.
YellOw wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
YellOw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to circle away but YellOw has him pinned against the cage.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, YellOw has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but YellOw was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
YellOw moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but YellOw circles away quickly and effectively.
YellOw misses the shot to the body.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva lands with a nice combination. YellOw backs away looking to recover.
Silva cracks YellOw with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but YellOw is just out of range.
Silva swings for the body but YellOw moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but YellOw circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook. YellOw ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and YellOw counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
YellOw scores with a body shot.
Brian YellOw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by YellOw.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by YellOw.
YellOw moves out of range of the strikes.

YellOw looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nick Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from YellOw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:44
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 50:44
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Silva!
Nick Silva retains his middleweight title!