PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Austin Roos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Birds of War. Loco Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Roos
vs
Silva

170 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Austin Roos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Loco Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch but Roos moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up but Roos circles away and keeps his distance.
Roos throws a head kick that misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Roos clinches with his opponent.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Roos is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Roos connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Loco Silva has been cut.
Roos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roos wants to break the clinch but can't.

Roos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.

Roos instigates a clinch.
Roos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.

Roos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva wants to clinch but Roos slips to the side

and Roos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Roos manages to break the clinch.
Silva closes the distance but Roos moves to the side

and Roos moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roos avoids it.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.

Roos manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roos counters with a nice body kick.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Roos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Roos.
Roos has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roos is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Roos scores with a knee to the head.
Silva keeps control of Roos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

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 has Roos pressed against the ropes, preventing Roos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Roos can't break the clinch.

Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva closes the distance but Roos moves to the side
and Roos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!

Roos instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Roos is controlling the position.
Roos tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Roos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Roos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Roos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to clinch

and Roos counters by clinching up.

Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Roos counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roos pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Roos darts in and clinches Silva up against the ropes.
Roos misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva wants to break free but Roos has control.
Silva has Roos pressed against the ropes, preventing Roos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Roos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Roos.
Roos is trying to break free.
Roos lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Roos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva wants to clinch
and Roos counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Roos moves away

and Roos counters by clinching up.

Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roos throws a head kick that misses.
Silva clinches but Roos breaks the clinch
and Roos counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Roos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Roos moves into the clinch successfully.

Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Roos moves away
and Roos counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Roos counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Roos throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva wants to clinch but Roos slips to the side
and Roos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Roos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Loco Silva's cut.
That's time! Roos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Roos counters with a head kick.
Roos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roos counters with a nice body kick.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Roos counters with a left to the body.
Roos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva clinches but Roos breaks the clinch
and Roos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva clinches but Roos breaks the clinch
and Roos counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Roos.
Roos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Roos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the ropes.

Roos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Roos rushes Silva and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Roos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Roos closes the distance and clinches.
Roos wants to break the clinch but can't.

Roos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Roos counters with a head kick.
Roos throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Roos - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Roos. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva tries to clinch
and Roos counters with a head kick.
Austin Roos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roos lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Roos.
Roos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roos counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Roos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Roos counters with a left to the body.
Roos throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Roos circles away from the clinch attempt

and Roos counters by clinching up.
Silva has Roos pressed against the ropes, preventing Roos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Roos breaks from the clinch.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roos.
Roos lands a front kick.
Silva wants to clinch
and Roos counters with a head kick.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Roos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Roos counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.

Roos closes the distance and clinches.

Roos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.

Roos clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the ropes.
Roos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roos's efforts to push away.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Roos blocks it.
A knee to the head by Roos.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

Roos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roos lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Roos counters by moving into the clinch.

Roos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Roos has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Roos can't break the clinch.
Silva tries for a takedown but Roos manages to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Roos.
Roos misses with a knee strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roos's efforts to push away.

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

Austin Roos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Loco Silva's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva fails to land the takedown.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Roos in a clinch.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Roos can't break the clinch.
Roos lands a right hand.

Roos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roos counters with a nice body kick.
Silva wants to clinch
and Roos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Roos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries to clinch but Roos moves away

and Roos moves into the clinch.

Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Roos moves away

and Roos counters by moving into the clinch.
Roos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Roos keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roos breaks the clinch.
Roos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Roos clinches up against the ropes.
Roos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch

and Roos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Roos has the dominant position.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Roos breaks the clinch.
A combination from Roos does no damage.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Roos counters with a nice body kick.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roos counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Roos moves away

and Roos moves into the clinch.
Roos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roos's efforts to push away.
Roos is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Roos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roos working hard to break the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Roos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roos's efforts to push away.
Silva has Roos pressed against the ropes, preventing Roos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Austin Roos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roos pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Roos tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Roos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Roos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roos tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Roos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Silva pulls guard successfully.
Roos passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Silva wants to control the action here but instead Roos manages to pass to full mount!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roos controlling the pace for now.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.

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 swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Austin Roos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roos lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Roos biding his time, looking for the opening.
Roos is hanging on to Silva's back as he tries to escape.
Loco Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Roos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roos 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Roos!