PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nic Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen BLUNT- The Iron Maiden as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bravo
vs
Silva

190 cm
21
197 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

186 cm
24
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nic Bravo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Bravo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bravo manages to avoid it.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matt Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bravo.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bravo moves away.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bravo.
Bravo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Bravo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bravo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bravo moves away.
Bravo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bravo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bravo. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bravo manages to avoid it.
Bravo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva misses with a body punch

and Bravo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Bravo is controlling him.
Bravo prevents a body shot from Silva.
Bravo is trying to stall.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bravo is keeping busy.
Bravo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Bravo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bravo has Silva pressed against the cage.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Bravo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nic Bravo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bravo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two 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 misses with a looping right.
Bravo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva takes a swing at Bravo's ribcage but misses.

Bravo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Bravo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva stops Bravo from passing to mount.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bravo's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Bravo is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bravo to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bravo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bravo is breathing heavily.
Silva is pressing down on Bravo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva keeping full guard, as Bravo tries to pass.

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.
Bravo is working hard here to advance position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bravo is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva breaks from Bravo's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Nic Bravo has been cut.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bravo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bravo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bravo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bravo bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Bravo being controlled here momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nic Bravo'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.

Silva misses with a double jab
and Bravo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva misses with a body punch

and Bravo moves into the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bravo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses

and Bravo counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bravo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bravo's best efforts.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Bravo has control of the leg.
Bravo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Bravo tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Silva is holding on to half guard well.
Bravo wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bravo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Matt Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab by Silva.
Bravo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Bravo's head.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bravo.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Bravo does no damage.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses

and Bravo counters with a takedown into side control.
Nic Bravo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva controls the position for a moment.

Bravo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva regains half guard, as Bravo was trying to land strikes.
Bravo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bravo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Bravo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bravo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva trying to control but Bravo postures up.

Bravo is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nic Bravo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nic Bravo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Silva misses the shot to the body.
Bravo wants to clinch.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva scores with a jab.
Bravo dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Bravo shoots in.
Bravo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bravo counters with a left to the body.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Bravo moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva throws a series of punches but Bravo avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bravo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Bravo trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva controlling the position.
Bravo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva pulls Bravo in close to prevent any damage.
Bravo with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bravo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva is trying to control the position but Bravo postures up.
Silva wants to sweep here but Bravo controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Bravo on that attempt.
Bravo dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Bravo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nic Bravo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to bum rush Bravo with a series of wild strikes but Bravo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Bravo is just out of range.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bravo manages to avoid it.
Bravo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Nic Bravo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bravo counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Silva pulls Bravo in close to prevent any damage.
Bravo looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silva works over Bravo with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bravo looking for a sweep. Not yet Bravo, not yet.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Bravo has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bravo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Bravo's legs - danger averted.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva distracts Bravo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva cracks Bravo with a solid left hand.
Silva wants to stand but Bravo is controlling his posture from full guard.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matt Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Silva!