PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caleb De Janeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Altair Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Altair Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

De Janeiro
vs
Silva

170 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caleb De Janeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Altair Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Janeiro circles away quickly and effectively.

Silva drops De Janeiro with a beautiful combination! De Janeiro stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Silva is looking for the KO!

De Janeiro is rocked!

It looks like Caleb De Janeiro has been cut.
Silva is looking to clinch but De Janeiro is avoiding it.
Oh De Janeiro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. De Janeiro tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Janeiro manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva leaves De Janeiro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
De Janeiro seems to have got his legs back now.
De Janeiro has a takedown stuffed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

De Janeiro darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.

De Janeiro drags the fight down to the ground.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break De Janeiro's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
De Janeiro manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
De Janeiro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Janeiro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Janeiro is working hard here to advance position.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as De Janeiro controls the pace.
De Janeiro prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Silva looks gassed!
De Janeiro stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Janeiro remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

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 dodges the ground and pound from De Janeiro.
De Janeiro landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee asks De Janeiro politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. De Janeiro prefers to stall for the moment though.
De Janeiro advances to full mount.
De Janeiro looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Janeiro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding De Janeiro's attempts to control the action.
De Janeiro unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
De Janeiro trying to control but Silva is having none of it.

De Janeiro gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Altair Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caleb De Janeiro's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Janeiro.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
De Janeiro dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on De Janeiro's head and hops out.
Altair Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Janeiro will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caleb De Janeiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Janeiro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Janeiro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
De Janeiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Janeiro.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Janeiro fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but De Janeiro sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
De Janeiro connects with a high kick.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Janeiro.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Janeiro moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
De Janeiro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva cracks De Janeiro with an open hand slap.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Janeiro.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

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 is looking to land body kicks.
De Janeiro lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.

De Janeiro closes the distance and clinches.

De Janeiro pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva tries to stand but De Janeiro is controlling from the bottom.
De Janeiro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva wants to stand but De Janeiro is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Janeiro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva shoots in and drives through. De Janeiro sprawls well.
Silva clinches but De Janeiro breaks the clinch
and De Janeiro counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.

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.

De Janeiro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva has De Janeiro pressed against the cage, preventing De Janeiro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Janeiro wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
De Janeiro tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Janeiro fails to pull guard.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Janeiro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a series of punches but De Janeiro moves out of range.

De Janeiro closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Altair Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Caleb De Janeiro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Janeiro has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

De Janeiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Janeiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
De Janeiro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
De Janeiro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses the jab.
De Janeiro closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caleb De Janeiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Janeiro circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice combination. De Janeiro backs away looking to recover.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Caleb De Janeiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a combination that misses

so De Janeiro counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva wants to stand but De Janeiro is controlling the position.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Janeiro trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but De Janeiro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
De Janeiro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but De Janeiro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Janeiro shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Janeiro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Janeiro shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Silva darts in and clinches De Janeiro up against the cage.

De Janeiro manages to break the clinch.
De Janeiro defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by De Janeiro.
De Janeiro lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva throws the left hand but De Janeiro avoids the punch easily.
De Janeiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Janeiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Janeiro slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caleb De Janeiro showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29

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