PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shafiq Hussain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hussain
vs
Silva

178 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shafiq Hussain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorge Silva!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hussain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hussain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Hussain persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva tries to clinch there but Hussain circles away.
Hussain misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shafiq Hussain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva stuffs the takedown.

Hussain shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Hussain is sitting in close to Silva's body. Silva has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Hussain is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Hussain is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Silva.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jorge Silva!