PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Altair Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jon fitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Altair Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
fitch

178 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Altair Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, jon fitch!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
fitch shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

fitch closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
fitch wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva is trying to control fitch's posture but fitch avoids it.
fitch cracks Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
fitch scoring with punches from side control.
Silva is being controlled here.
fitch working the body and head with strikes.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for fitch on the ground.
Silva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Silva is in a horrible position here. fitch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
fitch controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
fitch landing shots from mount.
fitch is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
fitch lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
fitch raining down shots from the mount!
fitch landing punches.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
fitch pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
fitch lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
fitch working away from the top, dropping strikes.
fitch wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
fitch landing strikes from the mount.
fitch wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
fitch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
fitch looking to control and managing it successfully.
fitch lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fitch breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
fitch landing strikes from the mount.
fitch controlling the pace for now.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
fitch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
fitch working away from the top, dropping strikes.
fitch dominating with strikes here.
fitch lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by fitch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
fitch dominating with strikes here.
fitch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! fitch connects with a massive shot to the dome!
fitch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
fitch has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
fitch looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
fitch lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jon fitch dominated 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.

Silva throws a series of strikes that have fitch backpedaling.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like jon fitch has been cut.
fitch throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Altair Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
fitch shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

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

fitch is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends fitch tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Silva wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Altair Silva!