PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruas comes to the cage accompanied by Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction. The key to victory for Marco Ruas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ruas
vs
Silva

195 cm
23
198 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
12 - 6 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Ruas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Junie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva thows a huge punch but Ruas dodges it nicely.
Silva working over Ruas with some ground and pound. Ruas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ruas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva trying to control but Ruas is working from the bottom.

Ruas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Ruas is keeping the position.
Silva wants to control from the top but Ruas keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Ruas.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ruas's guard.

Ruas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Ruas is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva passes to side control.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
Ruas sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ruas is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruas keeping control of the position.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva working over Ruas with some ground and pound. Ruas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Ruas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ruas is breathing heavily.
Silva thows a huge punch but Ruas dodges it nicely.

Ruas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junie Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Silva with a hook.

Ruas is rocked!

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Ruas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Silva gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ruas has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ruas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ruas trying to control but Silva postures up.
Silva winds up and cracks Ruas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruas seems to have got his legs back now.

Ruas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ruas landing rabbit punches to the side of Silva's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Ruas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ruas wants to control the action here but instead Silva manages to pass to full mount!
Silva working Ruas over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Ruas is in trouble!
Silva cracks Ruas with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junie Silva!