PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jucilei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jucilei Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Davidson
vs
Silva

176 cm
21
161 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
167 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jucilei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davidson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Davidson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Davidson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davidson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davidson throwing strikes but missing.
Davidson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Davidson is proving a slippery customer.
Davidson postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Davidson manages to get himself to full guard.

Silva drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Davidson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Silva has Davidson in his guard.
Davidson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davidson wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Davidson throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davidson throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Davidson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davidson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davidson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davidson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Davidson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Davidson.
Silva looks gassed!
Davidson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davidson thows a big elbow that misses.
Davidson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davidson thows a big elbow that misses.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Davidson throwing strikes but missing.
Davidson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davidson chips away with some ground and pound.
Davidson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davidson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davidson trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Davidson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davidson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Davidson from controlling successfully.
Davidson thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Davidson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Davidson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Davidson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Davidson scoring with punches and elbows.
Davidson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The strikes coming from Davidson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Davidson throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Silva works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Davidson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Davidson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Davidson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Davidson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Davidson is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Davidson tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Davidson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davidson throws a shot to the body.
Davidson tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Davidson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Davidson throws an elbow but Silva slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva parries the strikes from Davidson easily there. Davidson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
Davidson working the body and head with strikes.
Davidson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Davidson scoring with punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Davidson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Davidson controlling from side mount.
Davidson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Davidson landing a few strikes.
Silva is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Davidson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davidson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davidson looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Davidson lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Silva! Davidson sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Silva and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). David Davidson!