PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Seaser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.5lbs 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 these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Seaser
vs
Silva

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
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 New York, Liam Seaser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Seaser looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Seaser shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Seaser keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Seaser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seaser doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Seaser closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Seaser lands in his opponent's guard.
Seaser wants to get up but he can't break Silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Seaser passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seaser thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seaser wants to stand but Silva has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Seaser lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Seaser seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Seaser looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Seaser passes to side control.
Seaser wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seaser is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Seaser stands up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seaser shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Seaser dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Seaser fails with the takedown.
Seaser looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Seaser persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Seaser shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Seaser keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Seaser. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva prevents Seaser from improving his position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Seaser wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Seaser is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seaser wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Seaser is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Silva decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Seaser misses with a takedown attempt

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Seaser controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Seaser from getting back to his feet.
Silva is pushing down on Seaser's leg trying to pass to half guard. Seaser is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Seaser manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seaser throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Seaser trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Seaser wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Seaser is trying to keep Silva in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Seaser stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Seaser wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Seaser with a lazy takedown attempt

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Seaser wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva stalling away here and it's allowed Seaser to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Seaser is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seaser trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Seaser looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seaser manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Seaser.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Seaser!
Seaser shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Seaser throws a head kick that misses.
Seaser throws a head kick that misses.
Seaser has his takedown stuffed

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Seaser. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva won't allow Seaser to get back to his feet.
Seaser looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Ricardo Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seaser looking to control.
Seaser looking for a sweep. Not yet Seaser, not yet.
Seaser is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Seaser trying to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Seaser as he jumps to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seaser gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Seaser fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva trying to control but Seaser is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Reed Andrews scores the fight for Ricardo Silva!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Ricardo Silva!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Ricardo Silva!

Ricardo Silva wins by unanimous decision!