PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco De Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Luca might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The End Begins (To Rock). Shane Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

De Luca
vs
Silva

190 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco De Luca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva tries to clinch there but De Luca circles away.
De Luca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but De Luca pushes him off.
A head kick from Silva lands but De Luca takes it in his stride.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch.
De Luca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Luca changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but De Luca manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but De Luca pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to bum rush De Luca with a series of wild strikes but De Luca uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva throws a right hand that De Luca ducks under and follows up with a left that De Luca also avoids with ease.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Luca chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shane Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Luca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva scores with the left hand. De Luca knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but De Luca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Luca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but De Luca moves out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but De Luca pushes him off.
De Luca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
De Luca avoids the head kick by Silva.
Shane Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva tries to clinch up but De Luca circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - De Luca circles away.
De Luca throws a head kick that misses.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Luca swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva moves out of range as De Luca strikes.
De Luca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but De Luca pushes him off.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
De Luca finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Luca paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva slips a jab from De Luca.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but De Luca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva throws a right and a left that De Luca avoids nicely.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Luca's elbow.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Luca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch but De Luca is avoiding it.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva tries to clinch but De Luca moves out of range.
De Luca fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva looks to land a combination but De Luca avoids it well.
Silva tries to clinch but De Luca moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but De Luca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Luca swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but De Luca pushes him off.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - De Luca circles away.
Silva throws a combination. De Luca tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Luca wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Luca throws a head kick that misses.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva tries to clinch up

and De Luca counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is not content to let De Luca control the position.

De Luca tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
De Luca looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva prevents De Luca from moving into mount.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet here but De Luca is keeping cool and he's managed to take Silva's back.
De Luca trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

De Luca is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Silva has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but De Luca has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Silva taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. De Luca doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marco De Luca!