PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wanderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Usher - More . Morgan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Walk idiot, Walk. Martin Morgan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Silva
vs
Morgan

180 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wanderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Morgan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Morgan throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morgan duly obliges.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Morgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Silva prevents Morgan from standing back up.
Morgan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Silva is working for a kimura but Morgan is defending it quite comfortably.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Morgan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Morgan is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wanderson Silva!