PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People as his entrance music. The key to victory for Tim Dawkins has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Dawkins
vs
Silva

217 cm
26
271 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

195 cm
25
275 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva pushes Dawkins up against the cage in a clinch.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dawkins slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Dawkins from standing up.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Dawkins from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Silva wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tim Dawkins just wasn't active enough.
Dawkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawkins.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Dawkins.
Dawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Dawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva defending well as Dawkins loads up on a big left hand.
Dawkins takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Tim Dawkins has been cut.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Dawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva moves out of range as Dawkins strikes.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Dawkins misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Dawkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Tim Dawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawkins is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silva scores with a takedown into Dawkins's guard.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dawkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dawkins's guard.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Dawkins defending well.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dawkins's head.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Dawkins is defending the position.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dawkins doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dawkins keeps working.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Silva stands up from half guard.

Dawkins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dawkins wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Silva trying to control the action but Dawkins is working from the bottom.
Dawkins trying to control from the bottom.
Silva wants to control but Dawkins is keeping him busy.
Dawkins is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dawkins knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Dawkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dawkins is looking to get back to full guard here but Silva has managed to pass to side control instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Dawkins's cut.
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.

Dawkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dawkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Dawkins punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dawkins throws a one two combo.

It looks like Paulo Silva has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the body from Dawkins misses

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Dawkins didn't expect that.
Silva wants to control from the top but Dawkins keeps moving.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Dawkins wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva prevents Dawkins from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Dawkins holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Dawkins gets full guard.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva postures up in Dawkins's guard and throws a big left but Dawkins blocks it.
Dawkins keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Dawkins pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dawkins.
Silva avoids the body shot from Dawkins.

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.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawkins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Dawkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Dawkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Dawkins lands with a nice body punch.
A combination from Dawkins does no damage.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Dawkins throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Dawkins is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dawkins throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Dawkins takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dawkins tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dawkins to the ground. Dawkins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dawkins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tim Dawkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dawkins works Silva's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dawkins misses with a double jab.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Nice takedown defense from Dawkins. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
A shot to the liver by Dawkins. Beautiful body shot.
Dawkins misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dawkins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Dawkins. Beautiful body shot.
Dawkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Dawkins.

Dawkins tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva is trying to drag Dawkins to the mat but Dawkins just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tim Dawkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Silva.
Dawkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dawkins avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawkins lands a nice knee to the body.
Dawkins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dawkins is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Dawkins.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dawkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Dawkins dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dawkins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Dawkins scores with a shot to the body.
Dawkins displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Silva avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawkins.
Dawkins stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dawkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses the shot to the body.
Dawkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dawkins.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dawkins lands a nice looking body shot.
A big left from Dawkins misses.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dawkins lands a body shot.
Dawkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva slips a jab from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dawkins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That has opened up Paulo Silva's cut even more.
Dawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Dawkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dawkins throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Dawkins misses the shot to the body.
Dawkins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good exchange - Dawkins coming out on top.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dawkins.
Dawkins throws a big shot that misses.
Tim Dawkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Dawkins misses with a two punch combination.
Dawkins takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva slips a jab from Dawkins.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dawkins avoids it really well and circles away.
Dawkins looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Dawkins misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Dawkins has wrist control.
Dawkins trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Dawkins pulls Silva in close to his closed guard and prevents Silva from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dawkins controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dawkins is keeping the position for now.
Dawkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Tim Dawkins has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Dawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slow jab from Dawkins misses its intended target.
Dawkins is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A punch combination from Dawkins misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Dawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dawkins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!