PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dale English (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvano Assunicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

English
vs
Assunicao

192 cm
24
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
27
215 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Elite Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dale English!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silvano Assunicao!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assunicao looks to land a body kick but English moved away.
English scores with a jab to the jaw.

Assunicao gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Assunicao wants to sweep here but English controlling him for the moment.
English with a flurry of punches that miss.
Assunicao trying to control the position.
English stopping the sweep attempt from Assunicao.
Assunicao keeping full guard, as English tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
English trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Assunicao has momentary wrist control but English slips an elbow through the middle.

Assunicao throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

English is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Assunicao is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Assunicao has escaped and now he's on top!
English controls Assunicao momentarily but Assunicao frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now English is on top in guard.
Assunicao looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
English advances to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Assunicao manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
English throwing strikes but missing.
Assunicao is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Assunicao looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
English trying to control the position from guard on top but Assunicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
English is working Assunicao over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Assunicao working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from English.
English stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Assunicao swivels though and keeps the full guard.
English works a leg free and moves into half guard.
English prevents Assunicao from standing back up.
Assunicao on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Assunicao is trying to get back to full guard.
English stops Assunicao from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assunicao looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
English not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from English.
English looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
English is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
English looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Assunicao with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
English throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Assunicao wants to control but English is keeping busy and won't allow it.
English is trying to control the action in half guard but Assunicao is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dale English dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Assunicao stuffs the takedown.
Assunicao stuffs the takedown attempt from English. English gets slowly back to his feet.
Dale English seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

English feints and as Assunicao raises his hands in defense, English changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Assunicao keeping moving, preventing English from controlling successfully.

Assunicao had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. English defends it easily.
Assunicao wants to stand up but English is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
English throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
English landing with the ground and pound.
English scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
English has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
English working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
English is looking to work some ground and pound but Assunicao has wrist control.
English trying to control the position from guard on top but Assunicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
English prevents Assunicao from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assunicao keeping moving, preventing English from controlling successfully.
Assunicao tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Assunicao has momentary wrist control but English slips an elbow through the middle.
English stops Assunicao from standing up.
Assunicao is breathing heavily.
English postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
English scoring with some ground and pound.

English drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says English as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Assunicao screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with English! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dale English!