PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Efrain Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolf Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Efrain Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
Wagner

188 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Efrain Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolf Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a series of punches but Wagner avoids them all with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva has Wagner pressed against the cage, preventing Wagner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wagner looking to slow down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Wagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Wagner is controlling him.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wagner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Wagner thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silva throws a right and a left that Wagner avoids nicely.
Wagner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wagner punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wagner 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.
Wagner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva advances to half guard.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Wagner defends it.
Wagner is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wagner avoid being mounted?
Silva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wagner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Wagner is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wagner has a hand on Silva's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Silva takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Silva throwing strikes here but Wagner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wagner is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva looking to control but Wagner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Silva looking to secure an arm triangle but Wagner defends it well.
Wagner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Wagner is trying to escape the mount.

Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wagner wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

Silva is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Wagner to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Wagner shrugs it off.

That's four 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.
Wagner tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Silva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Wagner is surviving well by controlling Silva's body position as best he can.
Wagner tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Silva is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Wagner can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Silva has control of Wagner's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wagner regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Efrain Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Wagner.
Wagner plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva swinging wildly here.
Wagner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Silva scores a takedown into full mount!
Wagner reaches up to try and control the position but Silva seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Wagner rolls and tries to escape and now Silva has his back!
Wagner trying to control but not successfully.
Silva is hanging on to Wagner's back as he tries to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Silva trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner tries to break free.
Silva is not going to allow Wagner to sit and survive in this position.

Silva is persistently looking for the submission but Wagner is defending it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva controlling well, preventing Wagner from escaping the position.
Wagner looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Wagner is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wagner defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Silva's arms.
Silva has the hooks in. Wagner is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Silva struggling to keep hold of the position.

Silva working for the choke.
Wagner trying to control the hands but Silva won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wagner defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Silva's arms.

Silva looking for the choke from the back.
Wagner tries to escape but Silva has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Silva tries to keep control of the position but Wagner is staying busy.
Wagner tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Wagner tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Wagner is looking to get to half guard.

That's four 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.
Wagner tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Wagner working to try and regain half guard.
Wagner tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wagner can't escape the position.

Silva is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Wagner throws a one two combo.
Silva throws a one two combo.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wagner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wagner.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wagner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Wagner counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Efrain Silva dominated that second round.
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!

Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wagner counters with a good, hard body kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Efrain Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wagner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wagner cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Wagner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Wagner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wagner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wagner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wagner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Wagner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wagner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wagner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wagner lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wagner - that will leave a mark!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wagner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Wagner misses with a two punch combination.
Wagner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Wagner backing up. Wagner nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wagner backs up against the cage.
Wagner lands a nice looking body kick.

Silva gets a clinch.
Wagner taking a breather.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wagner is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Wagner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wagner has his back to the cage.
Silva keeps control of Wagner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Wagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wagner trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Wagner tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Wagner struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Wagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wagner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wagner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wagner has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps control of Wagner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wagner walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wagner, right into the meat.
Wagner lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
A shot to the liver by Wagner. Beautiful body shot.
Wagner digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Wagner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wagner.
Wagner connects with a crisp jab.
Silva avoids the body shot from Wagner.
Wagner misses the shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wagner, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
A head kick from Wagner lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
Wagner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice takedown defense from Wagner. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Efrain Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Efrain Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wagner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wagner scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wagner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Wagner persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wolf Wagner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wagner has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wagner and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wolf Wagner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Efrain Silva!