PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kapt Jinglez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jinglez
vs
Vinicius Reis Silva

180 cm
20
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Solid 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 Rio de Janeiro, Kapt Jinglez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jinglez takes a swing at Reis Silva's ribcage but misses.
Reis Silva shoots in but Jinglez avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Reis Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Jinglez working for a triangle but Reis Silva defends it easily.
Jinglez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reis Silva.
Reis Silva trying to control but Jinglez is working from the bottom.
Jinglez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Reis Silva is controlling him.
Jinglez keeping moving, preventing Reis Silva from controlling successfully.
Reis Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
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.
Reis Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Reis Silva trying to control but Jinglez is working from the bottom.
Reis Silva cracks Jinglez with a solid left hand.
Reis Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reis Silva is working Jinglez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Reis Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reis Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reis Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Jinglez looking for a guillotine here but Reis Silva defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva stands up over Jinglez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reis Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jinglez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jinglez is breathing heavily.
Reis Silva landing some decent shots from guard.

Jinglez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reis Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva stays in close to Jinglez's body and controls the position.
Reis Silva working some strikes from top position.
Reis Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reis Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Reis Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Reis Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Reis Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jinglez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Reis Silva trying to control but Jinglez is working from the bottom.
Jinglez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reis Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Reis Silva works over Jinglez with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reis Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jinglez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Reis Silva prevents Jinglez from getting back to his feet.
Jinglez keeping moving, preventing Reis Silva from controlling successfully.
Jinglez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reis Silva is in close to Jinglez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reis Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reis Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Jinglez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Reis Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reis Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jinglez counters with a left to the body.
A left lands for Reis Silva.
Jinglez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Reis Silva rushes Jinglez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jinglez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reis Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jinglez's defenses.
Reis Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reis Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Reis Silva.
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!
Reis Silva stalling in the clinch.
Reis Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reis Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jinglez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Reis Silva.
Reis Silva lands an elbow just above Jinglez 's eye.
Reis Silva has Jinglez pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis Silva works on Jinglez's body with a couple of short punches.
Jinglez takes an elbow to the temple.
Reis Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva.
Reis Silva cracks Jinglez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reis Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reis Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reis Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Jinglez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reis Silva ducks under a wild hook from Jinglez.
Reis Silva scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reis Silva tries to clinch but Jinglez is having none of it.
Jinglez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis Silva.
Reis Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jinglez counters with a takedown into side control.
Reis Silva controls the position for a moment.
Reis Silva wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Reis Silva is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jinglez wants to stand but Reis Silva has his arm trapped.
Reis Silva manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jinglez seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Reis Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Reis Silva.
Jinglez tries to stand but Reis Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Jinglez won't allow Reis Silva to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jinglez won't allow Reis Silva to get back to his feet.
Jinglez wants to stand and escape but instead Reis Silva has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Reis Silva forces his way into half guard.
Reis Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jinglez tries to kick Reis Silva off but Reis Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reis Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Reis Silva misses.
Reis Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Reis Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Reis Silva remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jinglez tries to escape but Reis Silva is in control.
Reis Silva working the ground and pound from side control.
Reis Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jinglez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reis Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Reis Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jinglez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jinglez is bucking up trying to escape but Reis Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Reis Silva with shots to the head and body - Jinglez looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Reis Silva.
Reis Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reis Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jinglez is in a horrible position here. Reis Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reis Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Reis Silva with shots to the head and body - Jinglez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Reis Silva landing punches.
Reis Silva working Jinglez over with strikes here.
Reis Silva controlling the pace for now.
Reis Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Jinglez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Jinglez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Reis Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Reis Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Reis Silva unloading with bombs!

Jinglez is rocked!
Reis Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Reis Silva breaks from Jinglez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oh Jinglez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jinglez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jinglez seems to have got his legs back now.
BOOM! Reis Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Reis Silva wants to control the pace but Jinglez is squirming around nicely.
Kapt Jinglez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jinglez working to try and regain half guard.
Jinglez taking shots to the head.
Reis Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jinglez's face.
Reis Silva controlling his opponent.
Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jinglez is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reis Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva!