PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Elric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Elric will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Silva
vs
Elric

189 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

215 cm
25
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

StarDust. Cosmic Creations.

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Elric!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Elric is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elric wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silva tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Elric wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Elric sees it coming and defends easily.

Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Silva is working for a kimura here but Elric manages to reverse the position and he's now in Silva's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Elric avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Elric pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Elric is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva has hold of Elric's hands but Elric slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Elric looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elric drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Elric landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Silva with the active half guard here but Elric passes nicely into side control.
Elric landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Elric scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is looking for a sweep.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Elric dominated that round.
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.

Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Elric throws out the jab.

Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Elric to the mat! Elric manages to get full guard.
Elric controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva trying to control but Elric is working from the bottom.
Elric managing to control the position.

Elric looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Elric is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Elric lands a couple of sideways elbows.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Elric has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Elric does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Elric slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elric trying to control the position.
Silva wants to control from the top but Elric keeps moving.
Silva passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Elric is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva blocks the strikes from Elric.
Elric regains full guard. Nicely done.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Elric is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Elric is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Silva dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Elric doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Elric regains full guard. Nicely done.
Elric keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Silva drops back looking for a leg! Elric is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Elric manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Elric's guard.

Silva stands and steps away. Elric gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elric looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva moves out of range as Elric strikes.
Elric missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.

Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Silva stands up and beckons Elric to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elric throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva slips a jab from Elric.
Elric with a lazy takedown attempt

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva wants to control from the top but Elric keeps moving.
Elric is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elric will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Elric working a defensive guard here.
Silva wants to control from the top but Elric keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because David Silva just wasn't active enough.

Elric decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Elric uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Silva wants to hold on but Elric pushes him away.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Elric lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Elric landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Elric landing punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Elric trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Elric lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eric Elric.
Well Elric 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!