PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Silverman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruminasato Sakozukihito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Silverman
vs
Sakozukihito

175 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

181 cm
22
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Silverman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruminasato Sakozukihito!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakozukihito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silverman.

Silverman has Sakozukihito up against the cage in a clinch.
Sakozukihito looking to throw knees to the head but Silverman is blocking nicely.
Sakozukihito missing with knees to the body.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silverman trying to land knees to the body.
Sakozukihito lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sakozukihito throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silverman blocks it with crossed arms.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito managing to block the knees to the body from Silverman.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito tries to land knees in the clinch but Silverman avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silverman landing knees to the body.
Silverman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but Silverman blocks it.
Sakozukihito looks gassed!
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silverman missing with knees to the body.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakozukihito managing to block the knees to the body from Silverman.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silverman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sakozukihito.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito tries to land knees in the clinch but Silverman avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but Silverman blocks with his arms.
Silverman tries to land knees in the clinch but Sakozukihito avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silverman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silverman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sakozukihito looking to throw knees to the head but Silverman is blocking nicely.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but Silverman blocks it.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito throws an elbow but it misses.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.

Silverman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silverman misses with a head kick.

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.
Silverman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sakozukihito's waist but Sakozukihito gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silverman off to one side.

Silverman instigates a clinch.
Silverman misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silverman stalling in the clinch.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but Silverman blocks it.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silverman trying to land knees to the body.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silverman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito lands a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito tries to land knees in the clinch but Silverman avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito tries to land knees in the clinch but Silverman avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but Silverman blocks it.
Sakozukihito avoiding damage as Silverman throws knees to the body.
Silverman landing knees to the head.
Silverman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sakozukihito backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silverman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sakozukihito.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito looking to throw knees to the head but Silverman is blocking nicely.
Sakozukihito avoiding damage as Silverman throws knees to the body.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but Silverman blocks with his arms.
Silverman lands a knee to the body.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but Silverman blocks it.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito looking to throw knees to the head but Silverman is blocking nicely.
Sakozukihito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silverman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but Silverman blocks with his arms.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silverman trying to land knees to the body.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silverman landing knees to the body.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito missing with knees to the body.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but Silverman blocks with his arms.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silverman trying to land knees to the body.
Silverman tries to land knees in the clinch but Sakozukihito avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Silverman tries to land knees in the clinch but Sakozukihito avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee to the head.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Sakozukihito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silverman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Sakozukihito misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silverman.
Silverman tries to land knees in the clinch but Sakozukihito avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Silverman 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.

Silverman darts in and clinches Sakozukihito up against the cage.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sakozukihito tries to land knees in the clinch but Silverman avoids the damage to the body.
Sakozukihito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silverman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Sakozukihito.
Sakozukihito trying to land knees to the body.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sakozukihito landing knees to the body.
Sakozukihito throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silverman blocks it with crossed arms.
Sakozukihito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakozukihito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silverman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito managing to block the knees to the body from Silverman.
Sakozukihito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sakozukihito tries a knee to the head but Silverman blocks it.
Sakozukihito missing with knees to the body.
Silverman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sakozukihito is breathing heavily.
Sakozukihito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sakozukihito throws a knee to the head but misses.

Silverman jumps guard and drags Sakozukihito to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Silverman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silverman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sakozukihito is one step ahead there.

Silverman has his foot on Sakozukihito's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sakozukihito works his way back into a safe position though.

Silverman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Silverman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sakozukihito doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sakozukihito manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sakozukihito wants to control from the top but Silverman keeps moving.
Silverman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

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.

Silverman with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sakozukihito can do anything to dispel that myth.

Silverman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sakozukihito manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Silverman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sakozukihito is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sakozukihito is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverman tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silverman is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sakozukihito has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sakozukihito is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Silverman tries to advance to mount but can't.

Silverman thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Silverman advances nicely into full mount.

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.

Silverman has control of Sakozukihito's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sakozukihito regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Silverman swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Sakozukihito is now in Silverman's guard. A big mistake from Silverman there, giving up the dominant position!
Sakozukihito must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Silverman looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sakozukihito has picked Silverman up and slammed him! Silverman can't keep hold of the triangle and Sakozukihito manages to pass to side control!
Silverman tries to buck Sakozukihito off but Sakozukihito is having none of it.
Silverman is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sakozukihito's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chris Silverman will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silverman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sakozukihito sprawls well initially but Silverman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Silverman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sakozukihito is just riding it out for now. Silverman eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silverman works his foot free and advances to mount.

Silverman with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Silverman moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Sakozukihito has worked his arm free - good work by Sakozukihito!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silverman goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Sakozukihito has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Silverman but great work by Sakozukihito.
Sakozukihito tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Silverman manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sakozukihito's best efforts.
Silverman gets back to full guard.

Sakozukihito avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Silverman has his foot on Sakozukihito's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sakozukihito works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silverman looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sakozukihito passes into side control.
Silverman is trying to improve his position.
Sakozukihito scores with punches from side control.
Silverman is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sakozukihito is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sakozukihito prevents Silverman from getting the reversal.
Sakozukihito trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silverman manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Silverman working for a triangle but Sakozukihito defends it easily.

Silverman looking for a guillotine here but Sakozukihito defends easily.

Sakozukihito avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silverman is looking for a triangle but Sakozukihito pushes his legs off easily.

Silverman isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Sakozukihito stacks Silverman on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Sakozukihito!
Silverman is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sakozukihito off and has taken his back!

Silverman sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Sakozukihito taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chris Silverman!