PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Szymon Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen PRIDE FC as his entrance music. Szymon Nowak has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nowak
vs
Silva

175 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Szymon Nowak !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior Silva!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nowak throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and Nowak finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nowak not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nowak wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Szymon Nowak wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Silva shoots and misses

and Nowak counters by moving into the clinch.
Nowak swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nowak fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak jumps guard but Silva stands there with Nowak around his waist. Nowak gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Silva gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Nowak regains guard.
Silva stays in close to Nowak 's body and controls the position.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nowak . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Nowak is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Silva rolls with it to try and escape but Nowak cranks on the arm and Silva is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Szymon Nowak !