PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marwin Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Borges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matheus Borges has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Borges

178 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

183 cm
25
171 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marwin Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Matheus Borges!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borges counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Borges bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Borges lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Borges working the ground and pound from side control.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Borges landing strikes.
Borges lands some shots froms side control.
Borges landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Borges grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
Borges looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Borges smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Borges lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borges cracks Silva with a big right hand but Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borges looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Borges smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes there by Borges.
Borges throwing strikes but Silva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Borges tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Borges can do anything to dispel that myth.
Borges sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Borges is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Silva is tapping! Great win for Borges!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matheus Borges!