PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Experiment Two (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Two
vs
Silva

189 cm
26
187 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Experiment Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Two counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Two shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva fails with the takedown

and Two counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Two is working for a submission of some sort.
Two wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Two is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Two to get the leverage.
Two frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Two sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Two is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Two wants a takedown.

Silva jumps into guard, dragging Two to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Two drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Two manages to get back to half guard.
Silva prevents Two from improving his position.
Two slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Two has Silva pulled in close to control his posture.

Two is looking to sinch up a triangle. Silva throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Two's body to avoid the submission. Two has instead reached around Silva's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Two arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Experiment Two!