PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Silva da Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Filho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filho has chosen And You Be Loved as his entrance music. Oscar Silva da Luciano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva da Luciano
vs
Filho

178 cm
25
154 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

178 cm
25
147 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar Silva da Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Filho!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva da Luciano scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Filho looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Silva da Luciano passes the guard and advances to mount!
Filho is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva da Luciano has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva da Luciano takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Silva da Luciano is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Filho can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silva da Luciano lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filho is bucking up trying to escape but Silva da Luciano cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Filho taking shots to the head.
Silva da Luciano has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Filho is squirming around, avoiding Silva da Luciano's attempts to control the action.
Silva da Luciano controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva da Luciano is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Filho can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silva da Luciano with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva da Luciano lands with some strikes.
Silva da Luciano controlling from mount.
Silva da Luciano dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva da Luciano fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Silva da Luciano is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Filho gets tackled into the cage by Silva da Luciano. Silva da Luciano maintains the clinch.

Silva da Luciano manages to pull guard.
Silva da Luciano managing to control the position.
Silva da Luciano's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva da Luciano has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Filho should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Silva da Luciano has tightened it up now! Filho should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Oscar Silva da Luciano!