PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lima
vs
Silva

178 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

177 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Lima throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Lima misses.
Lima lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lima lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Lima counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva tries to clinch but Lima is having none of it.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Lima counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Lima counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Lima to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima misses with a double jab.
Lima shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Lima backing up. Lima nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Lima shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lima!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Lima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lima's face.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva looking to finish Lima with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lima!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva scoring with strikes but Lima is staying in there.
Lima blocking the ground and pound.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Lima is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Lima that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lima wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva throwing strikes here but Lima is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Silva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lima is surviving well by controlling Silva's body position as best he can.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Lima taking shots to the head.
Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Silva cracks Lima with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva looking to ground and pound but Lima is blocking nicely.
Silva breaks from Lima's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Lima is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Lima is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands a big elbow - Lima is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Lima is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tiago Silva!