PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doctor Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doctor Doom has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Doom
vs
Silva

199 cm
20
241 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doctor Doom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Doom tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva takes a little break here. Doom wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Silva tries for a kimura but Doom is defending well.
Silva controlling the position.
Doom manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silva's best efforts.
Doom tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva is keen to just control but Doom is a slippery customer.
Doom tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves nicely into side control.
Doom regains half guard.
Doom tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Doom is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Doom wants to get back to full guard.
Silva controlling the action here.
Doom wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Doom is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Silva decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Doom looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Doom with a poor takedown

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Doom is breathing heavily.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doom.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Doom trying to remain calm as Silva controls from the top position.
Silva wants to control but Doom is keeping him busy.
Doom takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Silva trying to control the action but Doom is working from the bottom.
Silva slows the pace down.
Silva wants to control but Doom is keeping him busy.
Doom taking punishment in the form of punches.
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 in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Doom keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Doom misses with a jab, cross combination.
Doom stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doom throws out the jab.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doom.
Nice uppercut there from Doom.
Doom misses with a wild body shot.
Doom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doctor Doom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva drives through and clinches with Doom against the cage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Silva jumps guard and drags Doom to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Doom's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Silva passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Doom is looking to improve his position.
Doom throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Doom throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Good shot there by Doom.

It looks like Rodrigo Silva has been cut.
Doom jabs at Silva's body.
Doom throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doom works the jab nicely.

Silva is rocked!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Doom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doom darts in trying to clinch

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Doom won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Doom shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Silva has Doom up against the cage in a clinch.

Silva jumps guard and drags Doom to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Silva stands up and beckons Doom to join him on the feet.

Silva gets a clinch.
Silva stalling against the cage.

Silva successfully pulls guard.
Silva throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Doom manages to get himself to full guard.
Doom looking for a sweep. Not yet Doom, not yet.
Doom doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Doom bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Doom will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Doom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Doom pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Doom defends easily.
Doom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Doom chips away with some ground and pound.
Doom throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Doom looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Silva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Doom tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Silva has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Doom squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doom is looking to get to half guard.
Doom regains half guard.
Doom tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Doom has a hand on Silva's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Silva takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

Silva has control of Doom's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Doom regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Doom bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Doom throws an elbow but Silva slips to the side and avoids it well.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Doom landing strikes.
Silva prevents Doom from moving into mount.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Doom misses with the ground and pound.
Doom working away.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Silva is pressing down on Doom's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Silva punching from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom throws a big right hand that misses.
Doom has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Doom throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Doom throws a big right hand that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Doom jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Doom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Doom wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva lands a right hand.
Doom wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva keeps control of Doom as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva tries to pull guard but Doom holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Doom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Doom postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rodrigo Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Doom passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Doom misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rodrigo Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Silva's cut.
That's time! Doom's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva shoots in for a takedown but Doom shows good takedown defense.
Doom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rodrigo Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doom throws a good cross that connects.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Doom backs up against the cage.
Doom throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Doom walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Silva drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Doom swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Silva's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doctor Doom!