PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joachim de silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micky Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

de silva
vs
Thompson

170 cm
21
167 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joachim de silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Micky Thompson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a jab but it's blocked by de silva.
de silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thompson misses with a double jab
and de silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
de silva trying to control but Thompson postures up.

de silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de silva controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
de silva wants to control but Thompson is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

de silva kicks Thompson off and gets back to his feet.
de silva scores with a body shot.
Thompson misses with a takedown attempt

and de silva counters with a right hand that sends Thompson tumbling to the canvas! Can de silva finish him? He dives into Thompson's guard looking to do just that!

Thompson is rocked!
Thompson looks gassed!
de silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Thompson is still in real trouble! Can de silva finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de silva trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Thompson seems to have recovered his senses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.

de silva gets to his feet - Thompson follows without any prompting.
Thompson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and de silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Joachim de silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thompson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thompson gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! de silva gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Thompson is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joachim de silva!