PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peters comes to the cage accompanied by the Ong Bak theme. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Peters
vs
Silva

188 cm
23
195 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

184 cm
26
198 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Tokyo Defiance

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jordan Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Peters moves out of range of the strikes.
Peters avoids a punch combination nicely.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Peters tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Peters keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Peters has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
Peters on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva trying to control from half guard but Peters is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Peters has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Peters has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva wants to control but Peters is keeping him busy.
Peters tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Peters is rocked!
Silva working over Peters with some ground and pound. Peters looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oh Peters is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva lands a big elbow - Peters is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Silva!