PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eron Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Granger Holmess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Granger Holmess was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Silva
vs
Holmess

180 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Warrior Wear

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Granger Holmess!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmess swinging wildly here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holmess lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Eron Silva has been cut.

Holmess manages to break the clinch.

Silva pushes Holmess up against the cage in a clinch.
Holmess tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Holmess.
Holmess doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmess's efforts to push away.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Holmess is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Holmess is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Holmess after a bit of a struggle.
Holmess is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Holmess down to the mat. Holmess avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eron Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holmess misses with a series of wild punches.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Holmess pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Holmess avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Holmess looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but Holmess is blocking nicely.
Holmess avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva moves nicely into side control.
An elbow from Silva crashes against the mat.
Holmess takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Holmess dodges the ground and pound from Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Silva is chipping away with strikes.
Holmess is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Holmess is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Holmess is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Holmess defending against the ground and pound.
Holmess is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Holmess manages to get back to half guard.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmess tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Holmess is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva works his way into full mount!
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Holmess is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eron Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eron Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Holmess gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Holmess lands a left hand.
Holmess tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Holmess lands with a left to the head.
Holmess throws an elbow that misses.
Holmess using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Holmess is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Holmess.
Holmess misses with a knee strike.

Holmess escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holmess throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Holmess doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Holmess, pushing him back against the cage.
Holmess misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmess with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holmess is trying to break free.
Silva tries for a takedown but Holmess manages to get underhooks.
Holmess throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmess has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Holmess misses with a punch on the inside.

Holmess is fighting off a takedown attempt but Silva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Holmess to the mat. Holmess regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Holmess tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Holmess scores with a knee to the head.
Holmess stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eron Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Holmess prevents it.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holmess tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmess connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva blocks a body shot from Holmess.
Holmess lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Holmess taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Holmess.
Holmess wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Holmess breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Holmess tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Holmess manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmess swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Holmess.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!

Eron Silva's cut is getting worse.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holmess.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmess wants to break the clinch but can't.
Holmess tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Holmess back against the cage.

Holmess manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holmess misses with the combination.
Holmess moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Granger Holmess showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eron Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Holmess clinches up against the cage.

Holmess pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Holmess swinging wildly here.

Silva fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Holmess to the ground. Silva is now in Holmess's guard.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holmess's head.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Holmess blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Holmess is retaining full guard.
Holmess keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silva landing strikes.
Silva advances to full mount.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Holmess is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Holmess can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmess really wants to buck Silva off and get back to his feet.
Holmess takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva raining down shots from the mount!

Holmess is rocked!
A big strike lands for Silva! That's really hurt Holmess and he's turned his back - Silva keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Silva jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eron Silva!