PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bourne has chosen Ethereal Connection as his entrance music. Jason Bourne told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Silva
vs
Bourne

177 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

187 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 London, Tiago Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Bourne!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Bourne has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Bourne stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bourne misses with a knee strike.
Bourne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Bourne.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourne gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bourne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees to the body from Bourne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bourne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Bourne has the dominant position.
Bourne crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Bourne is struggling to control the position.
Bourne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Bourne taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Bourne has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bourne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Bourne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bourne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Bourne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bourne.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Bourne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bourne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourne leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jason Bourne.
Silva looks for a takedown but Bourne sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiago Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bourne clinches.
Bourne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bourne continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Bourne dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A nice inside leg kick there by Bourne. That's going to slow Silva down.
Bourne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bourne scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bourne is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Bourne circles away and we're back to standing.
Bourne throws a nice outside leg kick.

Bourne gets a clinch.
Bourne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Bourne is controlling the position.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Bourne landing knees to the body.
Jason Bourne seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourne lands an uppercut.
Bourne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Bourne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Bourne stalling the fight.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bourne moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Bourne forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Bourne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Bourne.
Silva wants to break free but Bourne has control.
Silva prevents a body shot from Bourne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne lands a nice elbow.
Bourne throws an elbow that misses.
Bourne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bourne is stalling here.
Silva avoiding damage as Bourne throws knees to the body.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Bourne has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bourne to keep the fight standing.
Bourne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bourne prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Bourne just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Bourne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bourne leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Bourne's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva avoiding damage as Bourne throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Bourne is controlling the position.
Bourne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bourne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Bourne throws an elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bourne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bourne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Bourne stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Bourne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bourne lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bourne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bourne stuffs the takedown.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Bourne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice cross by Bourne.

Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bourne to the mat! Bourne manages to get full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourne trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Bourne looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Silva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bourne is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bourne's head.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Bourne is defending well.
Bourne is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Silva breaks Bourne's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bourne trying to control the position here.
Bourne wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Bourne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Bourne's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bourne gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Bourne is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bourne wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

Bourne looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bourne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bourne wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Bourne is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Bourne defends it.
Bourne keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Bourne is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva wants to stand up but Bourne has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Bourne is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bourne gets back to full guard.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Bourne blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourne is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Bourne gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jason Bourne is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Bourne trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Bourne is now in half guard.
Tiago Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva is looking to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jason Bourne.
I've got Bourne winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Bourne!
After winning the bout, Jason Bourne thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.