PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferrari comes to the cage accompanied by Holy Diver by Dio. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ferrari
vs
Silva

185 cm
29
175 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

185 cm
32
179 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Ferrari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Glenardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva cracks Ferrari with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ferrari misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva leaves Ferrari with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ferrari keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Ferrari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferrari misses with a few strikes there.
Ferrari tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Ferrari swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ferrari avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva wants to clinch.

Silva gets caught flat footed, as Ferrari shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ferrari gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva has control of Ferrari's left arm, preventing Ferrari from doing any damage.
Silva trying to control the position.

Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Silva holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Ferrari wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Ferrari tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Ferrari wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva wants to sweep here but Ferrari controlling him for the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva tries to clinch but Ferrari is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ferrari is avoiding it.
Ferrari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Ferrari avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ferrari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Ferrari throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Ferrari misses with a kick to the body.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva cracks Ferrari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ferrari dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on Ferrari's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Ferrari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Ferrari.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ferrari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferrari takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ferrari is breathing heavily.
Ferrari stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ferrari eats them both and turns towards Silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.

Silva gets a clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Ferrari blocks it.
Silva is looking to control Ferrari's arms but Ferrari gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferrari avoids the damage to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ferrari's face.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenardo Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ferrari fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

Ferrari looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Silva makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferrari was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Ferrari's ribs.
Silva avoids the head kick by Ferrari.
Ferrari misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silva clinches up with Ferrari and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Ferrari won't want to take too many of those.
Ferrari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferrari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ferrari takes a shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Ferrari avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva has Ferrari pressed against the cage, preventing Ferrari from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ferrari is defending well for now.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ferrari is defending well for now.
Ferrari is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva looking to stall.
Ferrari looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferrari avoids the damage to the body.
Ferrari is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferrari looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva working Ferrari over with knees to the body.
Silva working Ferrari over with knees to the body.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ferrari in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva stalling.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferrari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Ferrari won't want to take too many of those.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ferrari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferrari avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Ferrari tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva taking a breather.
Ferrari prevents a body shot from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ferrari working hard to break the clinch.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Ferrari is trying to break free.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ferrari working hard to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Glenardo Silva.
Nice shot by Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Ferrari seems unphased.

Silva drives through and clinches with Ferrari against the cage.
Ferrari takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenardo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ferrari manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Ferrari with an uppercut!
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Ferrari should have avoided that one.
Ferrari shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ferrari fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Ferrari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva has Ferrari pushed against the cage.
Glenardo Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva tries to work over Ferrari's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva working Ferrari over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Ferrari tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Ferrari won't want to take too many of those.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferrari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ferrari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ferrari managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Ferrari's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands an elbow just above Ferrari 's eye.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ferrari up against the cage.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ferrari.
Ferrari has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Vinicius Ferrari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ferrari's face.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Ferrari won't want to take too many of those.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ferrari's face.
Ferrari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva prevents Ferrari from breaking the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ferrari's efforts to push away.
Ferrari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ferrari has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Ferrari takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ferrari's face.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Ferrari managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ferrari avoids it.
Ferrari is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ferrari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferrari wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ferrari avoids it.
Ferrari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferrari working hard to break the clinch.
Silva working Ferrari over with knees to the body.
Ferrari is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferrari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva working Ferrari over with knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ferrari takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Ferrari's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva prevents Ferrari from breaking the clinch.
Glenardo Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Ferrari blocks it.
Ferrari has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferrari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ferrari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ferrari avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Ferrari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Ferrari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Ferrari has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferrari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva has Ferrari pressed against the cage.
Ferrari is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glenardo Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glenardo Silva!