PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kiser Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eron Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sosa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fantasy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sosa
vs
Silva

178 cm
23
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kiser Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Silva!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sosa jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sosa looking for a sweep. Not yet Sosa, not yet.
Silva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Sosa is working away.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sosa looks a forlorn figure.
Sosa is bucking up trying to escape but Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva breaks from Sosa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva dominating with strikes here.

Sosa is rocked!
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Sosa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sosa bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sosa seems to have got his legs back now.
Sosa throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sosa's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Sosa being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sosa can't keep his opponent in guard - Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva not doing much here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sosa wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva winds up and cracks Sosa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Sosa is defending well.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Sosa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sosa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sosa is concentrating on defense, preventing Silva from advancing position.
Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sosa tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva unloading with bombs!
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Sosa working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sosa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Sosa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva scoring with strikes but Sosa is staying in there.
Sosa regains half guard.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sosa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.
Sosa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sosa is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva working Sosa over with strikes.
Sosa is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Sosa is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sosa is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sosa is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Sosa keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Silva cracks Sosa with a solid left hand.
Silva cracks Sosa with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eron Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sosa tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Sosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
Sosa taking some punishment here, with Silva in his half guard.
Sosa is trying to get back to full guard.
Sosa wants to get back to full guard but Silva has passed into side control.

Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva trying to control the action but Sosa is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa is looking to reverse the position.
Sosa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Silva working the body and head with strikes.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sosa keeps working.
Silva lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sosa down.
Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Silva looks up at the clock and then as Sosa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Silva smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Sosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is putting a hurting on Sosa here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sosa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
Sosa manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Sosa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Eron Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Sosa is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eron Silva!