PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eron Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas MacArthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eron Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
MacArthur

180 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

215 cm
21
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 4 - 3 - 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas MacArthur!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacArthur takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into MacArthur's guard.
MacArthur looking to control.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
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.
MacArthur can't keep his opponent in guard - Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
MacArthur works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva wants to pass the guard but MacArthur is keeping the position.
Silva wants to control from the top but MacArthur keeps moving.
MacArthur has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from MacArthur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacArthur has Silva pulled in close to control his posture.
MacArthur not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
MacArthur is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Douglas MacArthur hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
MacArthur circles away from the clinch attempt
and MacArthur counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
MacArthur will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva takes one on the button.
MacArthur looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
MacArthur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as MacArthur throws out the jab.
MacArthur misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur throws a lazy uppercut

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva wants to control from the top but MacArthur keeps moving.
MacArthur looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva is working MacArthur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
MacArthur trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if MacArthur can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but MacArthur has wrist control.
Silva won't allow MacArthur to sweep him here.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva passes into half guard.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
MacArthur on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
MacArthur tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but MacArthur defends it.
MacArthur is trying to get back to full guard.
MacArthur trying to control here.
Silva trying to pass the guard but MacArthur defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva throwing shots but MacArthur is blocking nicely.
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva is pressing down on MacArthur's thigh, looking to free his foot. MacArthur is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur is looking to improve his position.
MacArthur blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed MacArthur's head.
Silva is nestled in close to MacArthur, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
MacArthur gets full guard.
Silva advances position into side control!
Silva tries to score with some ground and pound. MacArthur controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacArthur is looking to reverse the position.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Silva lands some shots froms side control.
Silva working the ground and pound.
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.

Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from MacArthur.
MacArthur thows a body shot but no joy.
MacArthur throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
MacArthur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
MacArthur misses with a few strikes there.

Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva thows a huge punch but MacArthur dodges it nicely.
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 missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva moves into full mount! MacArthur won't be happy about that!
Silva landing strikes from the mount and MacArthur is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva prevents MacArthur from getting the reversal.
Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.
MacArthur keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Silva trying to control but MacArthur is having none of it.
MacArthur takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

MacArthur is rocked!
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 unloads with some vicious shots from mount and MacArthur wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Silva celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eron Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Eron Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.