PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manny Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Gracie

180 cm
24
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manny Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in but Gracie avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Silva escapes and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gracie manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silva's best efforts.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.

Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gracie for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

Manny Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Gracie looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Silva has passed into side control.
Silva gets to mount! Gracie was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Gracie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gracie working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Silva controlling from mount.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva landing shots from mount.

Silva get's back to his feet.
Gracie misses with a wild combination.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva controlling from side mount.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Gracie throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Gracie enables Silva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gracie manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.

Gracie working for submissions but it's allowed Silva to get to half guard.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Silva is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Gracie has a hand on Silva's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Silva takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gracie wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Gracie is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Gracie rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Silva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gracie is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.

Silva decides to stand up.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Marcus Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gracie duly obliges.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gracie sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Silva in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva controlling the position from side mount.
Gracie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Silva decides to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Gracie. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Gracie feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Gracie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Marcus Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries for a takedown but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Manny Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gracie!
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Silva dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gracie misses with a combination

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Silva not doing much here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Gracie has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Silva is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Gracie.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position but Gracie is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Silva trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gracie tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Gracie tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Silva presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.

Silva gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Gracie misses with a body punch

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Silva tries to stall but Gracie uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gracie wants to stall.
Gracie stalling.

Silva pulls guard.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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 manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.

Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.

Silva gets to his feet. Gracie looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gracie as he jumps to the side.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gracie looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Silva pushes past his half guard into mount!
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.

Gracie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

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