PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corey Otool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eron Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Otool might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to What it's like by Everlast. Eron Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Otool
vs
Silva

170 cm
26
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 Las Vegas, Corey Otool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Silva!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Otool doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Otool.
Otool throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Otool.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Otool is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva is looking to escape.
Silva trying to hold on to Otool's head to control him but Otool postures up.

Otool is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Otool.
Silva tries to roll over but Otool keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Otool looks to land a strike but Silva avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva has control of Otool's left arm, preventing Otool from doing any damage.
Silva looking to control.
Otool in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Otool defends easily.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Otool throws a big elbow that misses.
Otool distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Otool scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Otool pushes his legs off easily.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Otool is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Otool is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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.
Silva lands a big elbow.
Silva scoring with strikes but Otool is staying in there.
Otool is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva looking to finish Otool with some ground and pound. This is bad for Otool!
Silva lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Otool is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva tries to control but Otool wriggling away.
Silva cracks Otool with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Otool looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva lands a big elbow.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Otool's face.

Otool is rocked!
Otool in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Otool is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Otool is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva drops a big elbow. That's hurt Otool! More shots from Silva and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eron Silva!
A very excited looking Eron Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.