PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Washington Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tad Unhinged (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Washington Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silva
vs
Unhinged

178 cm
20
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Washington Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tad Unhinged!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva jabs at Unhinged's body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Unhinged.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Unhinged looks gassed!
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Unhinged takes a step back to recover.
Unhinged walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
Unhinged moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Unhinged's sensitive parts.
Unhinged shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Unhinged takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Crunch! Silva slams his shin into Unhinged's torso.
Silva cracks Unhinged with an open hand slap.
A head kick misses from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a leg kick but Unhinged sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Unhinged's defenses.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Unhinged stumbling back into the cage.
Unhinged takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Unhinged takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Unhinged's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Unhinged takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Unhinged takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva thumps Unhinged with a low kick.
Unhinged takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva cracks Unhinged with a good jab.
Washington Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Unhinged if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Unhinged has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva leaves Unhinged with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Washington Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tad Unhinged.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Unhinged is trying desperately to land a takedown but Silva is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Unhinged.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Unhinged gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Unhinged's front leg but catches the back leg as Unhinged tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Unhinged takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Unhinged's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A solid body kick from Silva.
Silva is looking to wear down Unhinged with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Unhinged takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Washington Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Unhinged will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Unhinged misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva misses with a low kick as Unhinged jumps back.
Silva stuns Unhinged with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Unhinged shrugs it off though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Washington Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Unhinged is breathing heavily.
Silva thuds a left hand into Unhinged's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a low kick as Unhinged jumps back.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Unhinged on the side of the head.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Unhinged's leg but Unhinged calmly moves out of range.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Unhinged has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Unhinged can do to turn this around?
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Unhinged will feel that in the morning.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Unhinged sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Unhinged doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a push kick but Unhinged slaps the foot to one side.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Unhinged's knee but Unhinged avoids it well.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Unhinged checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Unhinged steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
No luck for Unhinged with that takedown attempt.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Unhinged blocks the body kick.
Unhinged moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Unhinged's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Unhinged takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Unhinged takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tad Unhinged seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Unhinged moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Unhinged takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Unhinged. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thumps Unhinged with a low kick.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva throws a head kick that Unhinged semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a low kick as Unhinged jumps back.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Unhinged on the side of the head.
Unhinged moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Unhinged fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Washington Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tad Unhinged.
Unhinged takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Unhinged's sensitive parts.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Washington Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Unhinged off balance momentarily.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Unhinged saw it coming and moves away.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Unhinged looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Unhinged shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva keeping hold of Unhinged's head, controlling as best he can.
Silva trying to control here.
Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Silva.
Unhinged takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Silva working for a triangle but Unhinged defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Unhinged stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Silva throws up his legs and catches Unhinged in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Unhinged tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Silva! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Washington Silva!