PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alvaro De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington has chosen Kyoto as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

De Silva
vs
Washington

187 cm
27
185 lbs
11 - 18 - 0

184 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alvaro De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Washington!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Silva walks into a straight right hand from Washington.
Washington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvaro De Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Washington counter with a right hand.
No luck for De Silva with that takedown attempt.
De Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Washington counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alvaro De Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Silva regains half guard.
Washington seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Washington throwing shots but De Silva is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Silva is trying to control but can't.
Well, if Washington is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Washington lands with a punch from half guard.
Washington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Washington throwing shots but De Silva is blocking nicely.
De Silva is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Silva looking for submissions off his back.
De Silva trying to control but Washington postures up.

De Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Silva is pressing down on Washington's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Washington wants to control from the top but De Silva keeps moving.
Washington connects with a couple of short punches.
Washington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Washington makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Washington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of De Silva's head.
Washington is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Washington.
De Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Washington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washington distracts De Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Washington looking to pass the guard.
Washington stands up over De Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Washington's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
De Silva keeping moving, preventing Washington from controlling successfully.
Washington is stalling in the full guard.
Washington connects with a couple of short punches.

De Silva has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Washington doesn't defend quickly enough and De Silva has managed to lock this one up! Can Washington escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to De Silva on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Alvaro De Silva!
After winning the bout, Alvaro De Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.