PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julio Calbrentes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Calbrentes
vs
Silva

167 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

167 cm
28
146 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

RMC - $ 9 Shorts! Out of shorts

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Calbrentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Calbrentes. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva looks for a takedown but Calbrentes sprawls well.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Calbrentes as he jumps to the side.
Calbrentes misses with a double jab.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Calbrentes counter with a right hand.
Calbrentes connects with a body shot.
Silva moves forwards but Calbrentes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Calbrentes throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Calbrentes cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Calbrentes scores with a hook.

Calbrentes takes the fight into the clinch.
Calbrentes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Julio Calbrentes has been cut.
Calbrentes lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Calbrentes is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Calbrentes misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Calbrentes swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calbrentes throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva keeps control of Calbrentes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Calbrentes tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Calbrentes wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Calbrentes tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Calbrentes tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva blocks a body shot from Calbrentes.
Calbrentes tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Calbrentes back against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Calbrentes blocks it.
Silva lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Calbrentes blocks with his arms.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Calbrentes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Julio Calbrentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Silva.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Calbrentes's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Calbrentes lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Calbrentes up against the cage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Calbrentes prevents the takedown attempt.
Calbrentes misses with the head strike.
Silva has Calbrentes pushed against the cage.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Calbrentes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Calbrentes misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes misses with a punch to the body.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Calbrentes after a bit of a struggle.
Calbrentes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Calbrentes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Julio Calbrentes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Calbrentes slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Calbrentes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Calbrentes walks into a left hand.
Calbrentes lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Calbrentes looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

Silva shoots in and bounces Calbrentes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva stops Calbrentes from standing up.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Calbrentes blocks nicely.
Silva works over Calbrentes with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Calbrentes's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Calbrentes tries to improve position but can't.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
Calbrentes is looking for a sweep.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calbrentes is letting Silva control him for a moment.
Calbrentes tries to escape but Silva is in control.

Silva is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Calbrentes is trying to escape and Silva transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Calbrentes is forced to tap! Nice work there by Silva! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcos Silva!
Marcos Silva seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.