PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Silva Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toshiro Montero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montero has chosen Danzig - Mother as his entrance music. Toshiro Montero acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Silva
vs
Montero

180 cm
19
166 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
168 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Global Empire MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Silva Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshiro Montero!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Montero just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Montero does a little dance to reset his feet.

Montero has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but Montero forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Montero throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Montero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Montero throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Montero misses with some punches.
Silva jumps guard but Montero stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Montero throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva tries to pull guard but Montero forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Silva Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Montero.

It looks like Silva Silva has been cut.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.

Silva has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Montero 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 Silva.
Montero cracks Silva with a big elbow.
Montero lands a decent elbow from side control.
Silva looking for a sweep but Montero has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Montero putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Silva is rocked!
Montero controlling the position easily from mount.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Montero scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montero scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Montero's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toshiro Montero! Toshiro Montero retains his lightweight title!
Toshiro Montero bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.