PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fidel Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva
vs
Castro

186 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
239 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fidel Castro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Castro as Silva shoots in.
Silva fails with the takedown.

Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Castro can't do much from the bottom here.
Castro managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Silva.

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!
Castro is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Castro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Castro is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Castro can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro is trying to get back to half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Castro!
Castro is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Castro throws a strike off his back but Silva has locked in an arm triangle as a counter!! Silva gives up his back to escape but now Silva has transitioned to a rear naked choke! That looks tight - Castro has tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alderson Silva!