PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Mammoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mammoth comes to the cage accompanied by Tech N9ne-Demons feat.Three Six Mafia. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BLUNT- The Iron Maiden kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Matt Silva was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Mammoth
vs
Silva

190 cm
30
186 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

186 cm
33
195 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Brute

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 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Mammoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Silva!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mammoth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva swings for the body but Mammoth moves out of range.
Mammoth throws a head kick that misses.
Silva avoids the head kick by Mammoth.
Mammoth tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Mammoth counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Mammoth stuffs the takedown.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mammoth under the eye.
Silva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.

Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mammoth's half guard.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mammoth keeps working.
Mammoth is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mammoth is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Mammoth pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mammoth is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mammoth wants to get back to his feet.
Mammoth has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mammoth is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mammoth is not content to let Silva control the position.
Mammoth trying to control from the bottom.
Silva prevents Mammoth from standing back up.
Silva throwing shots but Mammoth is blocking nicely.
Mammoth gets full guard.
Mammoth looking to control.
Mammoth is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Silva stands up over Mammoth, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva distracts Mammoth with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva stops Mammoth from standing up.
Mammoth working a defensive guard here.
Mammoth is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Mammoth has wrist control.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Mammoth is retaining full guard.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Mammoth is keeping the position.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up because The Mammoth just wasn't active enough.
Mammoth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Mammoth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mammoth tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mammoth.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Mammoth throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mammoth off to one side.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Mammoth moves away from the strike by Silva.

Mammoth tries to sprawl but Silva drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Mammoth is positioning himself well to prevent Silva advancing to mount.
Mammoth is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mammoth defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva prevents Mammoth from improving his position.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mammoth wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Mammoth is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mammoth's head.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Mammoth is defending the position.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mammoth's head.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mammoth's head.
Mammoth is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mammoth avoid being mounted?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mammoth preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Mammoth is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mammoth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva punishes Mammoth's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mammoth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mammoth was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Mammoth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mammoth lands with a shot to the body.
Mammoth throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Mammoth moved out of range.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mammoth counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva digs a good body shot into Mammoth's ribs.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Mammoth sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Mammoth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Silva.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mammoth checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Mammoth moves away and avoids it.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Mammoth lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matt Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mammoth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matt Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mammoth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Mammoth's shoulder, as Mammoth tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth tries a head kick but it misses.
Mammoth connects with the punch.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mammoth was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses the jab.
Mammoth tries a head kick but it misses.
Mammoth tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Mammoth's shoulder, as Mammoth tries to avoid the shot.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
A head kick misses from Mammoth.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mammoth.
Mammoth scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A combination from Silva does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mammoth throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands a nice hook to Mammoth's body. Mammoth takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Mammoth gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mammoth wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mammoth's head.
Mammoth wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mammoth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Mammoth blocks nicely.
Mammoth looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mammoth is working hard here to advance position.

Mammoth wriggles free and stands up.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mammoth has time to react.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mammoth throws a head kick that misses.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva misses with a body shot.

Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mammoth's guard.
Silva stops Mammoth from standing up.
Mammoth trying to control the position.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Mammoth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mammoth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva won't allow Mammoth to sweep him here.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mammoth wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Mammoth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Mammoth is trying to keep Silva in close.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Mammoth's defenses.
Mammoth takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mammoth closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva connects with a jab.

Mammoth is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Oh Mammoth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva misses the jab.
Mammoth seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Mammoth walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva punishes Mammoth's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mammoth was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Mammoth moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Mammoth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mammoth throws a shot to the body.
Mammoth lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
The Mammoth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mammoth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A big right from Silva misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Mammoth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mammoth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mammoth scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mammoth at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Mammoth.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Mammoth is out of range.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mammoth. That one must have hurt.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva cracks Mammoth with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mammoth tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Mammoth is just out of range.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Mammoth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mammoth scoring well with a low kick there.
Mammoth staying out of range there.
Mammoth stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Mammoth.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth staying out of range there.
The Mammoth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mammoth misses with a head kick.
A jab from Silva misses.
Mammoth gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva looks to land a combination but Mammoth avoids it well.
Mammoth stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mammoth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mammoth throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mammoth moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matt Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Mammoth's head back.

Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Silva!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Matt Silva waved his t-shirt featuring Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)'s logo in front of the cameras.