PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chase comes to the cage accompanied by Victory by Viking Quest. Silva has chosen 'Be Myself' by Charlie Brown Jr. as his entrance music. Johnny Chase had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Johnny Chase looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Chase
vs
Silva

185 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Silva!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chase is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chase gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Silva decides to pull guard.

Chase avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva is trying to keep Chase in close.
Chase has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Silva working for submissions but it's allowed Chase to get to half guard.
Silva gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control the position but Chase postures up.
Chase pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Chase is breathing heavily.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Chase passes into half guard.
Chase tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva is pressing down on Chase's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Chase stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Chase keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Chase trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Chase is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Chase defends easily.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva is pulling down on Chase's head. It's preventing any offense from Chase, at least for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva is trying to keep Chase in close.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Silva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chase manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Chase fails to land with a series of punches.

Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Chase is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.
Silva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Chase!
Chase tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Silva but it's paid off an Chase is forced to tap! Nice work by Silva.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diego Silva!