PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyree Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rob Kelly feat.Slaine - Dropkicked. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wallace
vs
Silva

181 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyree Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries for a takedown but Wallace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wallace misses with a two punch combination.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Wallace does no damage.

Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

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!
Wallace takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Silva controlling the position from side mount.
Wallace on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wallace tries to get out of the position.
Wallace is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silva asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Wallace explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wallace but Wallace pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tyree Wallace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Silva.
Wallace tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyree Wallace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses.
Wallace misses with a wild combination.
Wallace throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silva prevents Wallace from standing back up.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Silva stops Wallace from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is looking to get back to is feet but Silva passes into side control.
Silva in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wallace some visible discomfort.

Silva decides to stand back up.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wallace swivels and escapes.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Wallace.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wallace pulls his leg out and moves away.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Wallace which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Wallace. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Wallace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wallace misses with a few strikes there.
Silva tries for a takedown but Wallace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva manages to pull guard.
Wallace lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silva punching to the body, from the bottom.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wallace's guard.
Wallace is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wallace works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Wallace tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miguel Silva!