PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tadhg Forte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forte comes to the cage accompanied by First Of The Year. Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: sambo de janeiro. This should be a great matchup!

Forte
vs
Silva

185 cm
23
201 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tadhg Forte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forte lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Forte misses with a two punch combination.
Forte goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Forte counters with a takedown into side control.

Silva is rocked!
Silva looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Forte cracks Silva with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Forte immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Silva is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Forte!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tadhg Forte!
A very excited looking Tadhg Forte made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.