PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Ribeiro da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Pinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Soulfly - Pain. Pinha has chosen Bate Pesadão (Pregador Luo) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ribeiro da Silva
vs
Pinha

185 cm
26
221 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

191 cm
26
220 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

$10
STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Hilo

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Pinha!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Ribeiro da Silva.

Ribeiro da Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Pinha is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ribeiro da Silva pulls his head out easily.
Ribeiro da Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ribeiro da Silva works his way into side control.
Ribeiro da Silva is staying tight to Pinha's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ribeiro da Silva trying to control the action but Pinha is working from the bottom.
Ribeiro da Silva is working Pinha over with some ground and pound from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro da Silva content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro da Silva working away.
Pinha is not content to let Ribeiro da Silva control the position.
Pinha is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ribeiro da Silva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pinha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ribeiro da Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pinha takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ribeiro da Silva lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ribeiro da Silva taking a breather here.
Ribeiro da Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pinha is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribeiro da Silva taking a breather here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribeiro da Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro da Silva working away.
Ribeiro da Silva trying to control the action but Pinha is working from the bottom.
Pinha taking punishment in the form of punches.

It looks like Diego Pinha has been cut.

Ribeiro da Silva in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Pinha is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Joao Ribeiro da Silva made sure he mentioned $10, along with how happy he was to win his fight.