PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Ribeiro da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Shewmaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Soulfly - Pain. 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 Frank Shewmaker was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ribeiro da Silva
vs
Shewmaker

185 cm
26
221 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

190 cm
34
215 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Steel Penn
$10

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 11 - 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 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Shewmaker!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Shewmaker dodges the punch combination from Ribeiro da Silva.
Ribeiro da Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Shewmaker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ribeiro da Silva misses with a hook. Shewmaker ducked under it nicely.
Shewmaker fails with a takedown attempt.
Shewmaker tries to clinch but Ribeiro da Silva is having none of it.

Ribeiro da Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ribeiro da Silva content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Shewmaker manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shewmaker looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ribeiro da Silva moves into full mount! Shewmaker won't be happy about that!
Shewmaker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ribeiro da Silva wants to control the pace but Shewmaker is squirming around nicely.
Ribeiro da Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ribeiro da Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shewmaker looks a forlorn figure.
Ribeiro da Silva landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shewmaker is desperately trying to improve his position but Ribeiro da Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Ribeiro da Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ribeiro da Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Shewmaker is rocked!
Shewmaker takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Ribeiro da Silva's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Joao Ribeiro da Silva waved his t-shirt featuring $10's logo in front of the cameras.