PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owain Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago De Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

De Silva
vs
Dixon

190 cm
25
240 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Owain Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dixon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Silva is pressed up against the cage. Dixon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Silva down to the mat. De Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dixon tries to clinch but De Silva moves out of range.
Dixon should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Dixon closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
De Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Dixon has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Dixon decides to stand back up. Dixon steps back and let's De Silva get back to his feet.
De Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dixon.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Dixon has eaten all the pies!
De Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Dixon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dixon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Silva is looking to clinch.
Dixon has a takedown stuffed.
Thiago De Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owain Dixon.
Dixon misses with a takedown attempt - De Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Silva tries to clinch but Dixon moves away
and Dixon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

De Silva pushes Dixon up against the cage in a clinch.
De Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Dixon looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dixon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from De Silva.
De Silva landing knees to the body.
De Silva crunches a lovely knee into Dixon's ribcage.
De Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Silva landing knees to the body.
De Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Silva.

It looks like Owain Dixon has been cut.
De Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dixon's defenses.
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Silva working Dixon over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Silva.
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Dixon won't want to take too many of those.
De Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dixon takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Silva landing knees to the body.
De Silva landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by De Silva.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Silva obliges.
Dixon takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Silva landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Owain Dixon's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Silva obliges.
De Silva scores with a knee to the head.
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dixon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dixon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dixon is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but De Silva is defending well.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Silva obliges.
De Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Dixon won't want to take too many of those.
De Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Dixon won't want to take too many of those.
Dixon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
De Silva working Dixon over with knees to the body.
De Silva crunches a lovely knee into Dixon's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Silva with a knee to the head.
Dixon looking to stall.
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from De Silva.
De Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dixon's face.
De Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dixon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dixon has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by De Silva after a bit of a struggle.
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dixon tries to pull guard but De Silva won't allow it.
De Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago De Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Owain Dixon's cut.
That's time! De Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
De Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Dixon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dixon shoots for a double leg takedown but De Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Dixon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dixon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dixon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and De Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
De Silva scores with a knee to the head.
De Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Silva lands an elbow just above Dixon 's eye.
De Silva landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Silva lands a knee to the head.
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dixon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by De Silva.
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Silva crunches a lovely knee into Dixon's ribcage.
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dixon's efforts to push away.
De Silva prevents Dixon from breaking the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Silva obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Silva obliges.
De Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from De Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Silva obliges.
Dixon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thiago De Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Dixon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

De Silva clinches.
Dixon goes for a takedown attempt but De Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

De Silva moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from De Silva.
A knee to the head by De Silva.
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dixon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Silva lands a knee to the head.
De Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Dixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Silva landing knees to the head.
De Silva missing with knees to the body.
Dixon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thiago De Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owain Dixon.
De Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
De Silva missing with knees to the body.
De Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dixon.
De Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dixon takes an elbow to the temple.
De Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dixon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dixon jumps guard but De Silva stands there with Dixon around his waist. Dixon gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Silva lands a knee to the head.
De Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
De Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dixon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Silva.
Dixon takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dixon avoids it.
De Silva missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago De Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Owain Dixon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - De Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De Silva as he jumps to the side.
Dixon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Dixon.
De Silva is looking to clinch.

Dixon shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dixon trying to control the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dixon working the head and body with strikes.
De Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dixon on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon prevents De Silva from standing back up.
Dixon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for De Silva!
Dixon lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dixon landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
De Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dixon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of De Silva's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dixon lands a big shot there that rocks De Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
De Silva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Silva is trying to stand but he's just given Dixon his back.

De Silva won't enjoy being in this position. Dixon looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - De Silva is tapping - it's over boys! Dixon picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Owain Dixon!