PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Larry Regan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Silva has chosen Scary Monster And Night Sprites as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Regan
vs
Da Silva

178 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

MMA Exclusive

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Regan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antonio Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva throws a combination that misses

and Regan counters with a shoot takedown. Da Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Da Silva wants to sweep here but Regan controlling him for the moment.
Da Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Regan won't allow Da Silva to sweep him here.
Da Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Da Silva is trying to keep Regan in close.
Regan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Regan distracts Da Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Regan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Regan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Regan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Regan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Da Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Regan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Regan content to stall in guard here.
Regan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Regan controlling from the top position.
Regan trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Regan wants to pass the guard but Da Silva is keeping the position.
Regan trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Regan postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Larry Regan.
Regan tries to bum rush Da Silva with a series of wild strikes but Da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Silva throws a series of punches but Regan moves out of range.
Da Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Regan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Da Silva's guard now.
Regan distracts Da Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Regan works over Da Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Regan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Regan is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Silva has wrist control.
Regan wants to control from the top but Da Silva keeps moving.
Regan is working Da Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Regan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Regan cracks Da Silva with a solid left hand.
Da Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Regan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Regan landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Regan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Da Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Da Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Da Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Regan landing with the ground and pound.
Regan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regan scoring with some ground and pound.
Regan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Regan throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva blocks nicely.
Regan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Regan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Regan working some strikes from top position.
Da Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Regan lands a couple of digs.
Regan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Regan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Da Silva's head.
Regan's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Regan stays in close to Da Silva's body and controls the position.
Da Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva working a defensive guard here.
Regan throws a big elbow that misses.
Regan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Da Silva's head.
Regan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Regan landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Regan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Regan throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Regan wants to pass the guard but Da Silva is keeping the position.
Da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Regan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Regan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Da Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Regan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Regan is trying to control. Da Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Regan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Regan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Da Silva is just riding it out for now. Regan eventually gives up the hold.
Regan thows a huge punch but Da Silva dodges it nicely.
Da Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Regan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Da Silva tries to roll over but Regan keeps him under control.
Regan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Larry Regan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva has hold of Regan's hands but Regan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Da Silva won't allow Regan to pass to mount.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Regan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Regan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Regan controlling the pace.
Da Silva trying to control here.
Regan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Regan slips a nice elbow through Da Silva's hands, connecting with Da Silva's forehead.
Regan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Regan prevents Da Silva from improving his position.
Regan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Regan drops an elbow to the side of Da Silva's head.
Regan prevents Da Silva from improving his position.
Da Silva wants to control but Regan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Da Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is looking to improve his position.
Da Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Regan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Regan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Regan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Regan lands strikes from half guard.
Regan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Regan lands strikes from half guard.
Regan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Regan working the head and body with strikes.
Regan trying to control the pace.
Regan working Da Silva over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Regan.

Regan has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Da Silva defend it? Regan steps over the head and cranks it - Da Silva is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Regan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Larry Regan!