PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grease St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the ring accompanied by Jag - Worst Nightmare. Silva has chosen Mad Cobra - Put Gunshot as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the ring it seems that Grease St Pierre has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Grease St Pierre seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

St Pierre
vs
Silva

175 cm
22
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
179 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Grease St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre lands a slapping body shot.

St Pierre drives through with a takedown into Silva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but St Pierre is one step ahead there.
Silva wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Silva keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Silva wants to hit a switch here but St Pierre passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Silva there!
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but St Pierre has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva tries to reverse the position but St Pierre maintains control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but St Pierre is having none of it.

St Pierre looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva tries to reverse the position but St Pierre maintains control.
St Pierre avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

St Pierre is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
Silva is trying to reverse the position but instead St Pierre has taken his back - oops!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. St Pierre is working away from the top position though.
Silva is looking to improve his position.

St Pierre is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Silva is just riding it out for now. St Pierre eventually gives up the hold.
St Pierre wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is pressing down on St Pierre's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Silva pushes St Pierre off and scrambles back to his feet.
St Pierre tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
You can see the frustration on St Pierre's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
St Pierre is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Silva rolls, trying to escape but St Pierre keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva breaks St Pierre's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
St Pierre wants to control the position but Silva says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Silva is thwarting St Pierre's attempts to control the position.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
Silva wants to pass to mount but St Pierre is defending the position.
Silva is trying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Silva is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for St Pierre!
A nice elbow there by Silva.
St Pierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva looking to control but St Pierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the attempt from St Pierre to control.
Silva lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
St Pierre can't escape the position.
Silva breaks from St Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.

Silva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but St Pierre is surviving well by controlling Silva's body position as best he can.

Silva has hold of St Pierre's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and St Pierre manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
St Pierre holds of for dear life.
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva wants to control the pace but St Pierre is squirming around nicely.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Pierre?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romo Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

St Pierre misses with a looping left.
A big right from St Pierre misses.
Good standup being displayed there by St Pierre as he connects with a hook.
St Pierre throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.

Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches St Pierre napping and manages to drive through into side control!
St Pierre manages to get back to half guard.
St Pierre is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Pierre avoid being mounted?
Silva prevents St Pierre from improving his position.
Silva trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Silva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romo Silva has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Silva manages to get an easy takedown there - catching St Pierre on his heels. He'll look to pass St Pierre's guard now, I'm sure.

St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
St Pierre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Pierre can't keep his opponent in guard - Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St Pierre does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva trying to pass the guard but St Pierre defending well.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Silva jumps into side control!
St Pierre is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
St Pierre is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position but St Pierre manages to sink in the hooks.
Silva breaks St Pierre's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
St Pierre being controlled here, momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva is working St Pierre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Romo Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Silva wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
St Pierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but St Pierre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silva keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. St Pierre doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Silva is tightening it up a little... St Pierre has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! St Pierre reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! St Pierre taps out! Nice BJJ there by Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Romo Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Romo Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.