PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Silva as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darko
vs
Silva

180 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Darko shoots in.
Darko fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Darko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darko keeps the fight on the outside.
Darko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darko blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Darko shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Darko fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Darko looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Darko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Darko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Darko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Darko is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Silva is trying to escape and Darko transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Silva is forced to tap! Nice work there by Darko! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eric Darko!