PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Agullo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Agullo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. california love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rex Agullo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silver
vs
Agullo

180 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
152 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

PURE STAMINA!!!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aaron Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rex Agullo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver misses with a takedown attempt - Agullo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
No luck for Agullo with that takedown attempt.
Agullo fails with a takedown attempt.
Silver throws a head kick that misses.
Silver stuffs the takedown attempt from Agullo. Agullo gets slowly back to his feet.
Aaron Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Agullo.

Silver throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Agullo tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silver is in Agullo's guard.
Silver is pushing down on Agullo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Agullo is fighting to maintain full guard but Silver has managed to sneak the leg through.
Agullo is trying to maintain the position but Silver is very close to passing his half guard.
Silver wants to pass the guard but Agullo is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Agullo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silver.
Silver has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silver working Agullo over with strikes.
Silver controlling the action here.
Agullo is staying active underneath Silver, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Agullo is trying to stand back up but Silver is controlling him
Silver working Agullo over with strikes.
Agullo tries to roll over but Silver keeps him under control.
Silver works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Agullo is trying to control Silver's posture but Silver avoids it.
Agullo trying his best to control but Silver has mounted him.
Silver content just to control the position here.
Silver really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silver controlling his opponent.
Silver trying to control but Agullo is having none of it.
Agullo working to try and regain half guard.
Agullo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agullo is desperately trying to improve his position but Silver has a good base and remains in mount.
Silver is looking to stand but Silver has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Agullo is trying desperately to improve position.
Silver looking to control but Agullo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silver wants to stand but Agullo is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver controlling the pace for now.
Silver scoring with strikes but Agullo is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Silver dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silver bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Agullo gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Silver working Agullo over with strikes here.
Silver avoids the attempt from Agullo to control.
Silver controlling from mount.
Silver has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Silver's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver wants to control the pace but Agullo is squirming around nicely.
Agullo is desperately trying to improve his position but Silver has a good base and remains in mount.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silver content just to control the position here.

Aaron Silver has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Silver clinches.
Silver working hard to break the clinch.
Agullo jumps guard but Silver turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Agullo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silver gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silver tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Agullo just stands there and leans against the cage.

Agullo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silver displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Agullo.
Aaron Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Agullo.
Silver looks to clinch

and Agullo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Agullo is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver missing with punches from the bottom.
Silver gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agullo being controlled here momentarily.
Agullo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Agullo wants to stand but Silver is controlling his posture from full guard.

Silver throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Aaron Silver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Agullo throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Agullo wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Silver's closed guard. He's half up but Silver has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Silver pivots and extends the arm, Agullo falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Silver! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aaron Silver!
Aaron Silver really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that PURE STAMINA!!! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.