PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erick Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raaaaaaaaaah Mukaaaah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
Mukaaaah

180 cm
25
178 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Red Hand Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erick Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raaaaaaaaaah Mukaaaah!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Mukaaaah tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mukaaaah manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mukaaaah misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva is looking to clinch.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.

Silva stands up from Mukaaaah's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Mukaaaah saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mukaaaah leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Mukaaaah prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mukaaaah leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mukaaaah is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mukaaaah jumps guard but Silva stands there with Mukaaaah around his waist. Mukaaaah gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mukaaaah has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mukaaaah tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mukaaaah throws a nice head kick!
Some wild striking there from Mukaaaah.
Mukaaaah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raaaaaaaaaah Mukaaaah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Mukaaaah shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mukaaaah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch there but Mukaaaah circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mukaaaah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mukaaaah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Mukaaaah tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Mukaaaah as Silva shoots in.
Mukaaaah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mukaaaah leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mukaaaah looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Mukaaaah misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mukaaaah defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Silva has managed to clinch.
Mukaaaah is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva is looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mukaaaah tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mukaaaah stalling in the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mukaaaah cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
No joy there for Mukaaaah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mukaaaah wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mukaaaah wants to clinch

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mukaaaah avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Mukaaaah has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Silva wants to control from the top but Mukaaaah keeps moving.
Mukaaaah wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mukaaaah is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mukaaaah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva controlling from the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Erick Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Erick Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva dodges the punch combination from Mukaaaah.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mukaaaah tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mukaaaah to the ground. Mukaaaah escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Mukaaaah. Those never looked like landing.

Silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silva trying to control but Mukaaaah is working from the bottom.
Mukaaaah can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Silva controls the pace.
Mukaaaah working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Mukaaaah really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Erick Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mukaaaah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva tries for a takedown but Mukaaaah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mukaaaah tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mukaaaah throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Mukaaaah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Silva pushes Mukaaaah up against the cage in a clinch.
Mukaaaah working hard to break the clinch.
Mukaaaah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mukaaaah drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mukaaaah blocks a body shot from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Mukaaaah moves out of range.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Mukaaaah moves out of range easily.
Silva tries to clinch there but Mukaaaah circles away.

Silva forces Mukaaaah back against the cage and clinches.
Mukaaaah prevents the takedown attempt.
Mukaaaah avoiding damage.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Raaaaaaaaaah Mukaaaah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mukaaaah closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mukaaaah scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mukaaaah fails to land with a series of punches.
Mukaaaah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raaaaaaaaaah Mukaaaah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Mukaaaah does no damage.
Mukaaaah works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mukaaaah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mukaaaah jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Mukaaaah moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Mukaaaah shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mukaaaah tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Mukaaaah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Mukaaaah has taken the fight into the clinch.

Silva pulls guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mukaaaah tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Erick Silva!