PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wendel Silveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duawne Bradberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wendel Silveira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Silveira
vs
Bradberry

168 cm
19
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wendel Silveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duawne Bradberry!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bradberry but Bradberry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bradberry throws an off balance right hand
and Silveira counters with a nice kick to the body.
Silveira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bradberry gets a double leg takedown into Silveira's guard.
Bradberry preventing the sweep.
Bradberry wants to stand and escape but instead Silveira has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silveira is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bradberry is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bradberry has escaped and now he's on top!
Bradberry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bradberry postures up and lands a big shot to Silveira's brow.
Silveira is looking to stand up but Bradberry isn't so interested in that idea.
Bradberry throwing strikes but missing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradberry trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silveira's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silveira has momentary wrist control but Bradberry slips an elbow through the middle.
Silveira manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bradberry manages to get himself to full guard.
Silveira wants to pass the guard but Bradberry is keeping the position.

Bradberry working for a triangle but Silveira defends it easily.

Bradberry is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silveira is aware though and is defending well.

Bradberry working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silveira doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silveira manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bradberry looking for a sweep. Not yet Bradberry, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry trying to control the position.
Bradberry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bradberry can't keep his opponent in guard - Silveira advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bradberry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silveira is trying to control the action in half guard but Bradberry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bradberry manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Silveira trying to control but Bradberry is working from the bottom.
Bradberry throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bradberry wants to sweep here but Silveira controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silveira takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Bradberry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bradberry is still trying to improve position.
Bradberry working a defensive guard but Silveira manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry prevents Silveira from moving into mount.
Silveira trying to control the action but Bradberry is working from the bottom.
Silveira has control of an arm but Bradberry manages to advance to Silveira's back!

Bradberry is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Silveira defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Silveira tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradberry unloading with bombs!
Bradberry raining down hammerfists from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bradberry wants to control but instead Silveira manages to regain half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bradberry trying to advance position but Silveira counters by regaining guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duawne Bradberry dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bradberry is looking to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silveira.
Bradberry swats away the attempt to clinch by Silveira.
Silveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wendel Silveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bradberry moves in looking to clinch but Silveira pushes him off.
Silveira fails with the takedown

and Bradberry counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silveira's guard now.
Bradberry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bradberry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bradberry really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bradberry wants to stand but Silveira is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bradberry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradberry is working Silveira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bradberry wants to stand but Silveira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silveira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bradberry is one step ahead there.
Silveira is working hard here to advance position.
Silveira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bradberry looking to pass the guard.
Bradberry must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bradberry cracks Silveira with a solid left hand.
Bradberry distracts Silveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silveira looking to control.
Bradberry scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry trying to control but Silveira is working from the bottom.
Bradberry controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bradberry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Silveira is looking for a triangle here but Bradberry uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Silveira tries to buck Bradberry off but Bradberry is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bradberry landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bradberry goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Silveira rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bradberry's guard! Nice work there by Silveira!
Bradberry wants to stand up but Silveira is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bradberry looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silveira wants to control from the top but Bradberry keeps moving.
Bradberry looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Silveira avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bradberry keeping moving, preventing Silveira from controlling successfully.
Bradberry wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Silveira manages to pass to side control.
Duawne Bradberry has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silveira prevents Bradberry from improving his position.

Silveira is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bradberry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bradberry is keeping the position for now.
Bradberry seems keen to control Silveira's posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silveira postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duawne Bradberry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silveira shoots and misses

and Bradberry counters with a takedown into side control.

Bradberry is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silveira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Check out the look on Bradberry's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Silveira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bradberry wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bradberry works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bradberry wants to stand but Silveira has his arm trapped.
Bradberry tries to advance to mount but can't.
Bradberry working the ground and pound.
Silveira taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradberry lands a decent elbow from side control.
Silveira is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silveira struggling a bit here.
Bradberry trying to control the action but Silveira is working from the bottom.
Silveira manages to get back to half guard.
Silveira has hold of Bradberry's hands but Bradberry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bradberry lands with a punch from half guard.
Bradberry lands strikes from half guard.
Bradberry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bradberry working over Silveira with some ground and pound. Silveira looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bradberry wants to stand up but Silveira has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Bradberry winds up and cracks Silveira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Bradberry wants to work for an arm triangle but Silveira is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bradberry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Bradberry is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silveira doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bradberry.
It looks like Bradberry is going to stand back up.
Bradberry winds up and cracks Silveira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry lands with a punch from half guard.

Bradberry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silveira regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bradberry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bradberry postures up and lands a big shot to Silveira's brow.
Silveira looking to control.
Bradberry landing with the ground and pound.

Bradberry drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silveira looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silveira looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silveira!
Silveira gets to mount! Bradberry was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Silveira has his arm under Bradberry's chin here. Game over son! Silveira squeezes tightly and Bradberry is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wendel Silveira!