PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javier Casados (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Silva has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Javier Casados's chin.

Casados
vs
Silva

195 cm
26
193 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

188 cm
25
189 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Javier Casados!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casados avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Casados fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva wants to clinch but Casados slips to the side
and Casados counters with a one-two to the body.

Silva clinches.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Casados tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the ropes and eventually Casados drops back down to his feet.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Casados avoids it by throwing Silva back against the ropes.
Casados looking for a takedown.
Casados working hard to break the clinch.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Casados's head.
Silva is pressed up against the ropes. Casados has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javier Casados. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva wants to clinch
and Casados counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Casados counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Casados postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Casados postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Casados takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Casados.
Casados shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Silva wants to clinch.

Silva darts in and clinches Casados up against the ropes.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Casados backwards.

Casados jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Silva tries to stand but Casados is controlling from the bottom.

Casados throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Casados manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casados lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Casados stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Casados is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Silva wants to clinch but Casados slips to the side

and Casados counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Casados manages to pass to side control.
Silva has hold of Casados's hands but Casados slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva is trying to stand.
Silva is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Casados is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Casados.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Casados is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Casados is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Casados to get the leverage.
Casados thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Casados.

Casados is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Casados to get the leverage.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Casados is controlling him
Casados missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes Casados off looking to stand but Casados dives back in and keeps control.

Casados is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Casados to get the leverage.
Casados passes the guard and advances to mount!

Silva bucks Casados off and manages to get back to his feet!
Silva tries to clinch but Casados moves away

and Casados counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva is trying to stand back up but Casados is controlling him

Casados looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Casados.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes Casados off looking to stand but Casados dives back in and keeps control.

Casados is looking for a kimura here.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Casados.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Casados is looking for submissions but instead, Silva has regained full guard.
Casados postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Casados with a flurry of punches that miss.
Casados trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva is looking to stand up but Casados isn't so interested in that idea.
Casados passes into half guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

Casados is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Casados looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.

Casados 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. Casados eventually gives up the hold.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Casados is controlling him

Casados is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Casados passes to side control.
Silva is trying to buck Casados off.
Casados throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Casados swings around for an armbar but Silva sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Casados's guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Casados is working an open guard so Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Silva clinches up with Casados and pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Casados tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Casados.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Casados's elbow.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Casados.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Casados tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Casados breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Casados is having none of it.
Silva looks to clinch
and Casados counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Casados counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Casados is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Casados pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Casados is controlling him

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Casados.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva tries to kick Casados off but Casados keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Casados dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Casados counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Casados is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Casados has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silva is looking to escape.
Javier Casados overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Casados looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Casados.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.

Casados 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. Casados eventually gives up the hold.
Silva is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Casados is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Casados stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Casados working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Casados not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Silva is pushing off trying to get to his feet. Casados has hold of the leg though and he's dropped back for a heel hook… has he got it?? YES! Silva is tapping! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Javier Casados!
Javier Casados took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc for their support in the buildup to the fight.