PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Ovanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reynaldo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ovanov comes to the cage accompanied by Fairytale. Don Ovanov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!

Ovanov
vs
Da Silva

196 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

Organic Peak Performance
Hellbent, Inc.

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Ovanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reynaldo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ovanov.
Reynaldo Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Ovanov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Ovanov moves out of range.
Ovanov wants to clinch up but Da Silva keeps it at a distance.
Good exchange - Ovanov coming out on top.
Ovanov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ovanov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ovanov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Da Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Ovanov controlling from mount.
Ovanov landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovanov trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Da Silva bucks up and throws Ovanov to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Ovanov circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ovanov counters with a right hand to the body.

Da Silva forces Ovanov back against the cage and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ovanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Da Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Ovanov is breathing heavily.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ovanov's face.
Ovanov has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.
Da Silva stalling against the cage.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ovanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ovanov takes an elbow to the temple.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.

Da Silva manages to break the clinch.

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ovanov is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ovanov's face.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Ovanov blocks it.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ovanov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Da Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Ovanov shrugs off.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.
Da Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Ovanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ovanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ovanov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Da Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Ovanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Da Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ovanov.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reynaldo Da Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Da Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Ovanov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Da Silva wants to get back to his feet but Ovanov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Ovanov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ovanov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Da Silva has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ovanov off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Da Silva clinches.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ovanov's ribcage.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ovanov's face.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.

Da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ovanov darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Da Silva is trying to stand up here but Ovanov is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ovanov trying to control the action but Da Silva is working from the bottom.

Da Silva kicks off Ovanov and gets to his feet.
Da Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Ovanov counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ovanov is trying to control the action in half guard but Da Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ovanov stops Da Silva from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Da Silva tries to clinch but Ovanov moves out of range.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ovanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Ovanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Ovanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ovanov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ovanov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Da Silva prevents it.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ovanov's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Don Ovanov will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Da Silva tries to clinch up

and Ovanov counters by moving into the clinch.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ovanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ovanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ovanov's ribcage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Ovanov shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Ovanov is pressed up against the cage. Da Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ovanov down to the mat. Ovanov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Ovanov keeps it at a distance.
Don Ovanov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ovanov keeps the fight on the outside.
Ovanov shoots in but no luck this time.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Ovanov is having none of it.
Ovanov wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side

and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Ovanov blocks it.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Ovanov tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Ovanov drops back down to his feet.
Ovanov has Da Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Da Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Ovanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Da Silva continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ovanov wants to stall.

Da Silva works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva stands up from Ovanov's guard - Da Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ovanov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Da Silva as he avoids it easily.
Da Silva wants to clinch but Ovanov slips to the side

and Ovanov counters by clinching up.
Da Silva has Ovanov pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ovanov manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Da Silva has Ovanov pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva has Ovanov pushed against the cage.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Ovanov shrugs off.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Ovanov blocks with his arms.
Da Silva is pressed up against the cage. Ovanov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Da Silva down to the mat. Da Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ovanov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice right hand lands inside from Da Silva.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ovanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reynaldo Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Da Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Reynaldo Da Silva!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Reynaldo Da Silva!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Reynaldo Da Silva!

Reynaldo Da Silva wins by unanimous decision!