PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Crim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: X is Coming. Eduardo Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Crim
vs
Silva

170 cm
31
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
35
166 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Crim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eduardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Crim is defended easily by Silva.
Crim misses with a takedown

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Crim's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Crim throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crim looking for a sweep. Not yet Crim, not yet.
Silva wants to stand but Crim has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Crim wants to improve his position but instead Silva has moved into half guard.
Crim is trying to control but can't.
Crim is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crim wants to sweep but Silva has passed to side control!
Silva blocks the strikes from Crim.
Crim is trying to work for a sweep but Silva has mounted him!
Crim might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Crim regains half guard.
Crim keeping control of the position.
Silva prevents Crim from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Crim.

Crim looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crim trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Crim wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Crim is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva blocks Crim's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Crim tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva is looking to stand but Silva has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crim is trying desperately to improve position.
Crim tries to hold on but Silva postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crim wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Silva has the hooks in. Crim is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Crim is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
I would not like to be Crim right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Crim dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Crim misses with a left hand

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Crim won't be happy with that.
Crim is trying to strike from the bottom but Silva has passed into full mount.
Crim is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Crim throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Crim has given up his back here.
Silva has the hooks in. Crim is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Silva wants to stand back up.
Silva keeps control of the position as Crim tries to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Crim's body.
Crim rolls, trying to escape but Silva keeps control of the position.
Silva doesn't have the hooks in and Crim manages to turn into his guard.
Crim throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crim's guard. Nice move by Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Crim is proving hard to escape from.
Crim wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crim looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva tries to stand but Crim is controlling from the bottom.
Crim is trying to hold Silva in close to prevent damage but Silva has managed to pass into half guard.
Crim trying to control from the bottom.
Crim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva wants to stand up but Crim has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crim tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Crim wants to get back to full guard but Silva has mounted him!
Crim is trying to escape the mount.
Crim is trying to reverse the position but instead Silva has taken his back - oops!
Crim is really stuck here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crim just trying to survive but Silva is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Crim tries to roll but Silva sticks to his back.
Silva has good solid back control here.
Silva not allowing Crim to control his hands.
Thomas Crim overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crim rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
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 Thomas Crim 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Crim looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Crim persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crim.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crim.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Crim. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Crim looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Crim in side control, throwing shots but Silva defends.
Crim throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Silva works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Crim is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Crim is controlling him
Crim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Crim throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Silva to regain full guard.
Crim with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crim throws a big right hand that misses.
Crim content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Crim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crim throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crim's guard. Nice move by Silva!

Crim is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Crim looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Silva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Crim.
Crim is looking for a sweep.

Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Silva staying out of range there.
Crim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Crim closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've been hearing that Crim has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Crim is chipping away with strikes.
Crim in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Crim struggling a bit here.
Crim tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva tries to stand but Crim is controlling his head.
Eduardo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crim can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Crim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crim has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Crim!