PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atsushi Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Who Let the Dogs Out. Gracie is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Smoke Serpent - Jiu Jitsu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Gracie

205 cm
33
271 lbs
19 - 18 - 1

198 cm
28
278 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Solid chin

Cynical Truth Vegas

Conviction
Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adonis Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Atsushi Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.

Silva fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gracie to the ground. Silva is now in Gracie's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Gracie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've been hearing that Silva has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Silva trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Silva wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gracie punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gracie throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Silva wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Silva has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Silva!
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.

Gracie looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Silva is defending well. Gracie quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Silva has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gracie celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Atsushi Gracie!
Atsushi Gracie very nearly forgot to thank Meet the Future amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.