PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Havas Mitautas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Mitautas

155 cm
30
139 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

170 cm
28
145 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Luiz Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Havas Mitautas!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots for a takedown but Mitautas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mitautas tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitautas circles away quickly and effectively.
Mitautas misses with a looping right.
Mitautas misses with a head kick.
Silva checks a low kick from Mitautas.
Luiz Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mitautas did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Silva trying to control the pace.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Mitautas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Luiz Silva.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitautas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Mitautas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Mitautas throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Mitautas fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Mitautas throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Mitautas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Havas Mitautas has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mitautas slips a jab and a cross from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitautas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitautas circles away quickly and effectively.
Mitautas throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mitautas throws a head kick that misses.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mitautas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mitautas.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitautas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mitautas backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a series of punches but Mitautas avoids them all with ease.
Silva punishes Mitautas's body with a nice straight punch.
Mitautas lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Mitautas.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Mitautas's ribs.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mitautas.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitautas circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitautas circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mitautas throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Mitautas misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Havas Mitautas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Mitautas sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A head kick misses from Mitautas.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitautas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luiz Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Mitautas throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva feints a jab promting Mitautas to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mitautas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mitautas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Mitautas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva looks to land a combination but Mitautas avoids it well.
Silva throws a right hand that Mitautas ducks under and follows up with a left that Mitautas also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mitautas lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Mitautas takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Silva is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mitautas.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Mitautas misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Mitautas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mitautas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mitautas.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Mitautas saw that one coming.
Silva throws a series of punches but Mitautas avoids them all with ease.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva blocks a head kick by Mitautas.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitautas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mitautas makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!
Mitautas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mitautas slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Mitautas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mitautas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mitautas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mitautas lands a front kick.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Mitautas lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Mitautas scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Mitautas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mitautas's calf.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Mitautas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mitautas thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Mitautas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mitautas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva works to advance to full mount. Mitautas defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitautas wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mitautas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva is looking to wear down Mitautas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luiz Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mitautas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mitautas dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Mitautas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mitautas back to the cage. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mitautas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Mitautas throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitautas circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitautas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mitautas throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mitautas can pounce on him.
Mitautas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Mitautas which made him look bad.
Mitautas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Mitautas slips a jab and a cross from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mitautas lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Mitautas takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva moves out of range as Mitautas throws a body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Mitautas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Mitautas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mitautas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva throws a right hand that Mitautas ducks under and follows up with a left that Mitautas also avoids with ease.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva throws a jab when Mitautas was well out of range.
Mitautas misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
Mitautas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitautas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Silva lands a two punch combo.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Mitautas tries a head kick but it misses.
Mitautas scores with a nice body kick.
Silva darts in looking for a takedown but Mitautas gets double underhooks and turns Silva into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva wants to take the fight to the mat but Mitautas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Mitautas pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Silva.

And that's the end of the fight!
Havas Mitautas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mitautas 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Havas Mitautas!