PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Byron Travis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bene Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byron Travis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Travis
vs
Silva

181 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Byron Travis!
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, Bene Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travis avoids the head kick by Silva.
Travis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Travis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Travis back into the cage.
Travis jumps guard but Silva stands there with Travis around his waist. Travis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Travis is looking for a sweep.
Silva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Travis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Travis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Silva wants to stand but Travis has his arm trapped.
Silva tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva wants to stand but Travis has his arm trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working away.
Silva slows the pace down.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Travis keeps working.
Travis is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Travis lands with some strikes.
Silva regains half guard.
Travis stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
Travis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Travis drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Travis is controlling him well.
Silva looks winded!

Travis 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 Travis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Travis there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva trying to hold on to Travis's head to control him but Travis postures up.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Travis pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bene Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Travis tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva takes a swing at Travis's ribcage but misses.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Travis.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva is pushing Travis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Travis is defending well.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Travis is trying to pull guard but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva tries to stall but Travis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Travis.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Travis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva jumps guard but Travis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Byron Travis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bene Silva.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Travis prevents it.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Travis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Travis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A lazy body kick from Silva

and Travis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva looks for the body kick but Travis saw that one coming.
Travis moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Travis counters with a two punch combo.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Travis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Travis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Travis doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Travis is looking to clinch.

Travis has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Travis fails to land.
Travis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Travis throws an elbow that misses.
Travis pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis misses with a knee strike.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Travis has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Travis.
Travis throws an elbow but it misses.
Travis stalls.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Travis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Travis.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Travis, against the cage.
Silva is trying to drag Travis to the mat but Travis just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Byron Travis dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Travis moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Travis. No joy for Silva on that attempt.

Travis scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Travis prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva looking to control but Travis passes into half guard.
Travis lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Travis.
Bene Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Travis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Travis connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Silva trying to control here.
Travis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Travis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Travis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva trying to control here.
Travis controlling the pace.
Travis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Travis thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Travis manages to mount him!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Travis tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva regains half guard.
Travis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Travis wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva trying to control the position.
Travis stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Travis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Travis slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Travis throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Travis from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Byron Travis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Travis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Byron Travis!