PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Stark

210 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Stark!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in but Stark avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stark throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Stark sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stark throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Stark shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stark circles away.
Stark stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Stark as Silva shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stark.
Stark swinging wilding here.
Stark lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Stark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Stark.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark looks gassed!
Silva tries to clinch there but Stark circles away.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Stark, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Stark against the cage but Stark circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Stark.
Stark throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Silva blocks the strikes from Stark.
The ground and pound from Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Stark is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Silva's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Stark kicks Silva off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stark as he jumps to the side.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Stark.

Stark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Stark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva tries to clinch up but Stark circles away and keeps his distance.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tony Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva shoots in but Stark avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
A big left from Stark misses.
Stark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stark misses with a series of wild punches.
Stark keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Stark shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stark wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stark pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stark as he jumps to the side.
Stark misses with a few strikes there.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stark.
Stark jabs at Silva's body.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stark swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Stark circles away.
Silva wants to clinch.
Stark throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stark paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Stark dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stark misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva wants to clinch up but Stark keeps it at a distance.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stark misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stark's waist but Stark gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Stark swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stark throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Stark.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Stark sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stark throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stark throws a lazy head kick
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Some wild striking there from Stark.
Stark misses with a double jab

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Stark didn't expect that.
Stark looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva trying to control but Stark is working from the bottom.
Stark wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stark swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
Stark advances to half guard.
Silva wants to get back to full guard but Stark has passed into side control.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Stark's attempts to control the action.
Stark lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark with a couple of short strikes.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stark on the ground.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Stark sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tony Stark will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Stark scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stark throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Stark throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Stark avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Stark as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Ben Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stark misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stark.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stark misses with the combination.
Tony Stark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva darts in and clinches Stark up against the cage.
Stark wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Stark wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stark prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stark is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stark down to the mat. Stark avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Stark pushes him off.
Stark bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stark lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stark.
Stark throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stark is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Stark circles away and we're back to standing.
Stark throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Stark keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stark lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stark swinging wilding here.
Stark throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Stark sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stark misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stark throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Stark is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four 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.
Stark tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stark wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Stark is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Stark stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Stark wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ben Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stark blocks an elbow strike from Silva.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Stark comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stark winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Stark!