PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Harris
vs
Silva

190 cm
18
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris misses with a body shot.

Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Harris throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Harris moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Silva tries to buck Harris off but he can't manage it.
Harris with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Harris tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Harris lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris wants to finish this one by submission but Silva is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Harris.

Harris moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Silva has worked his arm free - good work by Silva!
Harris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Harris has hold of Silva's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Silva tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Harris cranks the arm and Silva screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Silva, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Paul Harris!