PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brah At Hammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: system of a down - violent pornography. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

At Hammed
vs
Silva

190 cm
30
265 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

200 cm
37
233 lbs
31 - 28 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brah At Hammed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 28 - 2, fighting out of London, Rickson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
At Hammed fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
At Hammed shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
At Hammed has his takedown stuffed

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. At Hammed fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brah At Hammed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

At Hammed looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but At Hammed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
At Hammed sneaks back into half guard.

Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
At Hammed is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now At Hammed is on top in guard.
At Hammed trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

Silva isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. At Hammed stacks Silva on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by At Hammed!

At Hammed is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed works his foot free and advances to mount.
At Hammed wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
At Hammed is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but At Hammed pulls his head out easily.

At Hammed is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.

At Hammed seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.

At Hammed is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

At Hammed is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

At Hammed seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
At Hammed prevents Silva from improving his position.
At Hammed trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.

At Hammed is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
At Hammed is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.

At Hammed is looking for a kimura here.
At Hammed seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing At Hammed from controlling successfully.
At Hammed trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. At Hammed defends it easily.
At Hammed wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva is trying to control the position but At Hammed postures up.

At Hammed drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silva!
At Hammed wants to control but Silva postures up.

Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
At Hammed tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on At Hammed's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
At Hammed tries to get back to half guard but can't.
At Hammed manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Silva prevents At Hammed from improving his position.

At Hammed is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Silva is working for a kimura but At Hammed is defending it quite comfortably.
At Hammed wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed regains full guard. Nicely done.
At Hammed keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
At Hammed wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
At Hammed is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!

At Hammed is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! At Hammed extends the arm and Silva is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brah At Hammed!
An out of breath Brah At Hammed thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.