PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Best
vs
Silva

221 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

169 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocco Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva darts in and clinches Best up against the cage.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Best tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Best 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 leaves Best with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva throws a right and a left that Best avoids nicely.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Best goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a series of punches but Best avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best avoids a kick to the body.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Silva has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Best backwards.
Best tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Best is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is leaning against Best and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Best changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Best manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocco Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva rushes Best and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Best wants to break the clinch but can't.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Silva breaks the clinch.

Silva gets a clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Best is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Best wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Best is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Best missing with knees to the body.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Best pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Silva drives through and clinches with Best against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Rocco Best has been cut.
Best is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Best's shoulder, as Best tries to avoid the shot.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silva clinches up with Best and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Best tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chael Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocco Best's cut.
That's time! Best's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva pushes Best up against the cage in a clinch.

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

Best gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Best blocks it with crossed arms.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Best counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Still in half guard, Best seems content to control.
Silva is trying to stand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in half guard, Best seems content to control.
Best will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Best manages to mount him!

Best looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Best's attempts to control the action.

Best is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Best's body position as best he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Best looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.
Best controlling the position easily from mount.
Best looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.

Best stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Best tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Best on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Best avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Best putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Best fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Best tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Best controls the action.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to circle away but Best has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Best wants to break the clinch but can't.
Best has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Best is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rocco Best will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rocco Best's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Best blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Best is rocked!

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oh Best is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Best's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Best drops to his knees and Silva pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chael Silva!