PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milton Blahyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RZ Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blahyi kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cowards by American Head Charge. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Blahyi
vs
Silva

190 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milton Blahyi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, RZ Silva!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blahyi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blahyi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Blahyi's head but Blahyi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blahyi.
Blahyi misses with a looping left.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva misses the jab.

Blahyi has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to stall but Blahyi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to break free.
A short left from Blahyi.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Blahyi won't allow it.
Blahyi looking for a takedown.
A short body shot lands from Blahyi as the two fighters clinch.
Blahyi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Blahyi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blahyi has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silva is defending well.
A short left from Blahyi.

Blahyi gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Blahyi wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Blahyi works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva tries to hold on but Blahyi postures up.
Blahyi prevents Silva from getting the reversal.

Blahyi is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
Blahyi controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi dominating with strikes here.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blahyi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Blahyi is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Blahyi in his half guard.
Blahyi trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Blahyi passes the guard and advances to mount!
You get the feeling that Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi with a couple of short strikes.
Blahyi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Blahyi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Blahyi landing strikes from the mount.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.

Blahyi has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Blahyi looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blahyi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blahyi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Blahyi lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milton Blahyi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blahyi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Blahyi gets slowly back to his feet.
Blahyi sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Blahyi counters by moving into the clinch.
Blahyi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Blahyi pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blahyi lands with a right to the head.
Blahyi gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blahyi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blahyi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blahyi can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Blahyi misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A short right from Blahyi.
Silva blocks a body shot from Blahyi.
Blahyi misses with a punch to the body.
Blahyi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blahyi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Blahyi keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blahyi has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Blahyi dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Blahyi wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Blahyi is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Blahyi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva is looking to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blahyi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Blahyi 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.
Blahyi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Blahyi is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Blahyi tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Blahyi trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Milton Blahyi wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blahyi. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Blahyi on that attempt.
Blahyi misses with a hook.
Blahyi throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva leaves Blahyi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milton Blahyi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blahyi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Blahyi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milton Blahyi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blahyi scores with a nice right hand.
Blahyi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blahyi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Blahyi rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milton Blahyi dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Blahyi back to the cage. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Blahyi wants to clinch.
Silva takes a swing at Blahyi's ribcage but misses.
Blahyi ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Blahyi's shoulder, as Blahyi tries to avoid the shot.
Blahyi shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
RZ Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blahyi tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Silva defends well and Blahyi ends up having to push Silva into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Blahyi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Blahyi can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Blahyi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Blahyi has the dominant position.
Blahyi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blahyi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blahyi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milton Blahyi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blahyi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
RZ Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Blahyi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Blahyi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silva did well to prevent Blahyi getting side control.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Blahyi wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in trouble now - Blahyi has advanced to mount!
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Blahyi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Blahyi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Blahyi tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva wants to control but Blahyi is having none of it.
Blahyi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Blahyi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Silva regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Blahyi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Blahyi trying to control the pace.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Blahyi pulls his head out easily.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blahyi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Blahyi is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blahyi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Blahyi works his foot free and advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milton Blahyi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blahyi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milton Blahyi!
Milton Blahyi made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'If the ref wasn't here, I'd have eaten your fucking heart!'.