PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrien Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to DJ Khalil - China. Newton has chosen She Knows as his entrance music. Christopher Newton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Newton

185 cm
26
203 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
182 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrien Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Christopher Newton!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Newton defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Newton.
Newton scores with a decent looking hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Newton.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Newton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Newton scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Newton displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrien Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva is looking to clinch but Newton is avoiding it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Newton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newton moves away.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Newton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Newton counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton connects with a looping right hand.
Newton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Silva gets a double leg takedown into Newton's guard.
Newton is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Newton controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Newton is keeping the position.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Newton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Newton is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Silva is fighting to break Newton's control of his arms but Newton is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Newton is keeping the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Newton is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Christopher Newton was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Newton is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Newton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Newton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Newton finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Silva tries for a takedown but Newton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Newton counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.

Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Newton keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Silva trying to control but Newton is working from the bottom.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Newton is keeping the position for now.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Newton has Silva pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Newton is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Newton throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Newton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Adrien Silva will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice takedown defense from Newton. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Newton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Newton.
Newton lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Newton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Newton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Newton slips under a jab from Silva.
Adrien Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Newton which made him look bad.
Newton lands with a cross.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Newton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Newton delivers a nice body kick.
Newton tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Silva is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva ducks into an uppercut from Newton and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Christopher Newton!
Post fight, an emotional Christopher Newton said 'Not yet.'.
Adrien Silva was interviewed post fight and said 'I have failed...'.