PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Silva

174 cm
26
154 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

173 cm
27
155 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renzo Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva, which made it look bad.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gracie has been working on his balance at Tenacity Elite - 17 Coaches, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Silva.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.

Gracie dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Silva is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Gracie rolls with it to try and escape but Silva cranks on the arm and Gracie is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rafael Silva!
Rafael Silva is the new featherweight champion!
Rafael Silva took some time post fight to say the following; 'I just wanna to thanks The Barbarian FC for this oportunity and for now on im gonna keep this belt for a long time'.