PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Toolsy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toolsy
vs
Silva

195 cm
18
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

202 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Toolsy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike Toolsy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toolsy tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Toolsy misses with a low kick.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Toolsy is just out of range.
Toolsy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Toolsy gets slowly back to his feet.
Toolsy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Toolsy wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Toolsy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Toolsy is just out of range.
Toolsy blocks a jab.
Silva misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toolsy throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.

Toolsy 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.
Toolsy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Toolsy keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Toolsy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Toolsy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Toolsy trying to control the position.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toolsy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toolsy wants to hit a switch here but Silva passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Toolsy there!
Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Toolsy hang on?
Toolsy is breathing heavily.
Toolsy really wants to buck Silva off and get back to his feet.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Toolsy's face.

Silva looking to secure an arm triangle but Toolsy defends it well.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee warns Toolsy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Toolsy is rocked!
Silva lands a big elbow - Toolsy is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Toolsy is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Christopher Silva!