PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Grimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen LL CoolJ - Headsprung as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Grimm
vs
Silva

192 cm
33
245 lbs
32 - 7 - 1

192 cm
33
280 lbs
32 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

LOPS 160q + 90% Laundry
Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Grimm!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Grimm clinches with his opponent.
Grimm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grimm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grimm misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grimm.
Nice body punch from Grimm - that landed with a thud.
Grimm misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva tries to pull guard but Grimm won't allow it.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grimm avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grimm misses with a leg kick.
Grimm uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Grimm keeps Silva at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Grimm fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Grimm prevents it.
Ben Grimm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
Grimm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimm scores with a shoulder strike.
Grimm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grimm throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grimm.
Grimm throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Grimm gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Grimm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva tries to work over Grimm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grimm swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Grimm.
Grimm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva is leaning against Grimm and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grimm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Nice uppercut there from Grimm.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Ben Grimm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimm throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grimm throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Grimm tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Grimm avoids a kick to the body.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Grimm tries a head kick but it misses.
Grimm pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Grimm settles back down.
We've been told by Grimm's head coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grimm misses with an uppercut

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Grimm!
Grimm stops Silva from passing to mount.
Silva trying to control the position but Grimm is working away.
Grimm tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Silva easily slips into full mount!
Grimm is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva punching from mount but Grimm doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Grimm is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Grimm taking shots to the head.
Grimm is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Grimm tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Grimm blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grimm really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grimm is working hard here to advance position.
Grimm is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Grimm is looking to get to half guard.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Grimm looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grimm working to try and regain half guard.
Silva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva punching from mount but Grimm doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Grimm tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva slips under a jab from Grimm.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!

It looks like Ben Grimm has been cut.
Grimm drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grimm fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grimm throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Grimm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grimm tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimm is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Grimm throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grimm lands an overhand right.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Grimm avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grimm. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimm throws a big shot that misses.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grimm.
Grimm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Grimm.
Grimm shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva tries to bum rush Grimm with a series of wild strikes but Grimm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grimm lands a nice shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Grimm.
Grimm throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grimm is looking to score with low kicks.
Ben Grimm is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Grimm in the body.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Grimm.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva looks for the body kick but Grimm saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grimm misses with the body kick

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Grimm is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva is fighting to break Grimm's control of his arms but Grimm is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Grimm trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Grimm trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Grimm is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Grimm throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grimm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grimm scores with a jab.

It looks like Daniel Silva has been cut.
Grimm on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.

Grimm clinches.
Grimm prevents the takedown attempt.
Grimm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grimm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grimm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grimm's elbow.
Grimm lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva is trying to push Grimm away but Grimm has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grimm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Grimm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grimm swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Grimm.
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 Ben Grimm will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Grimm is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Nice body kick there by Silva.
Grimm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grimm, right into the meat.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Grimm. That one must have hurt.
Silva cracks the inside of Grimm's front leg.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Grimm.
Grimm scores with a leg kick.
Grimm moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimm lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grimm misses with a low kick.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Grimm moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grimm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimm checks a low kick from Silva.
Grimm misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva throws a push kick but Grimm slaps the foot to one side.
Grimm lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Grimm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Grimm throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grimm connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Grimm throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Grimm.
A jab from Grimm does it's job there.
Nice cross by Grimm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Grimm is predictable there
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grimm. That did some damage!
Silva jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Grimm thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
Grimm throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
A lazy body kick from Grimm
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Grimm misses with a kick to the body.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grimm lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Grimm's ribs.
Silva lands a nice hook to Grimm's body. Grimm takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Grimm.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Grimm misses with a straight left.
Grimm scores with a leg kick.
Grimm misses with a left hand

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimm is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Grimm is trying to hold Silva in close to prevent damage but Silva has managed to pass into half guard.
Grimm blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Grimm moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grimm wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Grimm working a defensive guard but Silva manages to pass into side control anyway.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Silva really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grimm throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Grimm down.
Grimm walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Grimm scoring well with a low kick there.
Grimm on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva takes a swing at Grimm's ribcage but misses.
Grimm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grimm dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Grimm is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a combination. Grimm sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Grimm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grimm!
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Grimm is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grimm.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Silva stuns Grimm with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grimm throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grimm takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Grimm does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grimm will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Grimm misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grimm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grimm throws a leg kick that is checked

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grimm.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grimm.
Grimm tries to clinch up.
Silva checks a low kick from Grimm.
Grimm throws a leg kick that misses.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grimm rather than just go for the knockout.
Grimm looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grimm.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Grimm misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva digs a good hook to Grimm's body.

Grimm has managed to clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Grimm.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grimm fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva avoids the head kick by Grimm.
Grimm tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grimm feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Grimm is just out of range.
Grimm lands a nice shot to the body.
Grimm is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva moves out of range as Grimm throws a body kick.

Grimm gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Grimm fails to land.
Grimm misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Silva.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Silva successfully pulls guard.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Grimm is proving a slippery customer.
Grimm controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Silva dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Grimm lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grimm paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Grimm blocks a low kick nicely.
A shot to the liver by Grimm. Beautiful body shot.
Grimm moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva clobbers Grimm with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grimm lands with a kick to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grimm!
Silva misses with the body kick
and Grimm counters with a stiff right hand.
Grimm gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Grimm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimm keeps Silva at a distance using the push kick.
Grimm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Grimm cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grimm lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Grimm. Grimm maintains the clinch.
Grimm prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grimm misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Grimm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ben Grimm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Grimm.
Grimm lands a shot to the body.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Grimm scores with a nice short uppercut.
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 tries to circle away but Grimm has him pinned against the cage.
You can see that Silva has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Silva is trying to drag Grimm to the mat but Grimm just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Grimm lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Grimm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Grimm working aggressively here.
A short left from Grimm.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Grimm has double underhooks.
Grimm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Ben Grimm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
Grimm throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva tries to break free but Grimm pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grimm throws an off balance right hand

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Grimm didn't expect that.
Grimm not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grimm pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Daniel Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva wants to control from the top but Grimm keeps moving.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimm is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Grimm is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Grimm misses with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Grimm misses with a kick to the body
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Silva.
A low kick from Grimm misses

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Grimm fights it but they end up in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Grimm showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Silva!
Daniel Silva is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Daniel Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Ben Grimm stepped up to the mic, saying 'Good luck everyone. CTD is a joke.'.