PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Makowski Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brewer
vs
Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva

165 cm
25
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Makowski Brewer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Do Santos Da Silva tries to sprawl but Brewer drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Brewer is controlling the pace.
Brewer wants to pass to mount but Do Santos Da Silva is defending the position.
Brewer is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Brewer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Do Santos Da Silva wants to hold on but Brewer pushes him away.
Brewer controlling his opponent.
Do Santos Da Silva manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Brewer content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Do Santos Da Silva tries to roll over but Brewer keeps him under control.
Brewer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Brewer is looking to advance position but Do Santos Da Silva won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Do Santos Da Silva won't allow Brewer to pass to mount.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Brewer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Do Santos Da Silva sees it coming and defends easily.
Brewer tries to pass to full mount but Do Santos Da Silva defends it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Do Santos Da Silva with a poor takedown

and Brewer counters by moving into the clinch.
Do Santos Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Brewer improves position.
Do Santos Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brewer is keeping busy.
Brewer is pushing Do Santos Da Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Do Santos Da Silva is trying to stall.
Do Santos Da Silva misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brewer tries to throw a body punch but Do Santos Da Silva avoids it by throwing Brewer back against the cage.
Do Santos Da Silva is working for takedown but Brewer is calmly controlling the position for now.
Do Santos Da Silva is looking for a takedown.
Makowski Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva.
Do Santos Da Silva looking to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brewer has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Do Santos Da Silva after a bit of a struggle.
Do Santos Da Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brewer is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brewer just leaning against Do Santos Da Silva, taking a breather.
Brewer misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Makowski Brewer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brewer throws a hook to the side of Do Santos Da Silva's head but Do Santos Da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Brewer changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Do Santos Da Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Do Santos Da Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Brewer lands a nice forearm strike.
Brewer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Do Santos Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Brewer is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Do Santos Da Silva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Brewer passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Do Santos Da Silva!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brewer with shots to the head and body - Do Santos Da Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer lands a heavy elbow.
Brewer prevents Do Santos Da Silva from getting the reversal.
Brewer controlling from mount.
Brewer seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Do Santos Da Silva for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer lands a big shot there that rocks Do Santos Da Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brewer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Do Santos Da Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Brewer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Do Santos Da Silva is looking to get to half guard.

Brewer is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Do Santos Da Silva is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Makowski Brewer!
Makowski Brewer decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.