PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter James has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

James
vs
Silva

179 cm
19
153 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Peter James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodrigo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.

James sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Silva to the ground! James dives into full mount looking to finish!

Silva is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James thowing shots but they're missing.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can James finish him?
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James controlling from the full mount.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with James. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James controlling the pace for now.
James thowing shots but they're missing.
James controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
James has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
James thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
James sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
James is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
James tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
James will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
James punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James landing punches.
Silva looks winded!
James controlling his opponent.

James working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

James get's back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter James dominated that round.
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.

James misses with a head kick.
James scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.

James throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Silva stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. James follows into mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
James looking to control and managing it successfully.
James putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
James controlling the pace for now.
James in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Silva is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Silva flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. James anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Silva and secures both hooks! This could be bad! James slips an arm under Silva chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. James has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. James is squeezing on Silva like an anaconda would it's prey. Silva fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Peter James!