PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matel Huchkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Acelino Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Huchkov
vs
Silva

170 cm
20
143 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

169 cm
27
141 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

FJCP Healthy Nutrition

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matel Huchkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Acelino Silva !
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Huchkov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Huchkov lands with a short shot to the head.
Huchkov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Huchkov gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Huchkov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Huchkov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva 's head.
Huchkov slows the pace down in half guard.
Huchkov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Huchkov wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Huchkov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Huchkov is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Huchkov winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is not content to let Huchkov control the position.
Huchkov trying to control from Silva 's half guard. Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Huchkov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Huchkov slips an elbow through the middle.
Huchkov is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Huchkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huchkov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva 's head.
Huchkov wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Huchkov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Huchkov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Huchkov lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Huchkov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva 's head.
Huchkov controlling from the top position.
Silva trying to strike off his back.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva , not yet.
Huchkov wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Huchkov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Huchkov slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Huchkov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva , not yet.
Huchkov 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.
Huchkov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Huchkov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Huchkov works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Huchkov pushes down on Silva 's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Huchkov connects with a nice short shot to Silva 's temple.
Huchkov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Huchkov drops an elbow to the side of Silva 's head.
Huchkov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silva is not content to let Huchkov control the position.
Huchkov lands strikes from half guard.

Silva is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Huchkov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Huchkov finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huchkov slips a nice elbow through Silva 's hands, connecting with Silva 's forehead.
Huchkov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Huchkov lands a big elbow - Silva is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Huchkov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matel Huchkov!
A relieved looking Matel Huchkov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.