PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Astolfo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Aero chord - Surface. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thompson
vs
Silva

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
168 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christopher Thompson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Astolfo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Thompson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thompson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Thompson 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.
Silva keeping full guard, as Thompson tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Our spies down at at Cozad MMA St Petersburg inform us that Silva has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Thompson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Thompson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva keeping full guard, as Thompson tries to pass.
Thompson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thompson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thompson stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Thompson 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thompson landing some decent shots from guard.
Thompson slips nicely into half guard.
Thompson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Ground and pound from Thompson .

Thompson is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Thompson to get the leverage.
Thompson controlling the action here.
Thompson moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thompson swings around for an armbar but Silva sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Thompson 's guard.

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

Thompson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Thompson is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
Silva preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to move into half guard but instead Thompson has managed to sweep!

Thompson is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Thompson has managed to sneak the leg through.

Thompson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Thompson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva won't allow Thompson to pass to mount.

Thompson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Silva is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Christopher Thompson !
Christopher Thompson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.