PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Bear

150 cm
25
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Black Bear!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva tries to clinch
and Bear counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bear jabs at Silva's body.
Bear jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jose Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
Bear uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bear, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bear blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bear's defenses.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Bear tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Bear shrugs off.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bear tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Bear wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Bear controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Bear's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bear has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Bear goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bear wants to break free but Silva has control.
Bear wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bear tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Bear is stalling here.
Bear wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bear is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Bear into the cage.
Bear tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bear in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear prevents a body shot from Silva.
Bear takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bear's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bear is trying to pull guard but Silva turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bear is trying to break free.
Silva lands an elbow just above Bear 's eye.
Bear working hard to break the clinch.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Bear takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bear takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bear in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bear has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bear wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bear's defenses.
Bear looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bear's defenses.
Silva lands an elbow just above Bear 's eye.
Bear takes an elbow to the temple.
Bear working hard to break the clinch.
Bear tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bear in his tracks for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva moves out of range as Bear strikes.
Silva wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bear manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a stiff right hand.
Bear throws a head kick that misses.
Bear lands with a cross.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bear is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bear manages to avoid it.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Bear ducks down to avoid it.
Bear throws a counter combo.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bear looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bear lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Bear in a clinch.
Bear is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Black Bear has been cut.
Bear takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bear.
Bear is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bear has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Bear takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Bear has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bear can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Bear's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva works on Bear's body with a couple of short punches.
Bear is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Bear's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jose Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Bear in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bear wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva has Bear pressed against the cage, preventing Bear from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Bear jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Bear shrugs off.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Bear is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Bear is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Bear takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clinched against the cage, Silva lands a big elbow that drops Bear! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Bear is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Silva!