PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Typhaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Instrumental Core - The Angels Among Demons as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Typhaze
vs
Silva

180 cm
24
174 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

183 cm
31
177 lbs
9 - 9 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Typhaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Typhaze lands with a cross.

It looks like Fernando Silva has been cut.
Typhaze fails to land with a series of punches.
Typhaze jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Typhaze throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Typhaze won't be happy with that.
Silva working the ground and pound from side control.
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Typhaze some visible discomfort.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
Typhaze is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silva is thwarting Typhaze's attempts to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Silva prevents Typhaze from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Typhaze is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Typhaze's hands, connecting with Typhaze's forehead.
Typhaze has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva is nestled in close to Typhaze, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Typhaze has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of Typhaze's head.
Typhaze has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stalling away here and it's allowed Typhaze to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Typhaze wants to hit a switch here but Silva passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Typhaze there!
Typhaze takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Typhaze is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Typhaze is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Typhaze is looking to get to half guard.
Typhaze wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Typhaze is trying to escape the mount.
Typhaze tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Typhaze bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Silva has control of Typhaze's left arm, preventing Typhaze from doing any damage.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing Typhaze any problems.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Typhaze's guard.

Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Typhaze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Typhaze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Our spies down at at Team Butcher Gym inform us that Silva has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Typhaze knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Typhaze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Typhaze wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Typhaze has passed into side control.
Typhaze throwing strikes but Silva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Typhaze tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Typhaze takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Typhaze scores with a kick to the body.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Typhaze stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Typhaze stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Typhaze throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Typhaze throws a lazy body kick

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Typhaze won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva working away.
Typhaze manages to get back to half guard.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of Typhaze's head.
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Typhaze trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Typhaze wants to get back to full guard but Silva has mounted him!
Silva prevents Typhaze from getting the reversal.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Typhaze is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva working Typhaze over with strikes here.
Typhaze can't escape the position.
Silva trying to control but Typhaze is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva lands with some strikes.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Typhaze is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva avoids the attempt from Typhaze to control.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Typhaze wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva unloading with bombs!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva prevents Typhaze from getting the reversal.
Typhaze is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Silva tries to control but Typhaze wriggling away.
Silva working Typhaze over with strikes here.
Typhaze tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Silva scoring with strikes but Typhaze is staying in there.
The referee warns Typhaze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Typhaze is trying to escape the mount.
Typhaze wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Typhaze is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Typhaze is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Typhaze is bucking up trying to escape but Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Typhaze is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Typhaze really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fernando Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Typhaze throws a body kick that misses

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Typhaze's guard.
Typhaze is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Fernando Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Typhaze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Typhaze working a defensive guard here.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva trying to control but Typhaze is working from the bottom.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silva stands up over Typhaze, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Typhaze has Silva pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Typhaze working a defensive guard but Silva manages to pass into side control anyway.
Typhaze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva is putting a hurting on Typhaze here, landing some big shots from side control.
Silva wants to control for a moment but Typhaze uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Silva has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Typhaze tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
Typhaze wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Typhaze tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with strikes but Typhaze is staying in there.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Typhaze is trying desperately to improve position.
Typhaze takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Typhaze is rocked!
Silva breaks from Typhaze's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fernando Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oh Typhaze is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Typhaze seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Silva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Typhaze is wriggling around trying to escape.
Typhaze is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
King Typhaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Typhaze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Silva!