PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yallen Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maro Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes to the cage accompanied by Like Light to the Flies - Trivium. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Maro Santos enters the cage!

Silver
vs
Santos

167 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
173 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yallen Silver!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maro Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Santos tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.

Santos feints and as Silver raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santos would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silver might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silver wants to sweep here but Santos controlling him for the moment.

Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silver, up you get!
Silver misses with a few strikes there.
Santos is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Silver misses with a wild body shot.
Silver misses with the combination.

Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos wants to stand but Silver is controlling the position.
Silver is pushing down on Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Silver has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silver uses his free foot to push down on Santos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Santos.
Santos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silver is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos is trying to stand up.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santos looks gassed!
Silver trying to control but Santos is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Silver with good strikes from the mount here!
Silver 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.
Silver content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silver cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silver is landing with some decent strikes but Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silver punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silver tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver landing strikes from the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to improve his position but Silver isn't that keen on the idea.
Silver has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.
Santos is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Santos tries to hold on but Silver postures up.
Silver lands with some strikes.
Silver controlling the pace for now.
Silver lands a heavy elbow.
Silver postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silver landing strikes, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is in a horrible position here. Silver smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silver looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silver is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Silver is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silver scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silver tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Silver trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yallen Silver dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Santos throws a low kick, looking for Silver's leg but Silver calmly moves out of range.

Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos trying to control the position but instead, Silver has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santos into the cage.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silver tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.

Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silver sprawls well initially but Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Silver gets back to full guard.
Santos preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver is working hard here to advance position.
Santos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silver's guard.
Silver lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Santos!
Santos taking shots to the head.
Silver lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silver with the ground and pound from mount.
Yallen Silver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Silver working Santos over with strikes here.
Santos can't escape the position.
Silver cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silver punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silver lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Santos hang on?
Silver controlling the position easily from mount.
Silver cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Silver.
Santos wants to control but Silver is having none of it.
Silver landing punches.
Silver looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Santos taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos can't escape the position.
Santos wants to hold on but Silver pushes him away.
Silver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silver scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santos?
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Silver cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silver avoids the attempt from Santos to control.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Silver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Santos is rocked!
Silver lands a heavy elbow.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Silver finish him?
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Silver has a good base and remains in mount.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Silver with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos tries to buck Silver off but he can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silver looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silver dominating with strikes here.
Silver lands with some strikes.
Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Silver landing punches.
Silver scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Silver connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silver with the ground and pound from mount.
Silver looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silver trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yallen Silver dominated that second round.
That's time! Silver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silver gets a takedown into half guard.
Silver prevents Santos from standing back up.
Santos regains full guard. Nicely done.
Santos wants to stand but Silver is controlling the position.
Silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos has momentary wrist control but Silver slips an elbow through the middle.
Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Santos, not yet.
Silver working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silver advances to half guard.

Santos has one foot on Silver's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silver shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silver showed some decent athleticism there.
Silver wants to take a breather but Santos is having none of it.
Santos tries to kick Silver off but Silver keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santos tries to kick Silver off but Silver keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silver sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silver throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maro Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver with a hook.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.
Silver shoots for a takedown but Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santos lands a nice hook to Silver's body. Silver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Silver shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silver swings away with a body shot that misses

and Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Silver prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Santos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silver.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yallen Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver has Santos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Santos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silver tries a body shot but Santos blocks it.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Santos gets an underhook and turns Silver into the cage.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos tries to stall but Silver uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos stops a takedown attempt from Silver.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Santos is pressed up against the cage. Silver has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Santos down to the mat. Santos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos misses with a hook.
Santos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silver is looking to wear down Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silver takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Silver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silver misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santos scores with a spinning back kick!
Silver takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Santos slips a straight right by Silver.
Santos feints and then cracks Silver's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silver down.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Silver shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Santos's guard.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Silver is having none of it.
Santos wants to get back to his feet but Silver passes into half guard.
Silver works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silver scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yallen Silver clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Santos misses with a takedown

and Silver counters with a single leg into guard. Santos didn't expect that.
Silver scoring with some ground and pound.
Silver pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silver passes into half guard.
Santos wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Silver is nestled in close to Santos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silver is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silver trying to control the pace.
Silver uses his free foot to push down on Santos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Santos.
Silver cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Santos's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Silver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.
Silver lands a big elbow.
Silver working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silver putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Santos tries to reverse the position but Silver maintains control.
Silver punishing his opponent with strikes.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Silver's attempts to control the action.
Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silver is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silver working the ground and pound effectively.
Silver landing shots from mount.
Silver breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Silver lands with a punch from 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. Silver connects with a nice short shot to Santos's temple.
Silver tries to pass the half guard into mount. Santos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silver lands strikes from half guard.
Silver trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom.
Silver 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.
Santos is trying to stand up here but Silver is controlling him well.
Silver wants to take a breather but Santos is having none of it.
Silver takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver works his foot free and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yallen Silver had his way with Maro Santos in 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silver shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Silver was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Silver's attempts to control the action.
Silver lands a big elbow.
Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silver tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Silver's attempts to control the action.
Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Santos wants to control but Silver is having none of it.
Santos tries to reverse the position but Silver maintains control.
Santos is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silver wants to control the pace but Santos is squirming around nicely.
Santos wants to control but Silver is having none of it.
Silver landing strikes from the mount and Santos is in trouble!
Silver looking to control but Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Silver connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silver trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
Santos throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Silver looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Santos is trying to escape the mount.
BOOM! Silver connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silver content just to control the position here.
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silver landing strikes, looking to finish!
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silver tries to control but Santos wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silver prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silver lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silver controlling from mount.
Silver tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Maro Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Silver cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silver is landing with some decent strikes but Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silver lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos tries to reverse the position but Silver maintains control.
Santos trying desperately to get to his feet.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Silver cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silver landing strikes from the mount and Santos is in trouble!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver raining down shots from the mount!
Silver blocks Santos's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yallen Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:43
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 50:43
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yallen Silver!
Yallen Silver retains his welterweight title!