PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes to the cage accompanied by 2nd Sucks - A Day To Remember. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Brooks
vs
Silva

175 cm
28
155 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

163 cm
28
158 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Fast

Spartan Nutrition
Vikai Gear

GREEN!160
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Calvin Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Silva!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks lands a jab-cross combination.
Brooks shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Brooks's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brooks.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Brooks sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.

Brooks closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brooks advances to mount.
Brooks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Poor strikes thrown by Brooks there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Brooks with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Silva can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Silva trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brooks has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Brooks's legs - danger averted.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Brooks is retaining full guard.

Brooks is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
My spies in King's Palace inform me that Silva has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Silva trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.
Brooks is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.
Brooks controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Brooks is keeping the position.
Brooks bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

Silva lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brooks is keeping the position for now.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks trying to control the position.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Brooks is keeping the position.

Brooks is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Brooks is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva wants to control from the top but Brooks keeps moving.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brooks is keeping the position for now.
Brooks keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

Brooks working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Silva trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Brooks dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Brooks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva looks for a takedown but Brooks sprawls well.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Calvin Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Silva.
Silva leaves Brooks with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Brooks lands a body shot.
Silva tries for a takedown but Brooks sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brooks is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silva's half guard.
Brooks passes to side control.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Brooks keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brooks is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Silva prevents Brooks from moving into mount.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Brooks working the ground and pound.
Brooks looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brooks cracks Silva with a big elbow.

Brooks tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brooks has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva struggling a bit here.

Brooks is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva defending against the ground and pound.

Brooks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Brooks tries to advance to mount but can't.
Brooks has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Brooks looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Brooks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Brooks is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.

Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brooks is aware though and is defending well.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Brooks pushes his legs off easily.
Brooks passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks is working Silva over with some ground and pound from side control.
Brooks looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.
Silva is not content to let Brooks control the position.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brooks throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.

Brooks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brooks trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Brooks dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Brooks as he connects with a hook.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brooks throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Brooks.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Brooks sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brooks.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brooks gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brooks defends it nicely.
Calvin Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Brooks, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
Brooks throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Brooks can't do much from the bottom here.
Brooks sneaks back into half guard.
Brooks trying to control here.
Calvin Brooks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Brooks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Brooks turns into him and now he's in Silva's guard.
Brooks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brooks will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Brooks trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Roberto Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks preventing the sweep.
Brooks wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

Silva has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Brooks doesn't defend quickly enough and Silva has managed to lock this one up! Can Brooks escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Silva on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Roberto Silva!
Our winner, Roberto Silva, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.