PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrien Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Washington
vs
Silva

191 cm
32
213 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

185 cm
32
215 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabriel Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrien Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.

Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Washington sprawls well initially but Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Washington is defending well.
Silva throwing shots but Washington is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva is nestled in close to Washington, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Washington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva working over Washington with some ground and pound. Washington looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Washington defending well though.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Washington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Washington defending well though.
Washington is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Washington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva thows a huge punch but Washington dodges it nicely.
Silva throwing shots but Washington is blocking nicely.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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 scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva working over Washington with some ground and pound. Washington looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Washington is defending well.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Washington is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva is working for a kimura but Washington is defending it quite comfortably.
Silva throws a strike but Washington avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Washington is rocked!
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oh Washington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Washington seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Washington's brow.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Washington works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Washington is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Silva can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adrien Silva!
Post fight, an emotional Adrien Silva said 'Who's Next?'.