PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Airton Silverio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazimir Evgeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silverio kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cranberries - Zombie. Evgeni has chosen Bones - Trash as his entrance music. Airton Silverio is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Silverio
vs
Evgeni

182 cm
25
193 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

189 cm
28
189 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Arcticus University: London

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Airton Silverio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazimir Evgeni!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Silverio tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Evgeni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silverio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evgeni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silverio misses with a right hand
and Evgeni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silverio doesn't manage to clinch there - Evgeni circles away.
Evgeni doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Silverio wants to clinch
and Evgeni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silverio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Evgeni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silverio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Evgeni has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Silverio jumps guard but Evgeni turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
We've been hearing reports that Silverio has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Silverio fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Silverio manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silverio working a defensive guard here.

Silverio working for a triangle but Evgeni defends it easily.
Evgeni loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silverio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Evgeni missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Evgeni's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Evgeni content to stall in guard here.
Evgeni throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silverio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Evgeni is working Silverio over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Evgeni trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Silverio is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Evgeni rolls with it to try and escape but Silverio cranks on the arm and Evgeni is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Airton Silverio!
A victorious Airton Silverio thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Kazimir Evgeni stepped up to the mic, saying 'I couldn't pull it off. I want to thank the fans who came to support this fight. Thanks to my manager Matt Donovan, my sponsors; Instinct and Arcticus. Full credit to to my opponent for bringing his A-game. He was the better fighter. Much respect. For now I will just relax with my family.'.