PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Tellegio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Tellegio had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Tellegio
vs
Silva

180 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Conviction

Sun-Tzu

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Victor Tellegio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Silva !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tellegio's hands.
Tellegio misses with a low kick.
Tellegio jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tellegio avoids the body shot from Silva .
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tellegio avoids it really well and circles away.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Tellegio slips a jab from Silva .
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Tellegio's belly button to the back.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tellegio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva . That did some damage!
Tellegio throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tellegio slips a jab and a cross from Silva .
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Tellegio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva moves out of range as Tellegio strikes.
Silva drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tellegio defends it well.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tellegio.
Tellegio throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.

Tellegio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva , pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Tellegio has a couple of punches blocked by Silva .
Tellegio has a couple of punches blocked by Silva .
Tellegio blocking some punches.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tellegio blocks a body shot from Silva .
Tellegio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tellegio scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tellegio lands a body shot.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tellegio tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellegio.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva .
Silva tries a body shot but Tellegio blocks it.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tellegio throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva .
Silva misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio blocks an uppercut.
Tellegio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tellegio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tellegio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Tellegio.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Tellegio has the dominant position.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tellegio tries to work over Silva 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tellegio lands a right hand.
Tellegio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva tries a body shot but Tellegio blocks it.
Silva avoiding damage as Tellegio throws knees to the body.
Tellegio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva 's elbow.
Tellegio scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva .
Silva tries for a takedown but Tellegio manages to get underhooks.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva .
Tellegio working Silva over with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tellegio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio lands a left hand.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Victor Tellegio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Silva .
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellegio controls his hands.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries for a takedown but Tellegio manages to get underhooks.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tellegio pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tellegio throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva .
Tellegio lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Silva has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Tellegio is trying to keep an underhook but Silva manages to get the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tellegio flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tellegio defending well though.
Silva throwing shots but Tellegio is blocking nicely.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tellegio tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva 's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva 's back!
Tellegio is not going to allow Silva to sit and survive in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tellegio is landing with strikes. Silva can't take much more of this.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tellegio lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Tellegio throwing wild punches that miss their target.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Tellegio's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Silva is in bad spot here.
Silva trying to control the hands but Tellegio won't let him.
Tellegio punches Silva on the ear.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Tellegio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tellegio throws a body shot but no joy.
Tellegio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tellegio misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva feints the counter takedown.
Tellegio scores with a push kick.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Victor Tellegio is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva is looking to slow Tellegio down with leg kicks.
Tellegio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva .
Tellegio throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellegio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tellegio swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Tellegio.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tellegio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva .
Silva throws the left hand but Tellegio avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Tellegio is out of range.
Silva throws a leg kick but Tellegio moved away.
Tellegio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Tellegio misses.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Tellegio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Tellegio takes a swing at Silva 's ribcage but misses.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva blocks a head kick by Tellegio.
A slow jab from Tellegio misses its intended target.
A lazy left from Tellegio finds it's target.
Silva goes for a double leg but Tellegio avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tellegio continues to drive forward.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Tellegio.
Tellegio cracks a nice hook into Silva 's ribs.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Tellegio tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook but Tellegio blocks it.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tellegio.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Tellegio's head but Tellegio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tellegio thuds a left hand into Silva 's body.
Tellegio throws a big shot that misses.
Silva feints the counter takedown.
Tellegio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tellegio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Tellegio. That snapped Silva 's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tellegio. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tellegio wants to clinch.
Tellegio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tellegio just misses with a punch to the body.
Tellegio throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Tellegio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tellegio misses with a wild combination.
Silva changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Tellegio.
Tellegio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Tellegio.
Silva changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A low kick from Tellegio is predictable there

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tellegio trying to control the position here.
Tellegio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Tellegio trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio has control of Silva 's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Tellegio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva is in close to Tellegio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tellegio has control of Silva 's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Tellegio keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tellegio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Tellegio blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Tellegio dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tellegio throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Tellegio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tellegio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab lands there for Tellegio.
Tellegio scores with a nice body kick.
Nice jab there from Tellegio.
Tellegio moves away from the strike by Silva .
Tellegio throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Tellegio's front leg but catches the back leg as Tellegio tries to avoid it.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silva throws a push kick but Tellegio slaps the foot to one side.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Silva is rocked!
Tellegio closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Silva out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Victor Tellegio!