PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shelton Vader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and drake silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). drake silver has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vader
vs
silver

178 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
21
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shelton Vader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, drake silver!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silver is looking to clinch but Vader is avoiding it.
Vader will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Vader feints and as silver raises his hands in defense, Vader changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vader trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
silver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
silver tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vader accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vader wants to control from the top but silver keeps moving.
Vader stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. silver swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Vader drops back looking for a leg! silver is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and silver manages to kick Vader off! Vader jumps back into silver's guard.
Vader trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Vader shoots in for a takedown but silver shows good takedown defense.
silver has his takedown stuffed
and Vader counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vader fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shelton Vader. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vader will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shelton Vader seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
silver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
silver shoots for a double leg takedown but Vader sprawls well. He's pushed silver's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vader stuffs the takedown attempt from silver. silver gets slowly back to his feet.
silver looks gassed!
silver looks to clinch

and Vader counters with a nice double leg into side control. silver won't be happy with that.
silver takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Vader grinds an elbow into silver's temple.
silver is looking for a sweep.
Vader tries to score with some ground and pound. silver controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Vader working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
silver can't do much from the bottom here.
silver should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vader connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused silver some visible discomfort.
silver struggling a bit here.
Vader scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at silver to see if he's OK.
Vader cracks silver with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Vader lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vader grinds an elbow into silver's temple.
Vader cracks silver with a big elbow.
Vader scoring with punches and elbows.
Vader landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Vader.
Vader 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vader prevents silver from escaping the position.
Vader fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Vader scores with a couple of short elbows.
Vader lands some shots froms side control.
silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vader. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vader works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vader lands a decent elbow from side control.
Vader working the ground and pound.

Vader tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vader has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Vader lands a nice forearm strike.
Vader scoring with punches from side control.
silver is trying to control Vader's posture but Vader avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vader creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
silver is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silver takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vader in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Vader tries for a kimura but silver is defending well.
Vader working the ground and pound from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vader throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Vader wants to lay and pray for a moment but silver keeps working.
silver is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelton Vader dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice sprawl there from silver as Vader shoots in.
silver motions for Vader to come forward. silver throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown by silver or perhaps it was just good defense by Vader which made him look bad.

silver looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Vader manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Vader is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Vader looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Vader is looking for a triangle but silver pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Vader is looking for a triangle but silver pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vader trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
silver wants to control from the top but Vader keeps moving.

silver stands up and waves to Vader to follow him.
Vader cracks silver with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Vader misses with a few strikes there.
silver doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Vader counters by clinching up.
A short right from Vader on the inside.
A short right from Vader.
Vader pushes silver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vader lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of silver backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vader.
Vader lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vader controlling the action here for a moment.
silver prevents the takedown attempt.
Vader throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
silver lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vader.
silver is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shelton Vader has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of drake silver.
Vader working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Vader escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Vader forces silver back against the cage and clinches.

Vader has clasped his hands together around silver's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
silver is trying to control Vader's posture but Vader avoids it.

Vader tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vader lands some shots froms side control.
Vader works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
silver is working to avoid the ground and pound but Vader connects with a decent elbow.
Vader cracks silver with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Vader misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Vader throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
silver tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Vader wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Shelton Vader overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vader in side control lands a decent elbow.
Vader grinds an elbow into silver's temple.
Vader landing a few strikes.
silver tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vader working the ground and pound.
silver is looking for a sweep.
silver is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vader is controlling him well.
Vader in side control lands a decent elbow.
silver is looking for a sweep.
silver takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Vader scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at silver to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Vader's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Vader sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but silver is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
silver is not content to let Vader control the position.
Vader lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear silver down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelton Vader dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

silver wants to clinch but Vader slips to the side
and silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Vader closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vader gets through silver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vader wants a takedown but no success here.
Vader lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
silver tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vader just stands there and leans against the cage.
silver prevents the takedown attempt.
Vader lands a shot to the body.
Vader prevents the takedown attempt.
Vader is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that silver can do to turn this around?
Vader lands a left hand that snaps the head of silver backwards.

Vader breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
silver stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shelton Vader. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silver shoots in but Vader avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice sprawl there from silver as Vader shoots in.
silver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vader moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vader lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vader throws a left and a right that both miss
and silver counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Vader is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vader shoots in but no luck this time.
silver shoots in looking for a takedown. Vader tries to sprawl out of it but silver keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vader manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
silver misses with a hook to the body
and Vader counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Vader rushes silver and presses him up against the cage.
silver wants to get back to striking at distance but Vader won't allow it.
Vader lands an uppercut.

Vader has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but silver regains guard immediately.

Vader drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and silver dives on top into guard.
Vader throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vader avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vader is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vader throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Vader tries to strike from the bottom.
silver wants to control from the top but Vader keeps moving.

Vader is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vader keeping moving, preventing silver from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vader controls silver momentarily but silver frees himself.
Vader looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Vader looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shelton Vader is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
silver must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Vader trying to keep a closed guard but silver is proving a slippery customer.
Vader seems keen to control silver's posture.
Vader is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vader paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Vader misses with a takedown
and silver counters with a three punch combo that has Vader backing up. Vader nods at silver to acknowledge the strikes.
silver closes the distance looking to clinch

and Vader counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Vader manages to pull guard.
silver postures up.
Vader is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Vader looking to control.
Vader seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
drake silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

silver drops back looking for a leg! Vader is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vader manages to kick silver off! silver jumps back into Vader's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shelton Vader showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vader has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shelton Vader!