PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Who Cares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvia has chosen The game by Disturbed as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cares
vs
Silvia

180 cm
25
148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
146 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
EVOLUTION Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Who Cares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shawn Silvia!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cares misses with a looping right.
Silvia is looking for the big counter here.
Cares with a poor takedown
and Silvia counters with a one-two to the body.
Cares lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silvia at a distance.
Cares throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Silvia counter with a right hand.
Cares misses with a hook to the body
and Silvia counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cares closes the distance and clinches.
Silvia lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Silvia scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cares looking for a takedown.
Cares working aggressively here.
Silvia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cares up against the cage.
Silvia struggles to land a body shot inside as Cares controls his hands.
Silvia has Cares pushed against the cage.

Silvia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cares with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silvia counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Who Cares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cares tries to clinch up but Silvia circles away and keeps his distance.
Silvia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cares tries to clinch but Silvia moves out of range.
Silvia lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cares gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cares is trying to break the clinch but Silvia has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Silvia to work.
A short uppercut from Silvia.

Silvia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cares throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cares throws a combination that misses
and Silvia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cares throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silvia counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Cares misses.
A combination from Cares does no damage.
Silvia throws out a counter right but Cares avoids it with no problem.
Cares with a poor takedown
and Silvia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cares throws a series of strikes that have Silvia backpedaling.
Silvia displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cares.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cares misses with a double jab
and Silvia counters with a left and a right that stings Cares.
Cares misses with a combination
and Silvia counters with a crisp right that sends Cares to the canvas! Silvia follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Silvia!
Shawn Silvia really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Voodoo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.