PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruzic's choice of entrance music: Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Silva
vs
Ruzic

185 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
48
192 lbs
49 - 23 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felipe Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 49 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Josip Ruzic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch up but Ruzic keeps it at a distance.

Ruzic scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Silva tries to buck Ruzic off but Ruzic is having none of it.

Ruzic working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ruzic working the ground and pound.
Ruzic is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Silva definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ruzic tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva looking for a sweep but Ruzic has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruzic on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic manages to capitalize on a mistake by Silva to take his back!

Silva is looking to escape here. Oh dear - Ruzic has locked on a rear naked choke here! Silva is tapping out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Josip Ruzic!
After winning the bout, Josip Ruzic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.