PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vingh Lee Tran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thales Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lee Tran
vs
Silva

185 cm
18
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vingh Lee Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thales Silva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lee Tran trying to control from the bottom.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Lee Tran is working away.
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva stops Lee Tran from getting back to his feet.
Silva works his way into side control.
Lee Tran struggling a bit here.
Lee Tran prevents Silva from moving into mount.
Silva lands an elbow.
Silva tries to advance to mount but can't.
Lee Tran is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Silva tries to advance to mount but can't.
Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee Tran is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lee Tran some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva working the body and head with strikes.
Silva is putting a hurting on Lee Tran here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lee Tran taking a bit of punishment here - Silva scoring with strikes.
Lee Tran tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Lee Tran is trying to improve his position.

Silva decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Lee Tran avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lee Tran. Silva shrugs it off though.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee Tran sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee Tran misses with a head kick.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lee Tran.
Lee Tran misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lee Tran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee Tran shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Lee Tran keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lee Tran lands a knee to the body.
Lee Tran fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vingh Lee Tran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee Tran just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva keeps control of Lee Tran as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Lee Tran is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lee Tran really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee Tran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee Tran tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Lee Tran has a takedown stuffed.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Lee Tran counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva misses with a combination
and Lee Tran counters with a stiff right hand.

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Silva working the head with strikes.
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lee Tran some visible discomfort.
Silva lands a nice forearm strike.
Lee Tran takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working the body and head with strikes.
Silva cracks Lee Tran with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lee Tran is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Silva is controlling him well.
Lee Tran is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Lee Tran is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Lee Tran shoots in.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee Tran.

Lee Tran jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Silva takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Silva passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thales Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva throws a combination that misses

and Lee Tran moves into the clinch.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee Tran fails to pull guard.
Lee Tran lands a body punch.
Lee Tran is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee Tran can't break the clinch.
Lee Tran wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lee Tran is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Lee Tran blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee Tran goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vingh Lee Tran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee Tran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee Tran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Lee Tran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee Tran tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.

Silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lee Tran's guard.
Silva stops Lee Tran from standing up.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Silva passes Lee Tran's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva passes to full mount!
Silva trying to control but Lee Tran is having none of it.
Lee Tran is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the attempt from Lee Tran to control.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lee Tran in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lee Tran is trying to escape the mount.
Silva wants to control the pace but Lee Tran is squirming around nicely.
Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lee Tran?
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee Tran's face.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns Lee Tran that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lee Tran knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva scoring with strikes but Lee Tran is staying in there.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Lee Tran looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lee Tran is bucking up trying to escape but Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva tries to control but Lee Tran wriggling away.
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Silva has hold of Lee Tran's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lee Tran manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lee Tran taking shots to the head.
Lee Tran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thales Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Lee Tran throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva misses with the combination.
Lee Tran shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee Tran. Lee Tran gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Lee Tran changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Lee Tran manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vingh Lee Tran. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Lee Tran has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lee Tran showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
A head kick misses from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lee Tran counters with a thumping low kick.
Lee Tran closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Lee Tran pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva scores with a jab. Lee Tran acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Silva shoots in and bounces Lee Tran off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Lee Tran keeps moving.
Lee Tran tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva passes Lee Tran's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Thales Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lee Tran trying to control from the bottom.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lee Tran is trying to stand.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee Tran's face.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee Tran's face.
Silva unloading with bombs!
Silva trying to control but Lee Tran is having none of it.
You get the feeling that Lee Tran really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing punches.
Silva lands with some strikes.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Lee Tran is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lee Tran is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lee Tran hang on?
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Lee Tran but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Lee Tran is in trouble!
Lee Tran is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lee Tran is working hard here to advance position.
Lee Tran in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee Tran's face.
Lee Tran is trying to stand up.
Thales Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thales Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thales Silva!