PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Bling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jesus dasilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bling kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Coolest - Lupe Fiasco. dasilva has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bling
vs
dasilva

190 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Bling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, jesus dasilva!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dasilva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bling. That one must have hurt.
dasilva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Bling scores a takedown into full mount!
Bling in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bling wants to control the pace but dasilva is squirming around nicely.
Bling fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Bling is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but dasilva is surviving well by controlling Bling's body position as best he can.
Bling looking to finish dasilva with some ground and pound. This is bad for dasilva!
Bling lands with some vicious ground and pound - can dasilva hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bling working dasilva over with strikes here.

Bling stands up from mount. Strange move.

Bling pushes dasilva up against the cage in a clinch.
Bling lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bling manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bling avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Bling escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. dasilva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
dasilva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

dasilva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bling shoots in and bounces dasilva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bling lands a couple of digs.
dasilva wants to stand up but Bling is controlling him.
Bling landing some decent shots from guard.
Bling wants to pass the guard but dasilva is keeping the position.
dasilva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dasilva striking off his back but it's not causing Bling any problems.
Bling has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now dasilva is on top in guard.
dasilva is looking to work some ground and pound but Bling has wrist control.

dasilva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bling, up you get!
Bling throws a series of strikes that have dasilva backpedaling.
Bling fails to land with a series of punches.
dasilva misses with a takedown

and Bling counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

dasilva has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bling off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
dasilva misses with a takedown attempt

and Bling counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in dasilva's guard now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Bling avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
dasilva wants to stand but Bling is controlling the position.
Bling passes into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dasilva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

dasilva has his takedown stuffed

and Bling counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for dasilva!
Bling working the ground and pound effectively.
Bling controlling from the full mount.
dasilva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bling with a couple of short strikes.
Bling will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dasilva tries to hold on but Bling postures up.

Bling stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Bling darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
dasilva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
dasilva trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
dasilva is trying to keep Bling in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bling is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! dasilva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! dasilva has escaped and now he's on top!
Bling on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bling tries to get out of the position.
dasilva wanted to stand there but Bling had control of the position.
dasilva is looking to work some ground and pound but Bling has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dasilva trying to control but Bling is working from the bottom.

Bling working for a triangle but dasilva defends it easily.
dasilva 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.
dasilva postures up in Bling's guard and throws a big left but Bling blocks it.
dasilva postures up in Bling's guard and throws a big left but Bling blocks it.
Bling working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from dasilva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
dasilva shoots and misses

and Bling counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
dasilva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dasilva tries to roll over but Bling keeps him under control.
Bling sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. dasilva defending well though.

dasilva looking for submissions off his back.
dasilva is trying to stand up here but Bling is controlling him well.
dasilva wants to control but Bling is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Bling dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

dasilva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Bling counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bling.
dasilva thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bling stopping the sweep attempt from dasilva.
Jay Bling overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
dasilva tries to strike from the bottom.
Bling lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

dasilva pushes Bling off and gets back to his feet.
dasilva thuds a left hand into Bling's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bling looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

dasilva kicks Bling off and gets back to his feet.
dasilva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bling counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

dasilva pushes Bling off and gets back to his feet.
dasilva misses with a takedown

and Bling decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in dasilva's guard.
Jay Bling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jesus dasilva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dasilva wants to sweep but no luck.
dasilva wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Bling manages to pass to side control.
dasilva trying to hold on to Bling's head to control him but Bling postures up.

Bling wants to work for an arm triangle but dasilva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
dasilva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bling tries to free his leg and advance position but dasilva is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dasilva is trying to control the position but Bling postures up.
Bling stops dasilva from standing up.
Bling is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that dasilva can do to turn this around?

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
dasilva with a poor takedown

and Bling counters with a nice double leg into side control. dasilva won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dasilva struggling a bit here.
dasilva tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dasilva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
dasilva wants to control but Bling is having none of it.

Bling looking for a guillotine from mount but dasilva is having none of it.
dasilva is looking to improve his position but Bling isn't that keen on the idea.
jesus dasilva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jay Bling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dasilva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Bling showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bling 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Bling!