PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Thomas
vs
Silva

170 cm
22
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

CROWN
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Urijah Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas stalling in the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Urijah Thomas has been cut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thomas could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Silva cracks Thomas with a nice body shot.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva pushes Thomas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Thomas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a body punch.
Thomas letting Silva take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thomas managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thomas blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paulo Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Thomas scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Thomas postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Thomas controls the pace.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Thomas from standing up.
Thomas throwing strikes but missing.
Silva is looking to stand up but Thomas isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva is adopting a defensive guard.
Thomas looking to pass the guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thomas takes a step back to recover.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thomas backs up against the cage.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thomas throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Urijah Thomas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A head kick from Silva lands but Thomas takes it in his stride.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thomas jumps guard but Silva stands there with Thomas around his waist. Thomas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Thomas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thomas managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.

Thomas shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Thomas was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Thomas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva tries to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva tries to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas looking to control and managing it successfully.
Thomas looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Silva tries to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Thomas throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Thomas loaded up on that one.

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.
Silva tries to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thomas tries to control but Silva wriggling away.

Thomas goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Silva is on top in guard.
Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Urijah Thomas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Urijah Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Silva pushes Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas avoids a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas has a takedown stuffed.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Silva.

Thomas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Thomas wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Silva uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Silva is controlling Thomas's posture.
Silva keeping full guard, as Thomas tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
Thomas looking to pass the guard.
Silva controls Thomas momentarily but Thomas frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas looking to pass the guard.
Thomas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Urijah Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Thomas's head.

Urijah Thomas's cut is getting worse.
Paulo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thomas takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Thomas is proving a slippery customer.
Paulo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Silva is pulling down on Thomas's head to control his posture.
Thomas trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Thomas is fighting to break Silva's control of his arms but Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

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