PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Theo Avila (ranked 5300 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Silva (ranked 5312 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.

Avila
vs
Silva

158 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo Avila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manuel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Avila has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Avila creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Avila.
Silva lands an elbow just above Avila 's eye.
Silva stalling the fight.
Avila takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Avila is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avila throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Silva.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Avila avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Avila really is a fat lump.
Avila wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Avila wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva stalling.
Avila working hard to break the clinch.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Avila avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Avila avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Avila's defenses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Avila tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva avoiding damage as Avila throws knees to the body.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Avila misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Avila looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Avila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Avila wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Avila tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Avila's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Avila misses with some punches.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Avila, against the cage.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Avila's efforts to push away.
Silva blocks a body shot from Avila.
Silva stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Avila's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Avila forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Avila's brow.
Avila takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Avila avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avila dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Manuel Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Avila dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Avila blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Avila can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Avila blocks an elbow strike.
Avila avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avila blocks an elbow strike.
Avila dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Avila avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva is pushing Avila up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Avila blocks an elbow strike from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Avila's efforts to push away.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Avila takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Avila's brow.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Avila blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Avila pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Avila moves into the clinch.
Avila is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Avila blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Avila's brow.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Avila wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Avila avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Avila blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Avila blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Avila has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Avila shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Avila leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Avila avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Avila wants to break free but Silva has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Avila blocks an elbow strike.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva is stalling here.
Avila blocks the elbow strike.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Avila pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva has Avila pressed against the cage, preventing Avila from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Avila's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Avila gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva is stalling here.
Avila blocks an elbow strike.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Avila in his tracks for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva lands an elbow just above Avila 's eye.
Manuel Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva stalls.
Silva continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Avila avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Theo Avila has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Avila pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manuel 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30

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