PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Dumile (ranked 23820 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Silva (ranked 19334 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dumile
vs
Silva

183 cm
19
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
36
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Dumile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dumile fails with the takedown
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice cross by Silva.
Dumile tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Dumile moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Dumile tries to clinch up.
Dumile fails with the takedown.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dumile has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Dumile's head.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.

Dumile feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dumile is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumile is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dumile has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Dumile wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dumile looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Silva keeping full guard, as Dumile tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dumile engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dumile missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dumile walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumile doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dumile wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dumile tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Dumile. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dumile prevents a body shot from Silva.
Dumile wants to take the fight to the mat but Silva manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dumile blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.

Dumile jumps guard.
Dumile looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dumile thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Dumile has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dumile prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Dumile is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a hook but Dumile avoids it easily.

Silva has Dumile up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with some punches.

Dumile jumps guard.
Dumile has Silva pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva is sitting in close to Dumile's body. Dumile has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Silva is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Silva is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Dumile.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Daniel Dumile!