PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Silva (ranked 3506 p4p, 319 weight class) and Aki Hiko (ranked 1748 p4p, 197 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Architects-Doomsday blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Hiko

193 cm
35
227 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

225 cm
30
277 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aki Hiko!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hiko misses with a double jab.
Hiko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hiko slips under a jab.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hiko throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hiko.
Hiko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Hiko dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hiko with a nice head shot there.
Hiko connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hiko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiko lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Silva is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Hiko rolls with it to try and escape but Silva cranks on the arm and Hiko is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Richard Silva!
Richard Silva seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.