PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harland Sanchez (ranked 24745 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Silva (ranked 4570 p4p, 386 weight class). The key to victory for Harland Sanchez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sanchez
vs
Silva

168 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harland Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose Silva!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

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.

Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sanchez has escaped the position, nice work there.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Silva is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Sanchez is trying to escape and Silva transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Sanchez is forced to tap! Nice work there by Silva! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jose Silva!
A relieved looking Jose Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.