PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jah Wobble (ranked 811 p4p, 101 weight class) and Joao Silvera (ranked 812 p4p, 100 weight class). Wobble comes to the cage accompanied by Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wobble
vs
Silvera

166 cm
26
162 lbs
17 - 4 - 1

176 cm
25
171 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jah Wobble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joao Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvera misses with a straight right.
Silvera connects with a body shot.
Silvera bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wobble's head backwards.

It looks like Jah Wobble has been cut.
Wobble uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silvera.
Silvera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wobble in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silvera. Wobble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silvera lands with a straight right. Wobble didn't see that one coming.
Silvera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silvera misses the shot to the body.
As Silvera tries to get set, Wobble tries to push him back and clinch up but Silvera manages to avoid the attempt.
Joao Silvera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvera misses with a low kick.
Wobble drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silvera sprawls and moves away.
Silvera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wobble sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wobble tries to counter with a takedown but Silvera is quick to defend against it.
Silvera throws a lazy uppercut

and Wobble counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wobble seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silvera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silvera is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wobble throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silvera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silvera wants to get back to full guard.
We've been hearing that Wobble has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wobble thows a huge punch but Silvera dodges it nicely.
Silvera is trying to get back to full guard.
Wobble looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wobble thows a huge punch but Silvera dodges it nicely.
Wobble throwing shots but Silvera is blocking nicely.
Wobble thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silvera's head.
Wobble wants to pass the guard but Silvera is defending well.
Wobble prevents Silvera from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wobble wants to control but Silvera is keeping him busy.
Silvera wants to improve his position but Wobble is controlling well.

Wobble is working for a kimura but Silvera is defending it quite comfortably.
Wobble seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silvera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wobble slips a nice elbow through Silvera's hands, connecting with Silvera's forehead.
Wobble thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silvera's head.
Silvera wants to control but Wobble is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silvera is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wobble scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wobble is working for an americana but Silvera has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Wobble was thinking about the submission.
Wobble chips away with some ground and pound.
Wobble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wobble throws a big right hand that misses.
Wobble trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wobble postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wobble trying to control the position from guard on top but Silvera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wobble throws an elbow that misses. Silvera uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wobble's guard. Nice move by Silvera!

Silvera gets to his feet. Wobble looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wobble is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silvera swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Wobble counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wobble in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wobble wants to control from the top but Silvera keeps moving.
Silvera 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.
Wobble in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wobble trying to control the position from guard on top but Silvera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wobble with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wobble postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wobble lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joao Silvera will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jah Wobble's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wobble dodges the punch combination from Silvera.
Wobble moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Silvera misses.
Silvera cracks Wobble with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silvera lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silvera misses with a looping left.
Silvera is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silvera misses the jab.
Wobble tries to counter with a takedown but Silvera is quick to defend against it.
Silvera misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wobble just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Silvera is predictable there

and Wobble counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silvera won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Silvera is not content to let Wobble control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wobble misses with the ground and pound.
Wobble wants to control but Silvera is keeping him busy.
Wobble in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Silvera defending against the ground and pound.
Silvera prevents Wobble from moving into mount.
Sloppy strikes there by Wobble.
Wobble creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wobble passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silvera!
Wobble is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silvera can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silvera is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wobble pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wobble throwing strikes here but Silvera is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silvera keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wobble looking to finish Silvera with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silvera!
Wobble can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silvera is looking to escape.
Wobble sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wobble scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silvera?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wobble lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wobble controlling the pace for now.
Silvera wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wobble.
Wobble trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jah Wobble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wobble scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silvera?
Wobble trying to control but Silvera is having none of it.
Wobble looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wobble lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silvera hang on?
Wobble with shots to the head and body - Silvera looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wobble throwing strikes here but Silvera is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wobble putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poor strikes thrown by Wobble there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wobble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvera can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Wobble! Silvera is hurt baaadly! Wobble is firing away with more strikes - Silvera is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jah Wobble!
A relieved looking Jah Wobble thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.