PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Military Industrial Complex (ranked 679 p4p, 2089 weight class) and Leonardo Da Silva (ranked 82 p4p, 234 weight class). Complex comes to the cage accompanied by Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash. Da Silva has chosen Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3 as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Complex
vs
Da Silva

166 cm
36
147
21 - 3 - 0

167 cm
36
135
26 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Military Industrial Complex!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonardo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva misses the jab.
Complex tries to work over Da Silva's front leg with a kick but Da Silva checks it.
A slow jab from Da Silva misses its intended target.
Complex misses with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Da Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Complex - the referee stops the clock and Da Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Complex. Da Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Complex moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A low kick from Complex misses
and Da Silva counters with a left to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Da Silva blocks the leg kick.
Da Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Complex.
Complex has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Da Silva lands a body shot.
That kick from Complex tenderised Da Silva's leg. Da Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Complex lands with an overhand left.
Da Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Complex ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Da Silva misses with an uppercut. Complex saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Complex keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Da Silva.
Leonardo Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva throws a hook but Complex blocks it.
Da Silva blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva slips a straight right by Complex.
Da Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Complex fires out a quick counter leg kick but Da Silva just manages to avoid it.
Da Silva staying out of range there.
Da Silva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Da Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Complex is just out of range.
Da Silva misses with the combination.
Complex appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Da Silva lands a jab to Complex's midsection.
Da Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Complex looks to throw the jab but Da Silva is out of range.
Complex throws a front kick aimed at Da Silva's knee but Da Silva avoids it well.
Complex checks the leg kick nicely there.
Da Silva jabs Complex to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Complex swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Complex fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Da Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Complex pinned against the cage. Complex gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Complex walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Silva takes one to the chin there.
Da Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Da Silva blocks the leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Da Silva misses.
Da Silva connects with a body shot that sends Complex's belly button to the back.
Da Silva thuds a left hand into Complex's body.
Da Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Complex manages to avoid it.
Complex throws a hook but Da Silva avoids it easily.
Da Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Complex is out of range and Da Silva settles back down.
An attempted straight right counter from Complex misses the target.
Complex tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Complex.
Da Silva digs a good hook to Complex's body.
Complex on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Complex is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Da Silva.
A head kick misses from Da Silva.
Complex missing with a left hand there. Da Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good leg kick by Da Silva.
Complex throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little jabbing left from Da Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Da Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Complex under the eye.
Da Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good exchange - Da Silva coming out on top.
Complex throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Da Silva tried to score with a low kick but Complex checks it.
Complex tries to move into range but Da Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Da Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Complex missing with a left hand there. Da Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Complex throws a front kick aimed at Da Silva's knee but Da Silva avoids it well.
Da Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Da Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Silva misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Complex. Complex circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A telegraphed right hand from Complex misses the target.
Da Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Da Silva slips under a jab.
Complex scores with a crisp jab that stopped Da Silva in his tracks.
Da Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Complex takes one on the button.
Complex ducks under a wild hook from Da Silva.
Complex closes the distance and clinches up with Da Silva, looking for a takedown. Complex pushes Da Silva against the cage but Da Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Complex lands a nice looking body kick.
Da Silva defending well as Complex loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick from Da Silva lands but Complex takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Complex scores with a jab.
Da Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Complex counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Complex uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Silva.
Da Silva avoids the body shot from Complex.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Da Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Complex buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Complex scores with a jab to the jaw.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Da Silva. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Complex bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Da Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Complex lands a decent elbow from side control.

Complex tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Complex has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Da Silva manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Complex scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Complex looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Da Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Da Silva has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Complex. Oh but Da Silva has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Complex goes limp - he's gone! Da Silva jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Leonardo Da Silva!
Leonardo Da Silva is the new featherweight champion!
After winning the bout, Leonardo Da Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Military Industrial Complex had this to say: 'Sorry dad, hope I didn't disappoint you...'.