PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xin Chan (ranked 24436 p4p, 4471 weight class) and Rodriguo Silva (ranked 694 p4p, 510 weight class). Xin Chan looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Chan
vs
Silva

183 cm
24
177
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
170
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Xin Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodriguo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva throws a right and a left that Chan avoids nicely.

Chan feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Chan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chan is stalling in the full guard.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva is trying to keep Chan in close.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Chan stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chan connects with a couple of short punches.
Chan looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Chan controlling from the top position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt.

Chan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Chan lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva wants to control but Chan is keeping busy.
Silva is in trouble now - Chan has advanced to mount!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Chan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chan continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Chan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Silva wants to hold on but Chan pushes him away.
Chan tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chan is on top in guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Xin Chan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard.
Chan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Chan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Chan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silva is trying to keep Chan in close.
Chan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chan defends it easily.
Chan controlling from the top position.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Chan defends easily.
Chan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Silva looking for a triangle here. Chan is fighting it but it looks tight! Silva pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Chan is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Rodriguo Silva!
Rodriguo Silva bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.