PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Damiano Silva (ranked 5397 p4p, 5522 weight class) and Nano Talon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Apaga mas não bate. Nano Talon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Talon

180 cm
21
143
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
19
141
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damiano Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nano Talon!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Talon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Talon lands with a nice body punch.
Talon lands a body shot.
Talon throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Talon connects with a looping right hand.
Talon looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Talon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Talon throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Talon throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
Talon wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Talon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Talon misses with an uppercut.
Talon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Talon checks it.
Talon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Talon's ribs.
Silva throws a head kick but Talon moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick but Talon moves out of range.
Donk. Talon catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Talon throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Talon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Talon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Talon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Talon misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Talon scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Talon.
Talon scores with a body shot.
Talon throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Talon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Talon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Talon tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Talon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Talon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Talon digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Talon is stalling here.
Talon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Talon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Talon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Talon lands a left hand.
Talon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Talon stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Talon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Talon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Silva is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva tries to pull guard but Talon won't allow it.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.

Talon breaks the clinch.
Talon misses with a leg kick.
Silva attempts a counter takedown but Talon avoids it well and moves away.
Talon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nano Talon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Talon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nano Talon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Talon misses.
Silva changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Silva defending well as Talon loads up on a big left hand.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Talon.
Silva attempts a counter takedown but Talon avoids it well and moves away.
Talon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Talon's hands.
A lazy body kick from Silva
and Talon counters with a straight right hand.

Talon closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Talon lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Talon breaks the clinch.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Talon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Talon scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva throws a leg kick but Talon moved away.
Nano Talon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva tried to counter with a leg kick but Talon avoided it.
Silva defending well as Talon loads up on a big left hand.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Talon throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Talon scores with a shot to the body.
Talon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Talon throws an ugly left hook that misses

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Talon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Silva engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Silva wants to control from the top but Talon keeps moving.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Talon trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.

Silva has gone for a leg lock! Talon slips out almost immediately though and dives into Silva's guard.

Silva keeping moving, preventing Talon from controlling successfully.
Talon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Talon trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Talon with a flurry of punches that miss.

Talon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Talon sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Talon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Talon has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Silva to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Talon is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Silva pulls down on the head and he's put Talon to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Damiano Silva!
After winning the bout, Damiano Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.