PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Messi (ranked 2838 p4p, 2426 weight class) and Jurumin Silva (ranked 357 p4p, 298 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Messi
vs
Silva

200 cm
27
255
8 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
232
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronaldo Messi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jurumin Silva!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messi connects with a nice looking jab.
Messi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Messi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Messi moves into the clinch successfully.
Messi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Messi walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Messi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Knock Out Gym in the buildup to the fight.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Messi.
Silva tries to pull guard but Messi holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Messi tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Messi tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Messi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Messi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ronaldo Messi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jurumin Silva.
Silva misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Messi.
Messi throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Messi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Messi.
Messi misses with a punch on the inside.
Messi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Messi tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Messi back against the cage.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Messi.
Messi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva is trying to drag Messi to the mat but Messi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Messi swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Messi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Messi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Messi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Messi's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Messi.
Silva tries a body shot but Messi blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Messi.
Messi is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Messi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Messi lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messi scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva cracks Messi with a nice body shot.

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

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.

Silva drops back looking for a leg! Messi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Messi manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Messi's guard.
Silva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Silva in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Messi tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jurumin Silva!
Jurumin Silva really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Tengelü Hekite logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.