PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zin Thaw Naing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
Thaw Naing

190 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zin Thaw Naing!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naing shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
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.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Naing can't escape the position.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Naing is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Naing tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Silva unloading with bombs!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Silva.
Naing is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Naing is rocked!
Naing working to try and regain half guard.
Naing is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naing seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva landing punches.
Silva lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Naing is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Naing but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Naing looks gassed!
Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva lands with some strikes.
Silva avoids the attempt from Naing to control.
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Naing but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Naing looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with strikes but Naing is staying in there.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Naing tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Silva cracks Naing with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naing is bucking up trying to escape but Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silva scoring with strikes but Naing is staying in there.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Naing taking shots to the head.
Silva working Naing over with strikes here.

Silva is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Silva extends the arm and Naing is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Silva!