PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderley Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Matielli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matielli comes into a darkened arena with his song building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvUiMEpZNSw kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Junior Matielli is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Silva
vs
Matielli

189 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
206 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderley Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Matielli!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Matielli as he jumps to the side.
Matielli looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A left and a right from Matielli both land. Nice combination.
Silva waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Matielli. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Matielli to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Junior Matielli has been cut.
Matielli throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Matielli is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matielli has him pressed against the cage.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva is looking to stand up but Matielli isn't so interested in that idea.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Silva holds on and takes a little breather.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matielli looking to pass the guard.
Matielli would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silva is looking to stand up but Matielli isn't so interested in that idea.

Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Matielli looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Matielli looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matielli prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Matielli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Matielli from controlling successfully.

Silva is looking to sinch up a triangle. Matielli throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Silva's body to avoid the submission. Silva has instead reached around Matielli's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Silva arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Wanderley Silva!