PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raphael La Vina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Silvario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think La Vina might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Hole Sun . Silvario has chosen Ice Cube - The Predator as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

La Vina
vs
Silvario

194 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael La Vina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Silvario!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvario tries to clinch but La Vina moves out of range.
Silvario tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvario moves in looking to clinch but La Vina pushes him off.
La Vina circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silvario takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silvario fails in his attempt to clinch.

La Vina shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silvario's guard.
La Vina in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
La Vina wants to pass the guard but Silvario is keeping the position.
La Vina is working hard here to advance position.
La Vina trying to control but Silvario is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vina throws and elbow that misses. Silvario uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in La Vina's guard. Nice move by Silvario!
Silvario is looking to stand up but La Vina won't let him.
Silvario postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silvario wants to clinch up but La Vina keeps it at a distance.

La Vina gets a clinch.
Silvario looking to throw knees to the head but La Vina is blocking nicely.
Silvario trying to land knees to the body.
Silvario with a knee to the head.
La Vina avoiding damage as Silvario throws knees to the body.

La Vina has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Silvario clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Silvario staying busy and making it hard for La Vina to control.
Silvario looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vina lands an elbow to the side of the head.

La Vina is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Silvario has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Silvario has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

La Vina is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Silvario is defending well though. La Vina let's go of the attempt for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvario trying to get back to his feet but La Vina is in full control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silvario defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Silvario trying to get back to his feet but La Vina is in full control for now.
La Vina keeps control of the position easily here as Silvario tries to buck him off.

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.

La Vina is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Silvario knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Silvario for a finish.
La Vina throwing sloppy strikes.
Silvario prevents La Vina from getting a body triangle.

La Vina is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Silvario taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from La Vina.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raphael La Vina!