PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between ray tagalog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Silviera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ray tagalog looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

tagalog
vs
Silviera

176 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, ray tagalog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leandro Silviera!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silviera is looking to clinch but tagalog is avoiding it.

tagalog gets the takedown into side control.
Silviera tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but tagalog wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silviera is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

tagalog stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silviera shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and tagalog counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by tagalog.

Silviera has an active guard here but tagalog has managed to pass into half guard.
Silviera trying to hold on to tagalog's head to control him but tagalog postures up.
Silviera wants to get back to full guard but tagalog has mounted him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silviera wants to hold on but tagalog pushes him away.
tagalog sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silviera throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
tagalog looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silviera wants to hold on but tagalog pushes him away.
tagalog sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silviera is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
tagalog controlling from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silviera is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ray tagalog dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silviera with a lazy takedown attempt
and tagalog counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Silviera tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and tagalog counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silviera throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
tagalog is thwarting Silviera's attempts to control the position.
Silviera wants to control but tagalog passes into side.

That's one minute gone in the round.

tagalog stands up and beckons Silviera to his feet.
A nice combination there by Silviera.
Silviera tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and tagalog counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silviera's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silviera looking to control.
tagalog advances position into side control!

tagalog stands up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
tagalog cracks Silviera with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silviera fails with the takedown
and tagalog counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silviera's knee momentarily.
Leandro Silviera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

tagalog shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silviera is trying to defend but tagalog finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silviera is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tagalog takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Silviera trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Silviera tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ray tagalog dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Silviera with a poor takedown
and tagalog counters with a two punch combo.

tagalog closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - tagalog lands in his opponent's guard.
Silviera working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
tagalog won't allow Silviera to sweep him here.
ray tagalog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silviera trying to control the position.
tagalog passes Silviera's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
tagalog trying to control the pace.
Silviera is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute tagalog jumps into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silviera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silviera is pushing tagalog's head away, looking to escape. tagalog manages to hold on to the position though.
Silviera is looking for a sweep.

tagalog stands up and beckons Silviera to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tagalog misses with a combination
and Silviera counters with a flying knee. Nice.
ray tagalog is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
tagalog throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silviera counters with a single leg into guard. tagalog didn't expect that.

Silviera drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but tagalog manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Silviera has tagalog in his guard.

Silviera throws his legs up looking for a submission but tagalog uses it to pass to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

tagalog decides to stand back up. tagalog steps back and let's Silviera get back to his feet.
tagalog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silviera.
Silviera gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

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

And that's the end of the fight!
ray tagalog showed his dominance in that final round.
Well tagalog has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ray tagalog!