PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between vinny souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). vinny souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rogerio Silva's chin.

souza
vs
Silva

183 cm
21
203 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

183 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, vinny souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a series of punches but souza avoids them all with ease.
Silva tries to bum rush souza with a series of wild strikes but souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

souza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

souza stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva throws a series of punches but souza moves out of range.
souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for vinny souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
souza is breathing heavily.
souza wants to stand but Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but souza is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

souza is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!
Silva trying to control but souza is working from the bottom.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but souza is retaining full guard.
Silva postures up in souza's guard and throws a big left but souza blocks it.

souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but souza is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

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.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a series of punches but souza avoids them all with ease.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva tries to bum rush souza with a series of wild strikes but souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

souza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than souza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

souza looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.

souza jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but souza has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have souza backpedaling.
Silva throws a right hand that souza ducks under and follows up with a left that souza also avoids with ease.
souza slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva stalks souza and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into souza's face. souza staggers backwards, shaken.
souza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva scores with a one two! souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva throws a right hand that souza ducks under and follows up with a left that souza also avoids with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from souza.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for vinny souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some bone on bone action there as souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
vinny souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva throws a series of punches but souza avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with souza's head.
Silva throws a series of punches but souza avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a series of punches but souza moves out of range.
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
souza fails to land the takedown.
souza shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
souza dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but souza circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
souza with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Donk. Silva catches souza right on the button with a cross.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogerio Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

souza fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from souza.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but souza persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for vinny souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a right hand that souza ducks under and follows up with a left that souza also avoids with ease.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva throws a combination. souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped souza in his tracks.
Silva scores with a one two! souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva works souza's body with a nice hook.
souza throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva jabs at souza's body.
souza walks into a left hand.
souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
souza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles souza. souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and souza counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva tries to kick souza off but souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

souza is looking for submissions but instead, Silva has regained full guard.
Silva is looking to stand up but souza isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

souza drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Silva manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now souza has Silva in his guard.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rogerio Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
souza keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
souza keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
souza keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

souza is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
souza has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
vinny souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
souza keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rogerio Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogerio Silva!