PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between mick young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nani silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). young comes to the cage accompanied by

target=blank>the fight song. nani silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

young
vs
silva

225 cm
20
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, mick young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, nani silva!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
young goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
young connects with a high kick.

It looks like nani silva has been cut.
silva slips a jab and a cross from young.
young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
young throws a right and a left that silva avoids nicely.

young lands a big head kick that sends silva tumbling to the mat! young takes a step backwards and waves silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
silva dives in and grabs young's left leg, looking for a takedown. young pushes down on silva's head and hops out.

silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. silva showed some decent athleticism there.
young is trying to stand up here but silva is controlling him well.

young manages to escape and get back to his feet!
silva wants to clinch up but young keeps it at a distance.
young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but silva circles away quickly and effectively.
silva blocks a head kick by young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
young misses with a head kick.
young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from young.
young misses with a jab, cross combination.
young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
young is breathing heavily.

silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming young to the mat! young manages to get full guard.
silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
silva wants to control from the top but young keeps moving.

young kicks silva off and gets to his feet.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
mick young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
silva shoots in for a takedown but young shows good takedown defense.
young throws a series of punches but silva avoids them all with ease.
silva avoids the head kick by young.
silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
young stuffs the takedown attempt from silva. silva gets slowly back to his feet.
mick young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of nani silva.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
young throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from young.
mick young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
young lands a head kick!
young throws a right hand that silva ducks under and follows up with a left that silva also avoids with ease.

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.

silva drives through with a takedown into guard.

young is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

young manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
young wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and silva manages to pass to side control.
silva prevents young from standing back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
silva stalling.
silva is trying to control. young wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mick young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on nani silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

young goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
young takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
silva is looking to clinch but young is avoiding it.
young has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
silva shoots in for a takedown but young shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
young misses with a wild combination.
silva tries to clinch up but young circles away and keeps his distance.
young throws a head kick that misses.
silva moves in looking to clinch but young pushes him off.
mick young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
young lands a two punch combo.
mick young is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
young misses with a body kick.
young circles away from the clinch attempt.
young throws a right and a left that both miss.
young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by silva.
young throws a series of punches but silva moves out of range.
silva blocks the body kick.
silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
young stuffs the takedown.
young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by silva.
silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two 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.
silva closes the distance and clinches up with young, looking for a takedown. silva pushes young against the cage but young circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
mick young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of nani silva.
young misses with the combination.
young throws a half hearted mid kick.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
young throws a head kick that misses.

silva feints and as young raises his hands in defense, silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
young keeping full guard, as silva tries to pass.

young pushes silva off and gets back to his feet.
young lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
young wants to stand and escape but silva is having none of it.
silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
silva passes into half guard.
young pushes silva off looking to stand but silva dives back in and keeps control.
silva perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
silva wants to take a breather but young is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
young tries to kick silva off but silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
silva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for young!
silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
young wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

nani silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on nani silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from silva.
young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but silva circles away quickly and effectively.
young fails to land with a series of punches.
young keeps the fight on the outside.
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - young circles away.
young throws a series of punches but silva avoids them all with ease.
silva fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. young tries to avoid it but silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag young to the ground. young escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
mick young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of nani silva.
young lands a nice leg kick that just misses silva's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
young throws a head kick but silva moves out of range.
young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
young throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by silva.

silva takes the fight into the clinch.
silva jumps guard but young stands there with silva around his waist. silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
silva controlling from side mount.
young is looking to work his way out of this bad position but silva is controlling him well.
nani silva has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

young throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
young misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from silva is defended easily by young.
silva shoots in but young avoids the takedown attempt easily.
silva slips a jab and a cross from young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

young gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
young wants to stand but silva is controlling the position.
silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
young wants to stand but silva is controlling the position.
silva looking to pass the guard.
silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed young's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
young wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, silva seems content to control.
young is looking to escape.
Nice strikes from silva there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva prevents young from standing back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
silva throws a sloppy head kick
and young counters with a big head kick but silva shrugs it off.
silva looks to land a combination but young avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to nani silva.
I think silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... nani silva!