PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Connor Dublin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shene Silas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dublin
vs
Silas

183 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Connor Dublin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shene Silas!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silas tries to clinch there but Dublin circles away.

Dublin has managed to clinch.

Silas ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Silas no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dublin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silas throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Silas has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dublin wants to get up but he can't break Silas's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Dublin trying to control but Silas is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silas is on top in guard.
Silas throws and elbow that misses. Dublin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silas's guard. Nice move by Dublin!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dublin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dublin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dublin won't allow Silas to sweep him here.
Silas pulls Dublin in close to prevent any damage.
Dublin trying to control but Silas is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dublin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silas looking to control.
Dublin trying to control but Silas is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

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.
A punch combination from Dublin misses.
Dublin fails to land the takedown.

Dublin tries to keep at a distance but Silas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silas gets underhooks to prevent Dublin's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Connor Dublin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dublin tries for a takedown but Silas manages to get underhooks.
Dublin is breathing heavily.
Dublin is trying to stall.
Dublin seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Silas is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

Silas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silas rushes Dublin with punches - Dublin moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Dublin goes down! Silas follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shene Silas!