PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between nani silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perat Horvat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

silva
vs
Horvat

225 cm
22
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

205 cm
19
285 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, nani silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Perat Horvat!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horvat misses the jab.
silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
silva throws a series of punches but Horvat avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from silva.

Horvat closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. silva did well to prevent Horvat getting side control.

silva kicks Horvat off and gets back to his feet.

silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Horvat did well to prevent silva getting side control.
silva is looking to take a break and control but Horvat is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
silva wants to pass the guard but Horvat is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva throwing shots but Horvat is blocking nicely.
Horvat wants to get back to his feet.

Horvat is defending against the submission attempts here by silva.
Horvat is trying to stand.

Horvat kicks silva off and gets back to his feet.

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.
Horvat tries to close the distance and clinch up but silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Horvat counters with a nice double leg into side control. silva won't be happy with that.
silva is breathing heavily.
silva struggling a bit here.
Horvat is chipping away with strikes.
Horvat scoring with punches and elbows.
Horvat really doesn't want to stay on the ground with silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
silva taking a bit of punishment here - Horvat scoring with strikes.
Horvat landing strikes.
Horvat works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Horvat working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Horvat cracks silva with a big elbow.
Horvat lands a decent elbow from side control.
Horvat connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused silva some visible discomfort.
Horvat scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at silva to see if he's OK.
silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Horvat lands some shots froms side control.
Horvat grinds an elbow into silva's temple.
silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Horvat is working silva over with some ground and pound from side control.
Horvat working the body and head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
silva is not content to let Horvat control the position.
Horvat working the ground and pound.
silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
silva is trying to control Horvat's posture but Horvat avoids it.

Horvat thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horvat is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt silva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perat Horvat dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Horvat looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for silva!
silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Horvat pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
silva tries to reverse the position but Horvat maintains control.
BOOM! Horvat connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Horvat lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Horvat cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Horvat lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horvat scoring with strikes but silva is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horvat with good strikes from the mount here!
silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Perat Horvat has got the better of the ground game so far.
Horvat is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Horvat with shots to the head and body - silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Horvat working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Horvat with the ground and pound from mount.
Horvat with good strikes from the mount here!
Horvat lands a big elbow.
silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Horvat with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
silva working to try and regain half guard.
Horvat punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horvat in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Horvat lands a nice shot to the head.
silva wants to hold on but Horvat pushes him away.
silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Horvat has a good base and remains in mount.
Horvat with good strikes from the mount here!
silva tries to hold on but Horvat pushes him away.
Horvat scoring with strikes but silva is staying in there.
Horvat connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Horvat dominating with strikes here.
silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Horvat cracks silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva is squirming around, avoiding Horvat's attempts to control the action.
silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Horvat is landing with some decent strikes but silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silva wants to hold on but Horvat pushes him away.
Horvat putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Horvat fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Horvat.
Horvat is landing with some decent strikes but silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Horvat has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Horvat.
The referee warns silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horvat in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Horvat connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Horvat lands with some vicious ground and pound - can silva hang on?

Horvat wants to finish this one by submission but silva is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Horvat.
Horvat postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. silva looks a forlorn figure.
silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horvat lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Horvat.
Horvat raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perat Horvat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Horvat misses the shot to the body.
silva leaves Horvat with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Horvat has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
silva passes Horvat's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Horvat wants to get back to full guard.

silva stands up out of the half guard.
silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva wants to sweep here but Horvat controlling him for the moment.
silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Horvat landing some decent shots from guard.
silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
silva is trying to keep Horvat in close.
Horvat scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Horvat must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horvat makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Horvat landing some decent shots from guard.
Horvat trying to control the position from guard on top but silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Horvat trying to control but silva is working from the bottom.
Horvat postures up.
silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Horvat postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horvat wants to clinch.
Horvat wants to clinch up but silva keeps it at a distance.

Horvat feints and as silva raises his hands in defense, Horvat changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Horvat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Horvat content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perat Horvat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Horvat slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
silva has a closed guard, preventing Horvat from standing up.
nani silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Horvat trying to control but silva is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Perat Horvat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Horvat has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Perat Horvat!