PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vladislav Kovban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kovban
vs
Silva

169 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
21
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladislav Kovban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miguel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Kovban with that takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Kovban tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kovban tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva throws a series of punches but Kovban moves out of range.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a right hand that Kovban ducks under and follows up with a left that Kovban also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kovban.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Kovban bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Kovban closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovban prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kovban.
Kovban connects with a knee to the head.
Silva being controlled against the cage.

Kovban breaks from the clinch.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva looks gassed!

Kovban moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to break free but Kovban has control.
Kovban has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by Kovban.

Kovban breaks the clinch.
Kovban fails with a takedown attempt.
Kovban shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Kovban's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladislav Kovban. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.

Kovban has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Kovban breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miguel Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kovban circles away quickly and effectively.

Kovban has managed to clinch.

Kovban pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kovban shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Kovban gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kovban landing knees to the head.
Kovban lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Kovban lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Kovban lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Kovban breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kovban.
Silva works over Kovban's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva throws a right hand that Kovban ducks under and follows up with a left that Kovban also avoids with ease.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kovban tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Kovban fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kovban showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.

Kovban scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovban thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Kovban is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kovban is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kovban throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kovban missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva has hold of Kovban's hands but Kovban slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kovban pulls his head out easily.
Kovban not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kovban slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Kovban changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Kovban manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A punch combination from Silva misses.

Kovban gets a clinch.

Kovban manages to break the clinch.
Kovban doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

That's four 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 lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva throws a right hand that Kovban ducks under and follows up with a left that Kovban also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a right and a left that Kovban avoids nicely.
Silva throws a series of punches but Kovban moves out of range.

Kovban shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kovban wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva wants to sweep here but Kovban controlling him for the moment.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kovban trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladislav Kovban dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A nice combination there by Silva.
Kovban is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a series of punches but Kovban moves out of range.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Kovban bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva throws a right and a left that Kovban avoids nicely.
Silva throws a series of punches but Kovban moves out of range.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kovban.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kovban dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kovban has managed to clinch.

Kovban breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Silva throws a right hand that Kovban ducks under and follows up with a left that Kovban also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Vladislav Kovban is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kovban dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Kovban tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kovban doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Kovban wants to clinch.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Kovban has double underhooks.
Kovban lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva takes a shot to the head.

Kovban ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kovban no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Kovban looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Kovban has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kovban avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Kovban is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kovban is keeping the position for now.

Kovban working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kovban wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kovban pushes a forearm under Silva's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Silva is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vladislav Kovban!