PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Corway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Damian Corway has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Damian Corway seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Corway
vs
Silva

190 cm
23
240 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

197 cm
19
260 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damian Corway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corway lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Corway bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice defenses there by Corway.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Corway saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Corway moves away from the strike by Silva.

Corway shoots in and bounces Silva off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Corway loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Corway working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Corway loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Corway throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva pulls Corway in to control the position.
Corway loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to stall but Corway uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Corway tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Corway improves position.
Silva is pressed up against the ropes. Corway has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Corway shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Corway. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Corway.
Corway tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a jab when Corway was well out of range.
Silva looks to land a combination but Corway avoids it well.
Corway dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Corway moved away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Corway bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Corway.
Corway throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corway.

Corway darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Corway.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Corway throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control here.
Corway thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Corway missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Corway.
Corway looks to land a strike but Silva avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Corway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva misses with a double jab

and Corway counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Corway unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Corway thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Corway dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Corway feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Corway changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Corway tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Corway loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Corway trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Corway throws a big right hand that misses.
Corway is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva pushes Corway off and scrambles back to his feet.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
enabling Corway to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Corway.
Silva throws a head kick but Corway moves out of range.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Corway counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Corway has a takedown stuffed.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Corway counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Corway trying to move into half guard but instead Silva has managed to sweep!
Corway is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but Corway is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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.
Corway wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Corway dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Corway has a takedown stuffed.
Corway lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Corway tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Corway manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Corway counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Corway thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva moves into full guard.
Corway throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Corway's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Corway has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corway is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Corway is working from the bottom.
Rodrigo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Corway showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Corway, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Corway!