PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballinger comes into the arena with A Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart blaring out of the sound system. Ryan Ballinger has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ballinger
vs
Silva

191 cm
19
222 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Silva!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Ballinger.
Silva lands with a cross.
Ballinger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with a combination

and Ballinger counters with a beautiful punch that sends Silva to the canvas!

Silva is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ballinger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Ballinger from controlling successfully.
Ballinger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Ballinger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ballinger throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.

Ballinger thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ballinger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot by Silva.
Ballinger looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Ballinger tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Ballinger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ballinger throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ballinger misses the jab.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Good standup being displayed there by Ballinger as he connects with a hook.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ballinger.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Ballinger checks it.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Ballinger throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva misses with the combination.
Ballinger loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Ballinger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ballinger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ballinger looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva scores with a jab. Ballinger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Ballinger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva moves out of range as Ballinger strikes.
Ballinger slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Ballinger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Ballinger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ballinger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ballinger will feel that in the morning.
Ballinger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ballinger backs up against the cage.
Silva leaves Ballinger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch lands to the side of Ballinger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ballinger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shane Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva lands with a hook. Ballinger tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ballinger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ballinger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a combination that misses

and Ballinger lands a stunning uppercut that sends Silva to the mat!
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Ballinger finish him?

It looks like Shane Silva has been cut.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ballinger. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballinger sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Silva looks gassed!
Ballinger throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Ballinger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva misses with a double jab

and Ballinger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ballinger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ryan Ballinger is winning the standup battle so far.
Ballinger tries to clinch up.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ballinger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ballinger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ballinger misses with a looping right.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ballinger wants to clinch.
Ballinger walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Ballinger misses.
Silva misses with a head kick.
A nice combination there by Silva.
Ballinger moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ballinger.
A cross from Silva lands.
Nice defenses there by Ballinger.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ryan Ballinger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ballinger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ballinger misses with a wild body shot.
Ballinger cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Ballinger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ballinger throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves away from the strike by Ballinger.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Ballinger.
Ballinger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva tries to bum rush Ballinger with a series of wild strikes but Ballinger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ballinger dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Shane Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ballinger is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ballinger tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Ballinger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ballinger swinging wildly here.
Ballinger throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger misses with a straight left.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballinger moves away.
Ballinger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Ballinger wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ballinger counters with a left and a right that hurts Silva! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Ballinger jumps into full mount!

Ballinger has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Ballinger has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Ballinger scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ballinger tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballinger punishing his opponent with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ballinger looking to isolate an arm here. Silva doesn't see it coming and as Ballinger extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Ballinger!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Ballinger!