PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Blood And Thunder - Mastodon. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Robinson

190 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Senzu Beans Inc.

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shinji Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson is looking to clinch.

Silva shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Robinson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Robinson looking for a sweep. Not yet Robinson, not yet.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Robinson is retaining full guard.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Robinson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Robinson tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Robinson drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva avoiding damage as Robinson throws knees to the body.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robinson has him pressed against the cage.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Robinson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robinson has him pressed against the cage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva avoiding damage as Robinson throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Robinson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Robinson.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Robinson is looking to clinch.

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.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Robinson is looking to clinch.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robinson misses with a takedown

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Robinson fights it but they end up in guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robinson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Robinson is proving hard to escape from.
Robinson being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva postures up.
Robinson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's four 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.
Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silva won't allow Robinson to sweep him here.
Robinson pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Robinson wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva trying to move into half guard but instead Robinson has managed to sweep!
Silva keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinji Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Robinson defends it.
Silva is keen to just control but Robinson is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Robinson defends it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Robinson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Robinson working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Robinson controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Robinson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Robinson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.
Robinson wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robinson closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Robinson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva lands a head kick. Robinson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva misses with a takedown

and Robinson counters by moving into the clinch.
Robinson trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Robinson into the cage.
Robinson stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Robinson.

It looks like Shinji Silva has been cut.

Robinson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robinson looks to clinch

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Robinson looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Robinson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robinson with a knee to the head.
Robinson has Silva pressed against the cage.
Robinson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Robinson avoids the damage to the body.
Robinson connects with a knee to the head.
Robinson connects with a knee to the head.
Robinson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Robinson scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Robinson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Robinson connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Robinson.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Robinson is stalling here.
Robinson lands a nice knee to the body.
Robinson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Robinson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Robinson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Robinson lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Robinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shinji Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Robinson tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Robinson but Robinson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Robinson is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Robinson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Robinson thinking.
Silva throws a combination that misses

and Robinson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson connects with a knee to the head.
Robinson gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robinson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Robinson breaks from the clinch.
Robinson darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson tries to clinch up.

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.
Silva is fighting to break Robinson's control of his arms but Robinson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Robinson looking for a sweep. Not yet Robinson, not yet.

Robinson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva is really struggling to control Robinson but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva won't allow Robinson to sweep him here.
Robinson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Robinson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Robinson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva stands and throws Robinson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Robinson struggling a bit here.
Silva taking a breather here.
Robinson is not content to let Silva control the position.

That's four 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.
Robinson is trying to improve his position.
Robinson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Robinson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Robinson wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Robinson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shinji Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shinji Silva!