PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Wild Boyz as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ruzic
vs
Silva

185 cm
22
192 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
199 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Behold The Beast
Behold The Beast

BEST NUTRITION,no doping
Amber Swan CBK

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josip Ruzic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Ruzic, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ruzic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ruzic avoids a kick to the body.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruzic.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ruzic.
Ruzic wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
A lull in the action here as Ruzic stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ruzic looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Ruzic decides to take the fight back to the feet.

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.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruzic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Ruzic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ruzic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic tries to clinch up.
Ruzic misses the shot to the body.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Ruzic is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Ruzic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ruzic.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josip Ruzic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ruzic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ruzic would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ruzic stops Silva from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruzic prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Ruzic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ruzic 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.
Ruzic wants to get up but he can't break Silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josip Ruzic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruzic's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Ruzic.
Ruzic tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva looks to clinch

and Ruzic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Ruzic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruzic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ruzic gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Josip Ruzic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruzic.
Ruzic throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Ruzic throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carlton Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruzic tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Josip Ruzic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruzic moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Ruzic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruzic fails with the takedown
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josip Ruzic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruzic clinches but Silva breaks the clinch

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Ruzic has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Silva is trying to keep an underhook but Ruzic manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ruzic is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ruzic in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is staying active underneath Ruzic, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ruzic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Silva makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Ruzic fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Silva clinches with his opponent.

Ruzic ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ruzic no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Ruzic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.

Ruzic has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Silva should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Ruzic has tightened it up now! Silva should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Josip Ruzic!
Josip Ruzic retains his middleweight title!