PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mij Neztil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by system of a down - violent pornography. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Silva
vs
Neztil

200 cm
22
218 lbs
11 - 6 - 2

188 cm
24
210 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Rickson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mij Neztil!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Neztil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Neztil is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neztil moves into full guard.

Neztil escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva distracts Neztil with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Neztil is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.

Neztil is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva wants to control from the top but Neztil keeps moving.

Neztil looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neztil is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Neztil's head.
Silva passes into half guard.
Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Neztil is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Silva.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva cracks Neztil with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Silva has control of Neztil's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Neztil regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Neztil really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neztil sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Neztil wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

Neztil looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Neztil looking for subs from the bottom but Silva mounts him!
Neztil looks gassed!
Silva prevents Neztil from getting the reversal.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Neztil looks a forlorn figure.
Neztil tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Neztil looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neztil tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Neztil tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Neztil is in trouble!
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Neztil is looking to get to half guard.
Silva tries to control but Neztil wriggling away.
Neztil is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva breaks from Neztil's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva lands a big elbow.
Silva scoring with strikes but Neztil is staying in there.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Neztil is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neztil regains half guard.

Neztil is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Neztil is trying to stand.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Neztil does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Neztil looking for submissions off his back.
Neztil is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Neztil is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Neztil looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Nice cross by Silva.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva takes a swing at Neztil's ribcage but misses.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Neztil tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva with a hook.
Neztil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Neztil swinging wildly here.
Neztil is looking to land body kicks.
Neztil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Neztil misses with a kick to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Neztil misses with a two punch combination.
Silva cracks Neztil with an open hand slap.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Neztil is breathing heavily.

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Neztil is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Neztil looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Neztil looking for submissions off his back.
Neztil is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rickson Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Neztil looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Neztil is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neztil is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Neztil doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.
Neztil bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Neztil drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard.
Neztil keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

Neztil looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Neztil looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Neztil's head.

Neztil 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.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Neztil's head.

Neztil has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva is working Neztil over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silva wants to control from the top but Neztil keeps moving.

Neztil working for submissions but it's allowed Silva to get to half guard.
Neztil is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Neztil's hands, connecting with Neztil's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Neztil actively working from the bottom here.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva is keen to just control but Neztil is a slippery customer.
Neztil wants to get back to full guard.
Silva blocks the strikes from Neztil.

Neztil is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Neztil connects with a solid leg kick.
Neztil fails to land with a series of punches.

Neztil gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neztil escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Silva dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Neztil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Neztil needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
A combination from Neztil does no damage.
Silva jabs at Neztil's body.
Neztil throws a sloppy body shot

and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Neztil's guard now.
Neztil has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.

Neztil is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Silva trying to control but Neztil is working from the bottom.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.

Neztil looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neztil wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Silva wants to control but Neztil is keeping him busy.
Neztil tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva cracks Neztil with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Neztil falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva lands a body shot.

Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Neztil with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mij Neztil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Neztil is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Neztil sees it coming and defends easily.
Neztil is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.

Neztil is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Neztil actively working from the bottom here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neztil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jab from Silva.
Neztil gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva works Neztil's body with a nice hook.
Neztil falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Neztil on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Neztil lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Neztil tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Neztil.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva works over Neztil's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Neztil misses
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Neztil walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Neztil fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Neztil misses with a strike from the bottom.
Neztil throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rickson Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26

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