PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gilberto Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aryan Superman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Superman's choice of entrance music: And Then There Was Silence. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Da Silva
vs
Superman

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aryan Superman!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Da Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Superman manages to work his way to half guard, despite Da Silva's best efforts.
Superman pushes Da Silva off looking to stand but Da Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Superman desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Da Silva prevents Superman from standing back up.
Da Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Superman's head.
Still in half guard, Da Silva seems content to control.
Da Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Da Silva wants to control but Superman is keeping him busy.
Superman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Da Silva is working away from the top position though.
Superman wants to get back to his feet.
Da Silva passes the guard and advances to mount!
Da Silva wants to control the pace but Superman is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Superman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Da Silva wants to control the pace but Superman is squirming around nicely.
Superman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Da Silva controlling from mount.
Superman is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Superman looks gassed!
Da Silva scoring with strikes but Superman is staying in there.

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.
Superman is looking to improve his position but Da Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Silva controlling from mount.
Da Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Da Silva wants to control the pace but Superman is squirming around nicely.
Da Silva scoring with strikes but Superman is staying in there.
Superman wants to hold on but Da Silva pushes him away.
Superman working to try and regain half guard.
Da Silva breaks from Superman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Da Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Superman's face.
Superman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Da Silva looking to control but Superman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Superman is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Superman is looking to get to half guard.
Superman is squirming around, avoiding Da Silva's attempts to control the action.

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.
Superman is trying to stand.

Da Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Superman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Da Silva content just to control the position here.
Da Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Da Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Da Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Gilberto Da Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Da Silva looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Da Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Da Silva fails to land the takedown.

Da Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Superman sprawls well initially but Da Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Superman kicks off Da Silva and gets to his feet.
Superman tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Superman lands a jab to the head.
Da Silva shoots in for a double leg but Superman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A left and a right from Superman both land. Nice combination.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Superman keeps the fight on the outside.
Superman throws a series of punches but Da Silva avoids them all with ease.
Da Silva blocks a leg kick.

Da Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Superman tries to get to full guard but Da Silva has control of the leg.
Superman is not content to let Da Silva control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Silva takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Superman is trying to stand.
Da Silva controlling the action here.
Superman gets full guard.
Superman seems keen to control Da Silva's posture.
Superman wants to sweep here but Da Silva controlling him for the moment.
Superman has his hands on Da Silva's head, controlling the position.
Superman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Da Silva is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Da Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Superman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Da Silva is controlling him.
Da Silva wants to control from the top but Superman keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Superman forces Da Silva back against the cage and clinches.

Superman manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Superman has taken the fight to the clinch.

Superman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Superman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Superman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Superman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Superman tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Da Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gilberto Da Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Superman misses with a wild combination.

Da Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Superman sprawls well initially but Da Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Da Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Superman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Da Silva controlling the action here.

Da Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Da Silva stops Superman from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Da Silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Superman for as long as he can get away with.
Superman is trying to maintain the position but Da Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Da Silva tries to pass to full mount but Superman defends it.

Da Silva postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Superman to stand up.
Aryan Superman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Superman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Superman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Superman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Superman cracks Da Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Da Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Da Silva avoids the head kick by Superman.
Nice body punch from Superman.
Superman tests Da Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Da Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Superman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Da Silva.
Superman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Da Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Superman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Da Silva at a distance.

Superman pushes Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Da Silva breaks from the clinch.
Da Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Da Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Superman takes a swing at Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Da Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Superman sprawls well. He's pushed Da Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Superman circles away.

Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.

Superman manages to break the clinch.
Superman stalks Da Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Da Silva's face. Da Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Da Silva slips a jab and a cross from Superman.
Superman pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Superman cracks Da Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Superman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gilberto Da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Da Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Superman sprawls well. He's pushed Da Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gilberto Da Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Superman lands with a kick to the temple. Da Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Superman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A punch combination from Superman misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Superman.
Superman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Superman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Superman fails to land with a series of punches.
Superman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Da Silva. Superman shrugs it off though.
Superman misses the shot to the body.
Da Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Da Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Superman's waist but Superman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Da Silva off to one side.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Superman scores with a jab to the body.
Superman lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Superman.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Superman pushes him off.

Da Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Superman!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva punishing his opponent with strikes.
Da Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Superman wants to control but Da Silva is having none of it.
Gilberto Da Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Da Silva looking to control but Superman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Superman is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Da Silva prevents Superman from getting the reversal.
Da Silva trying to control but Superman is having none of it.

Da Silva working for a submission but Superman is keeping him at bay.
Da Silva cracks Superman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva punching from mount but Superman doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Superman is trying desperately to improve position.

Da Silva moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Superman has worked his arm free - good work by Superman!
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Da Silva working the ground and pound.
Superman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Da Silva trying to control the action but Superman is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva stands up.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Superman but Superman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Da Silva tries for a takedown but Superman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Superman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Superman throws a right and a left that Da Silva avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Superman doesn't manage to clinch there - Da Silva circles away.
Superman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Da Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Da Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aryan Superman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Superman pushes Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Superman misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aryan Superman.
I think Da 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28

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