PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Cuervo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leandro Silva's chin.

Cuervo
vs
Silva

177 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
19
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Cuervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leandro Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cuervo scores with a decent looking hook.
A combination from Cuervo does no damage.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cuervo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Cuervo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Cuervo lands a left and a right that sends Silva crashing to the canvas! Cuervo dives into mount looking to finish!

Silva is rocked!

Cuervo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Silva can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Cuervo finish him?

Silva has left one of his arms exposed and Cuervo doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Silva screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jose Cuervo!