PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daley comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonforce-Heroes of our time. Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kanye West - Amazing. Paul Daley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Daley
vs
Silva

188 cm
24
129 lbs
2 - 9 - 0

175 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley misses with the combination.
Daley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Daley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Daley with an uppercut!
Daley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Nice jab there from Daley.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Daley's half guard.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Daley defends it.

Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Daley regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Silva.

That's two 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.
Silva prevents Daley from getting back to his feet.

Silva postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Daley is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Silva, into his guard.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

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.
Silva looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Daley!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Daley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Daley.
Daley misses with a looping right.
Paul Daley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Daley walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Daley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Daley.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Daley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Daley lands with a nice body punch.
Daley swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Daley scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Daley doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Daley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Daley to counter with a crisp jab.
Daley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Daley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Paul Daley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Daley.
Julio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Daley counters with a one-two to the body.

It looks like Julio Silva has been cut.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Daley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Daley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Daley does no damage.
Daley misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Silva misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Daley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva tries for a takedown but Daley manages to get underhooks.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Silva.
Silva tries to pull guard but Daley won't allow it.
Daley throws an elbow that misses.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Daley walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Daley misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva avoids the head kick by Daley.
Silva is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Daley is just out of range.
Silva misses the body punch
and Daley counters with a one-two to the body.
Nice shot by Daley.
Daley avoids the body shot from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Daley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Daley counters with an outside leg kick.
Daley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Daley avoids nicely.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Daley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Daley throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Daley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daley keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Daley counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Silva tries to move into range but Daley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Daley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Silva does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Daley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Daley misses with a two punch combination.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Daley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Daley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daley.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Daley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva throws a jab when Daley was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Daley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julio Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Daley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Daley misses with a few strikes there.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daley.
Some wild striking there from Daley.
Daley misses with the combination.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Daley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daley manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva misses with a double jab
letting Daley counter with a right hand.
Paul Daley is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Daley circles away.
Daley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva jabs Daley right on the nose. Daley blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley swinging wildly here.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Daley counters with a stiff right hand.
Daley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Daley missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Daley's head but Daley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Daley's head back.
A jab from Silva misses.
Daley throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Daley ducks down to avoid it.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Daley ducks down to avoid it.
Silva connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a right and a left that Daley avoids nicely.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Daley's shoulder, as Daley tries to avoid the shot.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daley.
Daley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Silva takes a swing at Daley's ribcage but misses.
Daley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Daley keeps the fight on the outside.
Daley looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Silva clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva jumps guard but Daley stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Daley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva has Daley pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Daley manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Silva.
Daley wants to break free but Silva has control.

Daley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva looks to land a combination but Daley avoids it well.
Daley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Daley lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Daley as he avoids it easily.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice uppercut there from Daley.
Silva scores with a one two! Daley had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daley looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Daley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Daley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Daley just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva stalls.
Daley misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Daley.
I think Daley 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!