PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felipe da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare. Fatu has chosen Tribal Trouble as his entrance music. da Silva has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Felipe da Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

da Silva
vs
Fatu

198 cm
18
304 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eddie Fatu!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatu tries to close the distance and clinch but da Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

da Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fatu did well to prevent da Silva getting side control.
Fatu slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fatu trying to strike off his back.

Fatu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but da Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
da Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
da Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Fatu throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Fatu wriggles free and stands up.
da Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fatu as he jumps to the side.
da Silva is breathing heavily.

da Silva gets caught flat footed, as Fatu shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fatu should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Fatu landing with the ground and pound.
da Silva is pulling down on Fatu's head to control his posture.
Fatu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatu stops da Silva from standing up.
da Silva keeping full guard, as Fatu tries to pass.
Fatu wants to control from the top but da Silva keeps moving.
Fatu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
da Silva wants to get back to his feet but Fatu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

da Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fatu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fatu manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fatu is on top in guard.
da Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fatu.

da Silva pushes Fatu off and gets back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fatu.
da Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Fatu keeps moving and retains side control.

Fatu is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. da Silva is trying to escape and Fatu transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and da Silva is forced to tap! Nice work there by Fatu! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eddie Fatu!