PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between gabriel silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Lahey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

silva
vs
Lahey

175 cm
20
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, gabriel silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trevor Lahey!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva throws a body punch but Lahey moves out of range.
Lahey lands with an overhand left.
silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lahey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch lands to the side of silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lahey moves into range and connects with a jab.

Lahey closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming silva to the mat! silva manages to get full guard.
silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lahey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lahey with a nice head shot there.
Lahey trying to control but silva is working from the bottom.
Lahey postures up.
silva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lahey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lahey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lahey throwing strikes from guard but silva blocks nicely.
Lahey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lahey stopping the sweep attempt from silva.
Lahey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
silva has his hands on Lahey's head, controlling the position.
silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lahey is pushing down on silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Lahey has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lahey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva is looking to control Lahey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can silva avoid being mounted?
silva pushes Lahey off looking to stand but Lahey dives back in and keeps control.
Lahey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lahey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lahey working the head and body with strikes.
Lahey winds up and cracks silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lahey wants to take a breather but silva is having none of it.
Lahey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. silva defending well though.
Lahey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lahey.
silva is breathing heavily.
silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lahey looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lahey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva trying to control from the bottom.
Lahey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
silva desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Lahey slows the pace down in half guard.
silva tries to roll over but Lahey keeps him under control.
Lahey slips a nice elbow through silva's hands, connecting with silva's forehead.
Lahey lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva is trying to control but can't.
Lahey works his way into full mount!
Lahey landing strikes from the mount and silva is in trouble!
Lahey lands a big shot there that rocks silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Lahey.
A big strike lands for Lahey! That's really hurt silva and he's turned his back - Lahey keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Lahey jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevor Lahey!