PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between T Challa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Challa
vs
Silva

184 cm
28
200 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

185 cm
22
190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Conviction

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, T Challa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregory Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Challa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Challa looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Challa tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Challa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Challa.
Challa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Challa has Silva pulled in close to control his posture.
Silva is working Challa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Challa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Challa controlling from the top position.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Challa controlling from the top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Challa wants to get up but he can't break Silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Challa stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.

T Challa has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Challa cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Challa looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Challa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Challa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Challa avoids the head kick by Silva.
T Challa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Challa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Challa takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Challa.
Challa thows a body shot but no joy.
Challa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Challa.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Challa.
Challa throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Challa throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Challa connects with a body shot.
Challa misses with a kick to the body
and Silva finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Challa fails with an attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Challa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

T Challa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Challa looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Challa.
Challa throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Challa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Challa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Challa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Challa throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gregory Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Challa is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Challa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Challa thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Challa.
Challa lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Challa.
A shot to the liver by Challa. Beautiful body shot.
Challa cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva blocks a jab.
Challa looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Challa throws out the jab.
Challa misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Challa swinging wildly here.
T Challa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Challa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Challa.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Challa throws a leg kick that misses.
A shot to the liver by Challa. Beautiful body shot.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Challa takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves forwards but Challa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Challa connects with a nice looking jab.
Challa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Challa slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Challa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Challa scores with a push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Challa lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Gregory Silva has been cut.
Challa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Challa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Challa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Challa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Challa finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Challa jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A jab from Challa finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

T Challa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gregory Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Challa throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Challa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Challa misses with an uppercut.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Challa counters with a leg kick.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Challa was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Challa wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Challa throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Challa.
Challa tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Challa throws a right and a left that both miss.
T Challa is winning the standup battle so far.
Challa lands an overhand right.
Challa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Challa scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Challa misses with a wild combination.
Challa digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Challa.
Silva tries to move into range but Challa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Challa tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva checks a low kick from Challa.
Challa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva moves out of range as Challa strikes.
T Challa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Challa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Challa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick but Challa moves out of range.
Challa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Challa cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Challa sprawls well. Challa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Challa slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Challa.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gregory Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Challa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
T Challa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Challa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... T Challa!