PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zlatan da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Dutra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zlatan da Silva looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

da Silva
vs
Dutra

192 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
314 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zlatan da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matheus Dutra!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Silva throws a right and a left that Dutra avoids nicely.
Dutra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
da Silva could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice sprawl there from da Silva as Dutra shoots in.
Dutra dives in and grabs da Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. da Silva pushes down on Dutra's head and hops out.
Zlatan da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matheus Dutra.

da Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

da Silva breaks from the clinch.
da Silva misses with a wild combination.
Dutra dodges the punch combination from da Silva.
Dutra shoots in for a double leg but da Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Dutra feints and as da Silva raises his hands in defense, Dutra changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dutra looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dutra postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! da Silva is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dutra, into his guard.
Dutra controls da Silva momentarily but da Silva frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dutra is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dutra trying to control from da Silva's half guard. da Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Silva keeping moving, preventing Dutra from controlling successfully.
da Silva is breathing heavily.
Dutra pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. da Silva is keeping the position for now.
Dutra is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dutra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as da Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dutra passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dutra advances to full mount.
Dutra looking to control but da Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Dutra looking to secure an arm triangle but da Silva defends it well.
Dutra looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dutra is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Dutra!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matheus Dutra!