PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ruscle Muscle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muscle comes to the cage accompanied by DMX's- Where My Dogs At. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Muscle
vs
Silva

185 cm
20
189 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
193 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

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Brawler
Experienced

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Brawler
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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruscle Muscle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muscle throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big left from Silva misses.

Muscle moves into the clinch.
Muscle is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Muscle into the cage.
Muscle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva wants to stall.
Muscle stalls.
Muscle gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ruscle Muscle.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Muscle tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Muscle counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Muscle won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Muscle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Muscle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Muscle drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Muscle off! Muscle jumps back into Silva's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Muscle is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!
Muscle seems keen to control Silva's posture.

Muscle is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Muscle thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Muscle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Muscle is working hard here to advance position.
Silva stands and throws Muscle's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Muscle sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Muscle moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva is looking to stand up but Muscle won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Muscle is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Muscle has escaped and now he's on top!
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Muscle is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Muscle trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Muscle passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Muscle wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva has hold of Muscle's hands but Muscle slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Muscle is very close to passing his half guard.
Muscle lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Muscle.
Muscle lands strikes from half guard.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Muscle.
Muscle moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Muscle trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Muscle lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruscle Muscle dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva misses with a combination

and Muscle decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muscle pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Muscle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Muscle works his way into side control.
Muscle works to advance to full mount. Silva defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Muscle landing shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Muscle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Muscle connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Muscle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Muscle sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Muscle landing punches.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Muscle scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Muscle working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muscle looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Muscle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Muscle lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Muscle scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Muscle tries to control but Silva wriggling away.

Muscle working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Muscle fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Muscle working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Muscle landing strikes from the mount.
Muscle dominating with strikes here.
Muscle working Silva over with strikes here.
Ruscle Muscle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Muscle working Silva over with strikes here.
Muscle pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Muscle landing strikes, looking to finish!

Silva is rocked!
BOOM! Muscle connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Muscle finish him?
Muscle prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muscle landing strikes from the mount.
Muscle landing shots from mount.

Muscle is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Muscle's body position as best he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Silva wants to hold on but Muscle pushes him away.
Muscle has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muscle scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Muscle landing punches.
Muscle landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruscle Muscle dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Muscle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Muscle bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Muscle is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Muscle works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Muscle scoring with some ground and pound.
Muscle stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Muscle lands a nice forearm strike.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Silva wants to improve his position but Muscle is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Muscle pulls his head out easily.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muscle is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Muscle lands with a punch from half guard.
Muscle uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Muscle scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Muscle looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Muscle with good strikes from the mount here!
Muscle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Muscle punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muscle raining down shots from the mount!
Muscle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Muscle lands with some strikes.
Muscle landing punches.
Muscle landing strikes from the mount.
Muscle is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Muscle with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muscle tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Muscle with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Muscle gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Muscle cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Muscle goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Silva turns into him and now he's in Muscle's guard.
Muscle keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Muscle wants to sweep but no luck.
Muscle is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
Silva advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muscle is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Mike Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva tries to move into full mount but can't pass Muscle's legs.
Muscle manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Muscle manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Muscle is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muscle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Muscle is on top in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruscle Muscle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Muscle, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruscle Muscle!