PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Centrino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Centrino
vs
Silva

167 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
150 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Centrino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Silva!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Centrino shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Tommy Centrino has been cut.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Centrino fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Centrino. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva has Centrino up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Centrino prevents it.
Centrino looking for a takedown.

Centrino gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva gets full guard.
Centrino trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Centrino looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Centrino is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Centrino working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Centrino pulls Silva in to control the position.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva distracts Centrino with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Centrino has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silva working the ground and pound but Centrino is defending the strikes.
Silva grinds an elbow into Centrino's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Centrino is keeping him busy.
Silva taking a breather here.
Centrino is trying to buck Silva off.
Centrino is breathing heavily.
Silva looks up at the clock and then as Centrino takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Silva smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Centrino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva throws an elbow but Centrino slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centrino is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Centrino is trying to get back to half guard.
Centrino on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Centrino tries to get out of the position.
Silva tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Centrino is not content to let Silva control the position.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Centrino has escaped the position, nice work there.
Centrino wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Centrino keeps working.
Centrino wants to control but Silva postures up.
Centrino is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silva asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Silva.
Silva wants to control but Centrino is keeping him busy.
Silva fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sloppy strikes there by Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Check out the look on Silva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Centrino is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Centrino's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Centrino changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Centrino scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Centrino throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Silva works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Centrino trying to advance position but Silva counters by regaining guard.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Centrino keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Centrino kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Centrino pushes Silva off but Silva dives into side control.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Centrino wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Centrino keeps working.
Silva throws an elbow but Centrino slips to the side and avoids it well.
Centrino dodges the ground and pound from Silva.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Centrino keeps working.
Silva in side control, throwing shots but Centrino defends.

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.
Sloppy strikes there by Silva.
Silva trying to control the position but Centrino is working away.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Centrino has escaped the position, nice work there.
Centrino is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silva asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Silva working the ground and pound.
Silva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Centrino is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Silva misses with the ground and pound.
Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centrino wants to get back to his feet.

Silva tries for a kimura but Centrino is defending well.
Centrino is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva in side control lands a decent elbow.
Centrino takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ground and pound from Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Silva creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Centrino sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Centrino keeps working.
Silva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Silva working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with punches and elbows.

Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva throws an elbow but Centrino slips to the side and avoids it well.
Silva wants to control but Centrino is keeping him busy.
Silva working the body and head with strikes.
Centrino is trying to get back to his feet.
Silva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Silva trying to control the action but Centrino is working from the bottom.
Centrino parries the strikes from Silva easily there. Silva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Centrino to escape.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Centrino's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Centrino doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva throws a series of punches but Centrino avoids them all with ease.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Centrino drives through with a takedown into Silva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Centrino postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Centrino wants to stand and escape but instead Silva has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Centrino works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Junior Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva stops Centrino from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.

Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Centrino is working from the bottom.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva postures up in Centrino's guard and throws a big left but Centrino blocks it.
Centrino wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva advances to half guard.
Centrino is looking to escape.
Centrino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva wants to take a breather but Centrino is having none of it.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Centrino defending well though.
Silva thows a huge punch but Centrino dodges it nicely.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Centrino is looking to escape.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva is nestled in close to Centrino, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Centrino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva is trying to control. Centrino wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
Centrino is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centrino wants to get back to his feet.
Centrino scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Silva manages to mount him!
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Centrino is looking to escape.
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Centrino can't escape the position.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Centrino looks a forlorn figure.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Centrino is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva breaks from Centrino's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Centrino knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Centrino is in trouble!
Silva working Centrino over with strikes here.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Centrino is in trouble!
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Centrino in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva breaks from Centrino's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva working Centrino over with strikes here.
Centrino's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Silva controlling his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Centrino in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Silva!