PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jim Bob Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen I will go full retard on you! as his entrance music. Freddy White has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bob Silva
vs
White

175 cm
27
167 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
158 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Powerful

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jim Bob Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy White!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling White to score with a decent uppercut.
White swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
White misses with a straight left.
Silva avoids the head kick by White.
Silva throws a leg kick
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
White is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

White actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Silva in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
White manages to get to full guard.
Silva engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
White 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

White has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva won't allow White to sweep him here.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
White is adopting a defensive guard.

White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva trying to control but White is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Jim Bob Silva wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
White works the jab nicely.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
White misses with the combination.
Decent striking displayed by White there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy White dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva tried to score with a low kick but White checks it.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and White counters with a left to the body.
Freddy White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
White moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
White moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
White lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
White looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
White misses with a hook.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
White lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
White lands a jab to the nose.
White jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.

Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into White's guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.

White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
White throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

White had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from White.

White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

White is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
White working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for White!
White tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
White is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

White tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Silva misses with the body kick
letting White counter with a right hand.
Nice sprawl there from White as Silva shoots in.
White scores with a body shot.
White misses the body punch

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in White's guard.
White 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.

White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva trying to control but White is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Silva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
White wants to get back to full guard.
Silva passes into side control, despite White's attempt to control the position.
White manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. White manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
White pulls Silva in to control the position.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from White.
White keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
White manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
White preventing the sweep.
White wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.

Silva is looking for a triangle but White pushes his legs off easily.
Jim Bob Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White looking to pass the guard.
White chips away with some ground and pound.
White postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
White is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
White lands a couple of digs.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
White content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy White really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

White cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White blocks a low kick nicely.
White lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva feints and then cracks White's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow White down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around White's waist but White gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
White lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
White digs a good hook to Silva's body.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
White scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from White.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and White counters with a straight right hand.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Freddy White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
White swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Freddy White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
White lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Silva throws a leg kick but White sees it coming and checks it nicely.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Silva blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by White.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva throws a leg kick
and White makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab from White.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a looping left.
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A low kick from Silva misses
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a good body shot.
Silva moves away from the strike by White.
White scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Bob Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
A left lands for White.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
White throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy White dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva walks into a jab.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from White.
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
White throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves away from the strike by White.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva walks into a jab.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
White misses with a looping right.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
White catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
White lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
White connects with a crisp jab.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Freddy White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling White to score with a decent uppercut.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Silva is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
White scores with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts White, as that shot connected.
White missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab from White.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by White.
A cross from White lands.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White misses with a hook.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White lands a right hook to the body.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White connects with a body shot.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White scores with a nice head shot.
Jim Bob Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White lands a nice looking body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 44:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 44:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy White!
Freddy White is the new lightweight champion!