PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tor Frans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Frans
vs
Silva

175 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tor Frans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dino Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva wants to clinch up but Frans keeps it at a distance.

Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silva wants to control from the top but Frans keeps moving.
Frans is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Frans keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Frans swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Frans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Frans fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Frans could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Frans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Frans shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Frans finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva is not content to let Frans control the position.

Frans is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Frans to get the leverage.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Frans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Frans is very close to passing his half guard.
Frans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva is looking to control Frans's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Silva is pressing down on Frans's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva keeping full guard, as Frans tries to pass.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Frans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Frans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva has his hands on Frans's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Frans's guard.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Frans.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Frans is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Frans is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Frans avoid being mounted?

Silva stands up out of the half guard.
Frans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Frans did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dino Silva 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 throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Frans tries to sprawl but Silva drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Frans defends it well.
Silva trying to control the action but Frans is working from the bottom.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Frans keeps working.

Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Frans defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva wants to control but Frans is keeping him busy.
Silva tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Frans on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the action but Frans is working from the bottom.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Frans defending well.
Frans works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva trying to control but Frans is working from the bottom.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Frans drives through with a takedown into Silva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Frans got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Frans has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Frans is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frans controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Silva pushes Frans off and scrambles back to his feet.

Frans scores a takedown into full mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dino Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Frans is looking to clinch.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Frans. Frans gets slowly back to his feet.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva tries to pull guard but Frans won't allow it.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Frans keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Frans is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frans is looking to sweep but instead, Silva has passed into half guard.

Silva decides to return to a standing position.
Frans fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Frans.

Silva dives in and scores a takedown into Frans's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frans wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dino Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Frans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but Frans won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dino Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva looking to control.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Frans's corner is telling him to maintain position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Silva is trying to keep Frans in close.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dino Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Frans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fails with the takedown

and Frans counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tor Frans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dino Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frans is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva tries to pull guard but Frans won't allow it.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frans tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Frans's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Frans prevents it.
Tor Frans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dino Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva avoiding damage as Frans throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dino 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30

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