PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rousimar Pellegrino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smuddy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellegrino comes to the cage accompanied by Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots. Rousimar Pellegrino has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pellegrino
vs
Silva

190 cm
18
209 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rousimar Pellegrino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Smuddy Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pellegrino shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pellegrino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pellegrino's calf.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Pellegrino in a clinch.

Silva has clasped his hands together around Pellegrino's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Pellegrino regains half guard.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pellegrino defending well though.
Pellegrino is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pellegrino moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva postures up.
Pellegrino keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

Pellegrino isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Silva stacks Pellegrino on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Silva!
Pellegrino is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Pellegrino's head but Pellegrino avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pellegrino keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by Pellegrino or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.

Pellegrino shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pellegrino wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Silva trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Pellegrino is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Pellegrino trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva is trying to stand.

Pellegrino is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Pellegrino trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.

Pellegrino is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pellegrino wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Pellegrino is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's four 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 tries to lock up and control but Pellegrino gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Pellegrino is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Silva can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Pellegrino throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pellegrino lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Pellegrino moves to back control.
Silva covering up well under a series of strikes from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino trying to control momentarily.

Pellegrino is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Silva has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pellegrino trying to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rousimar Pellegrino dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Pellegrino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smuddy Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pellegrino shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Rousimar Pellegrino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pellegrino misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Pellegrino. Pellegrino gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rousimar Pellegrino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pellegrino shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Pellegrino moves out of range easily.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Pellegrino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pellegrino tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Pellegrino circles away.
Silva tries to clinch there but Pellegrino circles away.
Pellegrino tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.

Silva rushes Pellegrino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside.

Silva lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Pellegrino is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Pellegrino looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Pellegrino is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.

Pellegrino actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Pellegrino.
Pellegrino looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Rousimar Pellegrino overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pellegrino throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Pellegrino 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 slips nicely into half guard.
Silva is thwarting Pellegrino's attempts to control the position.
Silva prevents Pellegrino from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino gets full guard.
Pellegrino bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Silva is looking to stand up but Pellegrino isn't so interested in that idea.
Pellegrino sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Pellegrino moves nicely into side control.
Pellegrino throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Silva gets back to half guard.
Pellegrino winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pellegrino has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pellegrino has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pellegrino avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pellegrino cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Pellegrino moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Silva has worked his arm free - good work by Silva!
Silva throws a couple of elbows from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Smuddy Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pellegrino changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Pellegrino manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pellegrino throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pellegrino off to one side.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Pellegrino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Pellegrino avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva wants to clinch.
Pellegrino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pellegrino swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.

Pellegrino fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Pellegrino persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pellegrino is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellegrino throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva is holding on to half guard well.

Pellegrino is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Pellegrino is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.

Pellegrino is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.

That's two 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.
Pellegrino thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pellegrino trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.

Pellegrino is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva wants to control but Pellegrino is keeping busy.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!

Pellegrino jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Silva is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Silva and Pellegrino has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Pellegrino scoring with strikes.
Silva tries to bench press Pellegrino off him but Pellegrino keeps the position.

Pellegrino looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Pellegrino is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pellegrino lands a nice forearm strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pellegrino throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Pellegrino looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Pellegrino tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pellegrino has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

And that's the end of the fight!
Rousimar Pellegrino showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pellegrino has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rousimar Pellegrino!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

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