PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert Flinch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxi Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Flinch
vs
Silva

180 cm
19
167 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Flinch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maxi Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt

and Flinch counters with a takedown into side control.
Flinch looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Flinch in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva is trying to control Flinch's posture but Flinch avoids it.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Maxi Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Silva shoots in but Flinch avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva has his takedown stuffed

and Flinch counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Robert Flinch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maxi Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flinch with a nice head shot there.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Flinch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Flinch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva controls Flinch momentarily but Flinch frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Silva has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Flinch doesn't defend quickly enough and Silva has managed to lock this one up! Can Flinch escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Silva on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Maxi Silva!