PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shady Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mathers's choice of entrance music: Till I collapse - Eminem. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Da Silva
vs
Mathers

175 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shady Mathers!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mathers shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Mathers has gone for a leg lock! Silva slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mathers's guard.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Mathers is keeping the position.
Silva stands and throws Mathers's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
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 sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mathers is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Silva grinds an elbow into Mathers's temple.
Silva tries to move into full mount but can't pass Mathers's legs.
Silva working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Silva decides to stand back up. Silva steps back and let's Mathers get back to his feet.

Mathers shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mathers is posturing up here but Silva has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Mathers tries to roll out but it's too tight and Mathers has to tap! Slick submission there by Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eduardo Da Silva!