PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amauro Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't no Sunshine. Thiago De Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nogueira
vs
De Silva

190 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
240 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amauro Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago De Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Silva stuffs the takedown.
De Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Silva wants to clinch up but Nogueira keeps it at a distance.

Nogueira changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. De Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
De Silva is not content to let Nogueira control the position.
Nogueira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nogueira cracks De Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Nogueira in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... De Silva is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Amauro Nogueira!
A very excited looking Amauro Nogueira made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.