PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill comes to the cage accompanied by Its Raining Men. Da Silva has chosen The Ken Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Hill
vs
Da Silva

167 cm
27
135 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

168 cm
19
152 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 (5% Laundry SALE)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenny Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Silva Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill misses the shot to the body.
Da Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Hill darts in and clinches Da Silva up against the cage.
Hill keeps control of Da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Hill is having none of it.
Da Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hill as he jumps to the side.
Hill tries to clinch up but Da Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hill manages to avoid it.
Hill swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill throws a sloppy body shot
and Da Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Da Silva shoots in but Hill avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Da Silva takes one to the chin there.
Hill slaps away a takedown attempt from Da Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kenny Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silva Da Silva.
Hill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Silva manages to avoid it.
Da Silva throws a series of punches but Hill moves out of range.

Hill gets a clinch.
Da Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Hill has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Da Silva is trying to keep an underhook but Hill manages to get the takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hill wants to stand up but Da Silva has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Da Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Hill missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hill wanted to stand there but Da Silva had control of the position.
Da Silva managing to control the position.

Da Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hill is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hill has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hill works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva is looking to control Hill's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Da Silva avoid being mounted?
Hill is pressing down on Da Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Da Silva is holding on for now.
Hill missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hill is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Da Silva manages to get to full guard.
Hill trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Da Silva working a defensive guard here.
Hill is working Da Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Da Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hill defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hill wants to pass the guard but Da Silva is keeping the position.
Hill with a flurry of punches that miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Da Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hill doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Da Silva is tightening it up a little... Hill has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Hill reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Hill taps out! Nice BJJ there by Da Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Silva Da Silva!
A victorious Silva Da Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.