PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chancho Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spider Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Method Man- I came to bring the pain . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Silva

180 cm
30
146 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

175 cm
29
145 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chancho Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Spider Silva!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva wants to clinch.

Smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Silva stops Smith from passing to mount.
Smith throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Smith.
Silva wants to control but Smith postures up.
Smith working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working the strikes but Silva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Smith working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Silva's thigh. Silva counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva trying to control the position.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard.

Smith is looking for a triangle here but Silva uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Smith is looking for a sweep.
Smith is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Silva has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Smith.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Smith is persistently looking for the submission but Silva is defending it well.

Silva is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Smith gets his way!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smith working for a choke but Silva is defending well.

Silva is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Silva tries to roll but Smith sticks to his back.

Smith working for a choke but Silva reverses nicely into Smith 's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

Smith looking for submissions off his back.
Silva frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smith is looking to escape.
Smith is trying to escape the mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a strike from the bottom but Silva uses the opportunity to take his back.
Silva biding his time, looking for the opening.
I really don't envy Smith right now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Silva trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Smith is really stuck here.
Smith prevents Silva from getting a body triangle.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to break free.
Smith 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.
Smith manages to reverse the position and now he's in Silva's guard. Nice work there by Smith.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Silva kicks Smith off and gets to his feet.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Smith dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Smith throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva wanted to stand there but Smith had control of the position.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Smith throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva wants to clinch.

Silva darts in and clinches Smith up against the ropes.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Smith has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Chancho Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith is breathing heavily.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Chancho Smith has been cut.
Smith is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chancho Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Silva after a bit of a struggle.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva working Smith over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Spider Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chancho Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silva rushes Smith and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

Silva ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Silva no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Silva wants to stand up but Smith is controlling him.
Chancho Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith advances position into side control!
Smith in side control, throwing shots but Silva defends.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith throwing strikes but Silva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

Silva stands up.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.

Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Smith looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Smith trying to work for an americana but Silva has managed to regain full guard.
Smith throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smith's guard. Nice move by Silva!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva stands up and waves to Smith to follow him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Smith tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chancho Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Spider Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva working Smith over with knees to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.

Chancho Smith's cut is getting worse.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Silva turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Silva pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Silva holds on and takes a little breather.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva controlling Smith's posture.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Spider Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Smith will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Silva cracks Smith with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.

Smith is rocked!
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva with a knee to the head.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Silva tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

Chancho Smith's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva landing knees to the head.

Silva drops Smith with a big knee straight up the middle! Smith is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva is looking to clinch.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Chancho Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
Smith goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith has his takedown stuffed

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Chancho Smith's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Smith is looking for a takedown.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants a takedown.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Silva gets a clinch.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Smith.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Smith is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Silva lands a nice elbow.

Smith lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Spider Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Smith drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silva!
Smith wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Silva decides to stand up, so the ref orders Smith to his feet.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spider Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Spider Silva!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Spider Silva!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Spider Silva!

Spider Silva wins by unanimous decision!