PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfredo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and andreo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Santos

188 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Alfredo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, andreo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt

and Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Santos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Santos content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to buck Santos off but he can't manage it.
Santos looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Santos content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva regains half guard.
Santos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Santos is controlling him
Silva keeping hold of Santos's head, controlling as best he can.
Santos wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva trying to strike off his back.

Santos stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Santos clinches with his opponent.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alfredo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of andreo Santos.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Santos.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Santos is fighting off a takedown attempt but Silva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Santos to the mat. Santos regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Santos is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alfredo Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva clinches.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick by Silva misses

and Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.

Santos gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.

Santos moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Santos wants to break free but Silva has control.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Santos 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.
Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
andreo Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Santos shoots in.
Alfredo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of andreo Santos.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.

Santos is fighting off a takedown attempt but Silva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Santos to the mat. Santos regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Santos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Santos's guard.
Silva works his way into side control.
Silva in side control lands a decent elbow.
Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Silva misses with the ground and pound.

Santos bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a lazy head kick

and Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Santos is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.

Santos stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Silva looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Silva is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Santos! Silva is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). andreo Santos!