PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amazing by Kanye West ft. Young Jeezy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pablo Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Black
vs
Silva

225 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
20
130 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Good chin

TWGC Champion
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a hook. Black ducked under it nicely.
Black tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Black really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Black tries to clinch up

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Black is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black can't keep his opponent in guard - Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Silva is working for a kimura but Black is defending it quite comfortably.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Black has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.
Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Black tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva uses his free foot to push down on Black's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Black.
Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Black wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Black hang on?
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Black can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Silva is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Black is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Black flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Silva anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Black and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Silva slips an arm under Black chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Silva has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Silva is squeezing on Black like an anaconda would it's prey. Black fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Pablo Silva!
Pablo Silva was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.