PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
Knuckles

180 cm
21
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Diamond Design Clothing
Wocker's Warehouse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Iron Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Knuckles on that attempt.
Silva misses with a takedown

and Knuckles counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Knuckles tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Knuckles has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Knuckles tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Knuckles has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Knuckles tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knuckles working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.

Knuckles is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva bucks up and tries to throw Knuckles off but instead Knuckles has got his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Knuckles looking for the choke from the back.

Knuckles is persistently looking for the submission but Silva is defending it well.
Knuckles looks gassed!
Silva looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Knuckles is working for a rear naked choke. Silva is not defending it well and Knuckles has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Silva refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Silva's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Iron Knuckles!