PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and guigui borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Silva
vs
borgne

210 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

169 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, guigui borgne!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
borgne wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
borgne shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
borgne shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
borgne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Ben Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of guigui borgne.
Silva throws a nice head kick!

It looks like guigui borgne has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for borgne on that attempt.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with borgne.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
borgne goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
borgne looks gassed!

Silva drives through and clinches with borgne against the cage.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Silva landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands an elbow just above borgne 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning borgne up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.

That has opened up guigui borgne's cut even more.

Silva breaks the clinch.
guigui borgne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from borgne.
Silva lands an elbow inside that borgne shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
borgne fails to pull guard.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped borgne in his tracks for a moment.
borgne tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
borgne takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to borgne's face.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
borgne misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
borgne takes an elbow to the forehead.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

borgne decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

borgne is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

borgne seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Silva tries to kick borgne off but borgne keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control here.
Silva is not content to let borgne control the position.
borgne prevents Silva from standing back up.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
borgne is looking to advance position but Silva won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Silva tries to clinch but borgne is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
borgne shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but borgne keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on guigui borgne's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

No luck for borgne with that takedown attempt.
borgne misses with a double jab.
borgne tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a leg kick.

Silva clinches.
Ben Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
borgne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands an elbow just above borgne 's eye.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands an elbow just above borgne 's eye.
borgne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
borgne misses with a hook to the ribs.
borgne managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
borgne tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Ben Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of guigui borgne.
borgne tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Silva.
borgne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
borgne is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
borgne tries to clinch but Silva moves away

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside that borgne shrugs off.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning borgne up against the cage.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva keeps control of borgne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
borgne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Nice elbow from Silva.
borgne takes an elbow to the temple.
borgne tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva tries to clinch there but borgne circles away.
borgne works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
borgne misses with a takedown attempt

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into borgne's ribcage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. borgne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through borgne's defenses.
borgne is trying to stall.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

borgne pulls guard.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.
borgne wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but borgne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four 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 would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Silva is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but borgne has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Silva is looking to defend but borgne has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Silva! borgne pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Silva taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). guigui borgne!