PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Scholes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aaron Scholes acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Silva
vs
Scholes

180 cm
28
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Scholes!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scholes shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Scholes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.

Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silva lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scholes is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Scholes is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Silva is controlling him well.
Scholes is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Scholes looking for a sweep but Silva has passed into full mount! Oh no!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scholes is working to get back to half guard.
Scholes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Scholes to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Scholes shrugs it off.

Silva looking for a guillotine from mount but Scholes is having none of it.
Scholes is trying to escape the mount.
Silva looking to ground and pound but Scholes is blocking nicely.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Scholes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Scholes tries to control the position but Silva now has his back.
Scholes can't escape the position.

Scholes is trying to roll into a better position but Silva has get a rear naked choke and Scholes is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rodrigo Silva!
An out of breath Rodrigo Silva thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.