PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between PePe Hapitchou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kron Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hapitchou comes to the cage accompanied by Blackalicious - Sky is falling. PePe Hapitchou has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hapitchou
vs
Silva

175 cm
22
144 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

160 cm
22
145 lbs
9 - 1 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, PePe Hapitchou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kron Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hapitchou did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Hapitchou's hands, connecting with Hapitchou's forehead.
Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Hapitchou is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hapitchou is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Demon's Progym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

Hapitchou looking for submissions off his back.
Silva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hapitchou with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hapitchou with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hapitchou is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
My spies in The Shark Tank inform me that Silva has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Hapitchou's temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapitchou is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva is keen to just control but Hapitchou is a slippery customer.
Hapitchou has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Hapitchou defends it.
Hapitchou trying to control here.
Silva winds up and cracks Hapitchou with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hapitchou is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hapitchou avoid being mounted?
Silva is keen to just control but Hapitchou is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hapitchou defending well though.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Hapitchou's temple.
Hapitchou has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hapitchou has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hapitchou with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Hapitchou is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Oh Hapitchou is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.

Hapitchou looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hapitchou is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Hapitchou quite badly. Hapitchou pulls Silva in close trying to recover. Silva postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Hapitchou on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Hapitchou doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kron Silva!
Kron Silva is the new featherweight champion!
Kron Silva very nearly forgot to thank GREEN!160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.