PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gary Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jayce Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Ellis

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jayce Ellis !
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with the takedown
and Ellis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Ellis tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva blocks a body shot from Ellis .
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ellis 's efforts to push away.
Silva prevents Ellis from breaking the clinch.
Ellis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva is trying to push Ellis away but Ellis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ellis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ellis dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ellis is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva jumps guard but Ellis stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ellis misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva blocking some punches.
Ellis struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Ellis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ellis wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ellis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Ellis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Ellis lands with a short shot to the head.
Ellis is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Ellis throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ellis fails to land.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Ellis is controlling him.
Ellis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ellis stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ellis avoids it.
Ellis scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ellis lands a nice uppercut.
Ellis tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva blocks a body shot from Ellis .
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ellis swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva jumps guard but Ellis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ellis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ellis struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ellis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ellis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva prevents a body shot from Ellis .
Ellis tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ellis blocks the elbow strike.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ellis .
Ellis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Ellis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ellis , pushing him back against the cage.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Ellis is blocking nicely.
Ellis misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis being controlled against the cage.
Ellis pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Silva ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Silva no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Ellis from controlling successfully.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva working for a triangle but Ellis defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Ellis stands up and waves to Silva to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jayce Ellis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ellis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ellis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva appears to be looking for a big counter.

Silva rushes Ellis and presses him up against the cage.
Ellis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ellis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Ellis avoids the damage to the body.
Ellis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva jumps guard but Ellis stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ellis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jayce Ellis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ellis scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Ellis blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ellis .
Ellis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Ellis is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Ellis .
Ellis misses with a punch on the inside.
Ellis scores with a shoulder strike.
Ellis tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ellis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ellis .
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ellis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ellis scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Ellis blocks it.
Silva misses with some punches.
Ellis has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Ellis taking a breather.
Ellis is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Ellis into the cage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Ellis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ellis misses with some punches.
Ellis lands with a light punch inside.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Ellis avoids the damage to the body.
Ellis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ellis .

Silva pulls Ellis into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva has control of Ellis 's left arm, preventing Ellis from doing any damage.
Ellis trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva has Ellis pulled in close to control his posture.

Ellis is sitting in close to Silva's body. Silva has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Ellis is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Ellis is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Silva.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gary Silva!