PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between I Am BJJ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Am BJJ
vs
Silva

192 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silva won't allow BJJ to sweep him here.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
BJJ tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of BJJ is proving hard to escape from.
Silva postures up.
BJJ manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
BJJ scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BJJ is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries to reverse the position but BJJ maintains control.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with BJJ. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva looks gassed!
BJJ scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
BJJ breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BJJ working the ground and pound effectively.
BJJ putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
BJJ in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, BJJ cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by BJJ.
BJJ scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
BJJ landing strikes, looking to finish!
BJJ postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva taking shots to the head.
BJJ cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BJJ looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BJJ landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
BJJ controlling from the full mount.
BJJ postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
BJJ landing shots from mount.
BJJ scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
BJJ dominating with strikes here.
BJJ has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A nice elbow there by BJJ.
BJJ pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BJJ with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! BJJ connects with a massive shot to the dome!

BJJ working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Silva looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by BJJ! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). I Am BJJ!