PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Ovanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reynaldo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ovanov comes to the cage accompanied by Fairytale. Don Ovanov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ovanov
vs
Da Silva

196 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
18
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Ovanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reynaldo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Ovanov is having none of it.
Ovanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Da Silva forces Ovanov back against the cage and clinches.
Da Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ovanov is trying to break free.
Da Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Ovanov wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ovanov's face.

It looks like Don Ovanov has been cut.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovanov is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Da Silva as Ovanov tries to tie him up.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A bit of stalling here from Da Silva.
Ovanov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ovanov is breathing heavily.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Ovanov blocks with his arms.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Da Silva has Ovanov pressed against the cage.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the temple.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Ovanov in his tracks for a moment.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva just leaning against Ovanov, taking a breather.
Ovanov pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.
Ovanov jumps guard but Da Silva stands there with Ovanov around his waist. Ovanov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ovanov up against the cage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Ovanov in his tracks for a moment.
Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Ovanov in his tracks for a moment.
Da Silva stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Reynaldo Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.

Da Silva has Ovanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Ovanov is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva is struggling to control the position.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ovanov's ribcage.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ovanov's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ovanov's ribcage.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Ovanov shrugs off.
Da Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reynaldo Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don Ovanov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Da Silva tries to clinch but Ovanov is having none of it.
Reynaldo Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Ovanov is having none of it.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Ovanov is avoiding it.
Ovanov throws a hook but Da Silva avoids it easily.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ovanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice sprawl there from Da Silva as Ovanov shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Ovanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ovanov stuffs the takedown.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Ovanov keeps it at a distance.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Good work by Da Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Da Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ovanov's defenses.
Da Silva lands an elbow just above Ovanov 's eye.
Da Silva taking a breather.
Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Da Silva lands a right hand.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ovanov's defenses.
Ovanov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the temple.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ovanovs head.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Ovanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva looking for a takedown.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ovanov up against the cage.
Ovanov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ovanov's defenses.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ovanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Da Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Da Silva.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ovanov's defenses.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ovanov's face.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Ovanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva stalling against the cage.
Da Silva lands with a left to the head.
Da Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reynaldo Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Don Ovanov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ovanov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Ovanov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ovanov misses with a takedown

and Da Silva moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ovanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva has Ovanov pressed against the cage.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Ovanov shrugs off.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Da Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
Da Silva lands a left hand.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Ovanov in his tracks for a moment.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Ovanov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Da Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Ovanov's ribcage.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva wants a takedown.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ovanov up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ovanov.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Ovanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ovanov pulls his leg out and moves away.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ovanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Ovanov circles away.
Ovanov looks for a takedown but Da Silva sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Ovanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Ovanov keeps it at a distance.
Reynaldo Da Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Ovanov circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Da Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reynaldo Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Da Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reynaldo Da Silva!