PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nico Belick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Vitor Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silva
vs
Belick

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Full Mount Clothing

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nico Belick!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Belick clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Belick has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Belick is keeping busy.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Belick avoiding damage.
Belick avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.

Belick manages to pull guard.

Belick has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Belick throws and low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Belick throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Belick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Belick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva wants to break free but Belick has control.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A body shot lands from Belick.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Belick wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Belick prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.

Belick turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Belick manages to end up in side control.

Belick decides to stand back up.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Belick lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into rage.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

Belick pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Belick manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva is trying to break free.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

Belick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Belick to work.
Belick is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Belick being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belick keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva keeps control of Belick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva prevents Belick from breaking the clinch.

Belick jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Belick wriggles free and stands up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Belick managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Belick blocks it.
Belick wants a takedown.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Belick has double underhooks.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belick ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belick instigates a clinch.
Belick avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Belick to work.
Belick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Belick breaks from the clinch.

Belick closes the distance and clinches.

Belick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Belick rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Belick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Belick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Belick closes the distance and clinches.

Belick jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Belick pushes Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.

Belick closes the distance and clinches.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Belick avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Belick is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Silva can't fight it off and eventually Belick manages to take the fight to the floor. Silva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Belick gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Belick pushes him off.

Belick darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Belick managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

Belick manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Belick has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Belick closes the distance and clinches.
Belick lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nico Belick dominated that round.
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.

Silva is looking to clinch.

Belick takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Belick's takedown attempt.
Belick holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Belick as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Belick is controlling the position.
Belick missing with knees to the body.
Belick leaning against his opponent.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Belick is keeping busy.

Belick gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva is looking to stand up but Belick isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belick stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Belick clinches with his opponent.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Belick's ribcage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Belick throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Belick clinches with his opponent.
Belick has Silva pressed against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Belick in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Belick managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

Belick gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Belick gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Vitor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belick throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Belick pushes him off.
Silva avoids the body shot from Belick.
Silva wants to clinch up but Belick keeps it at a distance.
Belick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nico Belick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva gets a clinch.

Belick gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Belick decides to return to a standing position.
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 tries to clinch up but Belick circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Belick clinches.
Belick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belick.

Belick lands a takedown into guard.
Belick won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.

Belick decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silva, up you get!
Belick throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Belick instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.

Belick manages to pull guard.

Belick has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Belick throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belick keeps the fight on the outside.
Belick checks a leg kick nicely.
Belick tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Belick tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Silva looking to stall.

Belick ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Belick no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Belick is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belick drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nico Belick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Belick fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Belick breaks the clinch.
Belick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Belick.
Belick throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Belick looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Belick is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Belick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A low kick from Belick misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva wants to clinch up but Belick keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belick swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up but Belick circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
Belick wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Belick drags the fight down to the ground.
Nico Belick has got the better of the ground game so far.

Belick is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Belick has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Silva is trying to keep an underhook but Belick manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Belick decides to stand and escape the position.
Belick closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva wants to clinch up but Belick keeps it at a distance.
Belick tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Belick is having none of it.

Belick clinches.
Silva is trying to stall.
Nico Belick seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Belick decides to pull guard.
Silva is looking to stand up but Belick won't let him.

Belick pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.

Belick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belick misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick misses from Belick.

Belick clinches up against the cage.
Belick managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Belick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belick doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Belick swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Belick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Belick misses

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Belick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Belick has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Belick is controlling the position.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Belick jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.

Belick has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Belick falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
A head kick by Belick misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Belick clinches up against the cage.
Belick is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Vitor Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nico Belick.
Belick blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Belick avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Belick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vitor Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Belick gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Belick avoids the damage to the body.

Belick is trying to trip Silva. He has hold of a leg but Silva is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Belick persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nico Belick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Belick has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nico Belick!