PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Old Fart (ranked 22623 p4p, 0 weight class) and Afa Sila (ranked 12953 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Old Fart
vs
Sila

175 cm
26
155 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

173 cm
39
156 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Old Fart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Afa Sila!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sila feints and as Old Fart raises his hands in defense, Sila changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Old Fart looking for a sweep. Not yet Old Fart, not yet.
Sila passes Old Fart's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Old Fart knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sila on the ground.
Old Fart is trying to get back to full guard.
Sila missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sila lands a nice short elbow.
Sila throwing shots but Old Fart is blocking nicely.
Sila thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Old Fart's head.
Sila missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sila not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Old Fart is concentrating on defense, preventing Sila from advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sila is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Old Fart is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Old Fart on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sila is thwarting Old Fart's attempts to control the position.
Sila not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Old Fart is staying active underneath Sila, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sila working over Old Fart with some ground and pound. Old Fart looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sila has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Old Fart is looking to control Sila's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Old Fart avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Old Fart is refusing to be controlled, as Sila sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Sila.
Sila passes into side control, despite Old Fart's attempt to control the position.
Sila landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sila in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Old Fart tries to improve position but can't.
Sila works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Old Fart taking a bit of punishment here - Sila scoring with strikes.
Sila scores with punches from side control.

Old Fart is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Old Fart is looking to reverse the position.
Oh Old Fart is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sila lands an elbow.
Old Fart is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Old Fart wants to control but Sila postures up.
Sila tries to stand but Old Fart is controlling his head.
Old Fart seems to have got his legs back now.
Old Fart struggling a bit here.
Old Fart is not content to let Sila control the position.
Sila cracks Old Fart with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sila is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Old Fart has escaped the position, nice work there.
Old Fart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sila is working Old Fart over with some ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sila tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sila lands some shots froms side control.

Sila wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Old Fart, who protects the arm well.
Sila grinds an elbow into Old Fart's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sila in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sila scores with a couple of short elbows.

Sila is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Old Fart is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sila working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Old Fart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sila wants to control but Old Fart is keeping him busy.
Sila lands a few punches from side control.
Old Fart struggling a bit here.
Sila controls the position from side control.
Sila landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Afa Sila dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sila drives through with a takedown into Old Fart's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Old Fart is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Sila dives into side control.

Sila tries for a kimura but Old Fart is defending well.
Old Fart is looking for a sweep.
Sila working the ground and pound from side control.
Old Fart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sila scores with punches from side control.
Sila lands a nice forearm strike.
Sila has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sila is putting a hurting on Old Fart here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sila in side control lands a decent elbow.

Sila tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sila in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sila scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Old Fart is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Sila can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Afa Sila!
A very excited looking Afa Sila made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.