PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silva Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syd Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen Hey Man Nice Shot as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Silva
vs
Smith

180 cm
19
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Silva Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Syd Smith!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Smith counters by clinching up.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Smith works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.

Silva pushes Smith off and gets back to his feet.
Silva misses with a hook

and Smith counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith landing punches.
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.

Smith with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Smith looks gassed!
Smith looking to finish with strikes here!
Smith prevents Silva from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Smith advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva wants to control but Smith is keeping busy.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Smith scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves nicely into side control.
Silva stops Smith from passing to mount.
The strikes coming from Smith are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Smith working the head with strikes.
Smith landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Silva throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Smith tries to move to mount but Silva blocks the move with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Smith postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smith tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to clinch

and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.

Smith lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Smith is looking for a kimura here.
Smith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Smith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Smith is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Smith connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

Silva pushes Smith off and gets back to his feet.
Silva misses with a right hand

and Smith counters with a takedown into side control.
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 strike but it doesn't land.
Smith lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Smith thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.
Smith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Smith there.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Smith wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Smith slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.

Smith is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Smith winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Smith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.

Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva gets back to full guard.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Syd Smith 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 misses with a two punch combination.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Smith tries to clinch up.

Smith forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva misses with a left hand

and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Smith keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Smith slows down the pace here.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Smith wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Smith counters by clinching up.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Smith has Silva pressed against the cage.
Silva can't break the clinch.

Smith gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Silva managing to control the position.

Silva has his feet on Smith's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick

and Smith counters by clinching up.
Smith misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
A shot to the body from Silva misses

and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva clinches but Smith breaks the clinch
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Silva takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Silva Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.

Smith is rocked!
Silva lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Smith is looking to close the distance but Silva sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Smith crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Smith is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Silva Silva!