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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 11, 2018 |
#R1##TD# Trujillo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Trujillo working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Trujillo prevents Silva from improving his position. Trujillo wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy. Trujillo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Trujillo sits in half guard. Silva wants to control but Trujillo is keeping busy and won't allow it. Silva is trying to get back to full guard. Trujillo looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Silva is trying to control but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Silva tries to get to full guard but Trujillo has control of the leg. Silva wants to control but Trujillo is keeping busy and won't allow it. Trujillo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Trujillo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. #T1# Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Trujillo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Trujillo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #SUB2# Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Trujillo landing with the ground and pound. Trujillo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#SUB2# Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Trujillo stopping the sweep attempt from Silva. Trujillo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Trujillo is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows. Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Silva looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Trujillo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. #T2# Trujillo performing his best blanket impression for a moment. Silva tries to roll over but Trujillo keeps him under control. Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Trujillo scores with a couple of nice shots. Silva keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. Nice strikes from Trujillo there. Trujillo throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely. #SUB2# Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Silva looks winded! Trujillo not doing much here.
#T3# Ground and pound from Trujillo. Trujillo missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Silva has hold of Trujillo's hands but Trujillo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Silva wants to get back to his feet. Silva taking some punishment here, with Trujillo in his half guard. Silva tries to get to full guard but Trujillo has control of the leg. Trujillo controlling the pace. Trujillo lands with a punch from half guard. Trujillo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Silva wants to control but Trujillo is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB2# Silva actively working from the bottom here. Trujillo scoring with strikes to the body and head. #T4# Trujillo drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head. Trujillo scoring with strikes to the body and head. Trujillo controlling the action here. Silva wants to improve his position but Trujillo is controlling well.
#SUB# Trujillo seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt. Trujillo sitting and controlling from the half guard. Silva tries to roll over but Trujillo keeps him under control. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Trujillo sits in half guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Williams Trujillo dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. #R2##TD2# Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Trujillo sprawls well initially but Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Williams Trujillo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trujillo defending well though. Trujillo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Trujillo wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it. Trujillo wants to get back to full guard. Trujillo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Trujillo. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Trujillo pulls Silva in to control the position. Silva tries to stand but Trujillo is controlling from the bottom. #SUB2# Silva drops back looking for a leg! Trujillo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Trujillo manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Trujillo's guard. #T1# Trujillo looking for a sweep. Not yet Trujillo, not yet. Trujillo trying to control the position.
Trujillo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva. Silva tries to stand but Trujillo is controlling from the bottom. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Silva controlling from the top position. #REF3# The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Trujillo, before circling back to the center of the mat.#T2# A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#TD# Trujillo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Trujillo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. #SUB2# Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Trujillo is aware though and is defending well. Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.#SUB2# Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Trujillo defends it easily. Trujillo distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Silva controlling Trujillo's posture. #SUB2# Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
#T3##SUB2# Silva has an active guard here but Trujillo has managed to pass into half guard.
Trujillo stalling. Trujillo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Trujillo controls from within his opponent's guard. Trujillo stops Silva from standing up. #T4# The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#SUB2# Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Trujillo landing with the ground and pound. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Trujillo's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Trujillo content to stall in guard here. Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trujillo controls from within his opponent's guard. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Trujillo seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.#REF3# The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Trujillo tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round! #R3# Trujillo tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Trujillo's corner calls for a 1-2. Trujillo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. #TD2# Silva changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Trujillo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Silva scoring with punches and elbows. Trujillo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Trujillo gets back to full guard.
Trujillo is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Trujillo will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Trujillo trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#T1##SUB2# Silva drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Trujillo dives on top into guard.#REVR# There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.
#REVB# Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. Trujillo keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully. Trujillo wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment. #T2# Silva connects with a couple of short punches. Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. #SUB# Trujillo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Silva stacks Trujillo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Silva!#SUB2# Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Trujillo has escaped the position, nice work there. Silva cracks Trujillo with a big elbow. #T3# Trujillo is looking for a sweep. Silva working the head and body with strikes. Trujillo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trujillo keeps working. Trujillo tries to improve position but can't. Silva is chipping away with strikes.
#T4##SUB2# Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Trujillo is looking for a sweep. Silva landing strikes. Trujillo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back! Silva is really stuck here.
Silva trying to control the position but Trujillo manages to sink in the hooks. Can Silva hold on?! Trujillo is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Silva is trying to break free.
Good control from Trujillo. Silva wants to control his opponent's hands but Trujillo gets his hands free.
And that's the end of the fight! Joao Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29 Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29 Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao Silva!
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