PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen The Heretic Anthem as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Silva
vs
King

190 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Lucid Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fedor Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Philip King!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.

King gets a clinch.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.

Silva looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! King has picked Silva up and slammed him! Silva can't keep hold of the triangle and King manages to pass to side control!
Silva struggling a bit here.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but King wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva gets back to half guard.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
Silva wants to control but King is keeping busy.
King tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Silva.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Philip King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva shoots in and bounces King off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but King is controlling his posture from full guard.
King is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva passes King's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but King defends it.

King is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
King looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but King is keeping him busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts King as he jumps to the side.
King attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a low kick but King avoids it.
Silva tries to clinch but King is having none of it.

Silva gets a clinch.
King crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva tries to pull guard but King won't allow it.
King can't break the clinch.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but King prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. King just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva wants to break free but King has control.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.

King breaks the clinch.
King moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with King but King pushes him off and we're back to square one.
King throws a nice outside leg kick.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
King scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip King dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Silva.
King tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps King thinking.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King takes a kick to the side of the head.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and King makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fedor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva with a poor takedown
and King counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
King with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
King misses with a knee to the head.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
King landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

King pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
King is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag King down to the mat. King avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
King checks a leg kick.
Silva misses with a looping left.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
King using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
King stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
King is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag King down to the mat. King avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from King, right into the meat.
Silva misses with a kick to the body

and King counters by moving into the clinch.
King keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to pull guard but King holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva tries to pull guard but King holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
King landing knees to the body.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but King gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva misses with a body punch.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.

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

Silva tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Knees to the body from King.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. King smiles and moves away.
Silva tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a left hand
and King makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice sprawl there from King as Silva shoots in.
Silva is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

Silva shoots in and bounces King off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
King keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. King is keeping the position for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if King can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is pushing down on King's leg trying to pass to half guard. King is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.

Silva is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! King is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fedor Silva!
Fedor Silva is the new middleweight champion!