PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between carlos silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aegil Gunderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aegil Gunderson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

silva
vs
Gunderson

183 cm
23
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 Rio de Janeiro, carlos silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aegil Gunderson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gunderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
silva gets back to full guard.
Gunderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
silva controls Gunderson momentarily but Gunderson frees himself.
Gunderson distracts silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
silva wants to stand and escape but Gunderson is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gunderson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gunderson passes silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Gunderson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gunderson stops silva from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gunderson wants to free his trapped foot but silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nice strikes from Gunderson there.
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. Gunderson connects with a nice short shot to silva's temple.
Gunderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gunderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva is pressing down on Gunderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
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.

silva working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Gunderson has passed into half guard!
silva is breathing heavily.
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. Gunderson connects with a nice short shot to silva's temple.
Gunderson 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.
silva wants to get back to his feet.
Gunderson passes to side control.
Gunderson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Gunderson working the body and head with strikes.
silva tries to bench press Gunderson off him but Gunderson keeps the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gunderson lands some shots froms side control.
silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
silva is looking for a sweep.
Gunderson cracks silva with a big elbow.
Gunderson cracks silva with a big right hand but silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gunderson cracks silva with a big elbow.
Gunderson lands a few punches from side control.
Gunderson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear silva down.
Gunderson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gunderson landing a few strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunderson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear silva down.
Gunderson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused silva some visible discomfort.
Gunderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gunderson landing a few strikes.

silva is rocked!
Gunderson tries to advance to mount but silva denies him.
silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gunderson working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva is not content to let Gunderson control the position.
Gunderson looks up at the clock and then as silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gunderson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gunderson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Gunderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gunderson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at silva to see if he's OK.
silva pushes Gunderson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gunderson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
silva wants to get back to his feet but Gunderson drags him back down.
Gunderson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gunderson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
silva is trying to improve his position.
Gunderson is working silva over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson controlling the position from side mount.
silva is looking for a sweep.
Gunderson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
silva is looking for a sweep.
Gunderson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Gunderson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
silva is looking to reverse the position.
Gunderson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gunderson is putting a hurting on silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunderson lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gunderson cracks silva with a big elbow.
Gunderson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gunderson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for silva!
Gunderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aegil Gunderson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gunderson.
silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oh silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Gunderson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gunderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gunderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Gunderson there.
Ground and pound from Gunderson.
Gunderson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gunderson working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Gunderson there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gunderson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
silva is trying to control but can't.
Gunderson 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.
Gunderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gunderson winds up and cracks silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Aegil Gunderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gunderson slips a nice elbow through silva's hands, connecting with silva's forehead.
Gunderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gunderson working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gunderson prevents silva from improving his position.
silva has hold of Gunderson's hands but Gunderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gunderson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gunderson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gunderson drops an elbow to the side of silva's head.
Gunderson stops silva from getting back to his feet.
Gunderson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gunderson working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
silva wants to improve his position but Gunderson is controlling well.
Gunderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gunderson lands a nice short elbow.
Gunderson drops an elbow to the side of silva's head.
Gunderson 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.
Gunderson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
silva is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson slips a nice elbow through silva's hands, connecting with silva's forehead.
Gunderson working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gunderson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gunderson stalling.
Gunderson 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.
silva tries to kick Gunderson off but Gunderson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
silva taking some punishment here, with Gunderson in his half guard.
Gunderson drops an elbow to the side of silva's head.
silva tries to get to full guard but Gunderson has control of the leg.
Gunderson trying to control the action but silva is working from the bottom.
Gunderson drops an elbow to the side of silva's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunderson stalling.
Gunderson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gunderson lands strikes from half guard.
Gunderson prevents silva from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gunderson lands a nice short elbow.
Gunderson prevents silva from improving his position.

silva actively working from the bottom here.
Gunderson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gunderson tries to pass the half guard into mount. silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gunderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gunderson is trying to control. silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aegil Gunderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

silva shoots in but no luck this time.

Gunderson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for silva!
silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Gunderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
silva can't escape the position.
Gunderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gunderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish silva?
Gunderson landing strikes from the mount and silva is in trouble!
BOOM! Gunderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
silva is working to get back to half guard.
Gunderson landing punches.
silva is trying desperately to improve position.
silva taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Gunderson! silva is hurt baaadly! Gunderson is firing away with more strikes - silva is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Aegil Gunderson!