PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lukazk Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Silva acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Muller
vs
Silva

190 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lukazk Muller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva throws a series of punches but Muller moves out of range.

Silva darts in and clinches Muller up against the cage.
Silva trying to stall but Muller improves his position.
Silva has Muller pressed against the cage, preventing Muller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Muller wants to break the clinch but can't.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Muller is having none of it.
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Muller is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Muller misses with a two punch combination.
Muller misses with a wild combination.
Muller throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Muller misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Muller misses.
Muller lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Muller sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Muller lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Muller is breathing heavily.
Muller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Muller.
Muller lands a slapping body shot.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muller.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Muller sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lukazk Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Silva wants to clinch.
Muller fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller misses with a series of wild punches.
Muller throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Lukazk Muller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
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!
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Muller is trying to break free.
Muller wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva working aggressively here.
Muller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller is trying to break free.
Muller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muller has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva tries to pull guard but Muller holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva tries a body shot but Muller blocks it.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Muller scores with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Muller to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Muller misses with a wild combination.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Muller.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Muller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Muller looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva tries to clinch up but Muller circles away and keeps his distance.
Muller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Muller defends it nicely.
Muller misses with a combination

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva 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 shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Muller but Muller pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Muller has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Muller lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Muller scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Muller scores with a decent looking hook.
Muller throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a solid body kick.
A combination from Muller does no damage.
Muller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Muller defends it nicely.
Muller throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Muller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lukazk Muller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muller thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muller misses with a wild body shot.
Silva wants to clinch.
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva tries to clinch there but Muller circles away.
Muller scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Muller lands a nice shot to the body.
Muller misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Muller is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Muller lands a with a good body shot.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Muller saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lukazk Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Muller misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Muller's waist but Muller gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Muller sprawls well. Muller wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Muller throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
No joy there for Muller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Muller shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Muller lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Muller as Silva shoots in.
Muller misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Muller thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Muller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Muller which made him look bad.
Muller misses with a combination

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Muller didn't expect that.
Muller is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Muller keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Muller has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Muller moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Muller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva looks for a takedown but Muller sprawls well.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Muller's waist but Muller gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Muller throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Muller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lukazk Muller will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Muller, as that shot connected.
Muller throws a one two combo.
Muller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Muller pushes Silva off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Muller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Muller shows good takedown defense.
Lukazk Muller is winning the standup battle so far.
Muller throws a combination that misses

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Muller fights it but they end up in guard.
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!

Muller has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muller lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Muller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Muller misses with a combination

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Silva has Muller pressed against the cage, preventing Muller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Muller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muller can't break the clinch.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Muller walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Muller scores with a four punch combination!
Muller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Muller misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a big head kick but Muller shrugs it off.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Muller as he jumps to the side.
Lukazk Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Muller fails to land with a series of punches.
Muller misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Muller's waist but Muller gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Muller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Muller shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to clinch there but Muller circles away.
Silva dives in and grabs Muller's left leg, looking for a takedown. Muller pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muller.
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Muller is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva lands a right hand.
Muller wants to break free but Silva has control.
Muller fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Muller sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Muller misses with a combination

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Muller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muller tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Lukazk Muller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Silva clinches.
Muller is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Muller misses.
Muller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!