PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Keramin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Keramin
vs
Silva

183 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
193 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrei Keramin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva dives in and grabs Keramin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Keramin pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Silva gets caught flat footed, as Keramin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Keramin postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Silva keeping full guard, as Keramin tries to pass.
Keramin stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Keramin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Keramin pushes down on Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva is trying to stand.
Keramin throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva pushes Keramin off looking to stand but Keramin dives back in and keeps control.
Keramin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Keramin prevents Silva from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva won't allow Keramin to pass to mount.
Silva tries to roll over but Keramin keeps him under control.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Keramin scores with a couple of nice shots.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva looks gassed!
Keramin trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
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. Keramin connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Keramin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Keramin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Keramin prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Keramin lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keramin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Keramin controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keramin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Keramin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Keramin working Silva over with strikes here.
Keramin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Keramin lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Keramin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Keramin wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keramin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Keramin unloading with bombs!
Silva is looking to improve his position but Keramin isn't that keen on the idea.
Keramin tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Keramin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Keramin punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Keramin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keramin working Silva over with strikes here.
Keramin controlling his opponent.
Keramin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Keramin breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Keramin with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keramin controlling his opponent.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Keramin maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keramin landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keramin with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Keramin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei Keramin 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.

Keramin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Keramin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Keramin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Keramin's attempts to control the action.
Keramin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Keramin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Keramin controlling the pace for now.
Keramin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Keramin wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Keramin content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Keramin's lack of action.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Keramin.
Keramin slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Keramin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Keramin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Keramin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keramin is looking to advance position but Silva won't allow it.
Keramin working the head and body with strikes.
Keramin trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Keramin 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.
Andrei Keramin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Keramin controlling the action here.
Keramin slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keramin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Keramin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Keramin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
BOOM! Keramin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Keramin dominating with strikes here.
Keramin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Keramin dominating with strikes here.
Keramin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Keramin controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keramin wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Keramin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Keramin controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keramin lands a nice shot to the head.
Keramin landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei Keramin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva tries to sprawl but Keramin drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Keramin pulls his head out easily.
Keramin wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva wants to improve his position but Keramin is controlling well.
Keramin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Keramin 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.
Keramin passes to full mount!
Keramin controlling his opponent.
Keramin lands a nice shot to the head.
Keramin working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Keramin.
Keramin content just to control the position here.
Keramin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Keramin.
Keramin working Silva over with strikes here.
Keramin controlling the position easily from mount.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Keramin maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keramin lands a heavy elbow.
Keramin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Keramin is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Keramin with good strikes from the mount here!
Keramin unloading with bombs!
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Keramin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Keramin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Keramin trying to control but Silva is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keramin lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Keramin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Keramin working the ground and pound effectively.
Keramin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Keramin content just to control the position here.
Keramin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Keramin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Keramin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Andrei Keramin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keramin controlling from the full mount.
Keramin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei Keramin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Keramin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei Keramin!