PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Mikhail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck by AC/DC. The key to victory for Andy Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silva
vs
Mikhail

188 cm
23
186 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

182 cm
24
199 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Andy Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Vladimir Mikhail!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mikhail will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Silva tries to sprawl but Mikhail drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Silva gets full guard.
Mikhail is looking to advance position but Silva has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Silva controlling from the full mount.
Mikhail is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Silva controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Andy Silva just wasn't active enough.
Silva throws a leg kick but Mikhail sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mikhail with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mikhail's knee momentarily.
Silva with a hook.
Mikhail changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Mikhail manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Andy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Mikhail.
Mikhail misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mikhail looks gassed!
Mikhail shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Mikhail takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhail has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Mikhail's head.
Silva cracks the inside of Mikhail's front leg.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Mikhail backpedaling.

It looks like Vladimir Mikhail has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva feints a jab promting Mikhail to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mikhail slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Mikhail is rocked!
Mikhail stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Vladimir Mikhail seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikhail takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mikhail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mikhail. That did some damage!
Silva with a jab.
Mikhail takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Andy Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mikhail with a lazy takedown attempt

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Mikhail's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mikhail can do to turn this around?
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Vladimir Mikhail is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Mikhail's ribs.
Mikhail sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Mikhail's front leg but catches the back leg as Mikhail tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva thumps Mikhail with a low kick.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mikhail takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mikhail. That did some damage!
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mikhail is breathing heavily.
Donk. Silva catches Mikhail right on the button with a cross.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva throws a series of punches but Mikhail moves out of range.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mikhail backs up against the cage.
Mikhail fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Mikhail was not able to check.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Silva rushes Mikhail and presses him up against the cage.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mikhail in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mikhail's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mikhail up against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva avoiding damage.
Mikhail is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva has Mikhail pressed against the cage, preventing Mikhail from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mikhail up against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Mikhail in his tracks for a moment.

Mikhail manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mikhail on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Mikhail has his takedown stuffed
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Andy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Mikhail.
Silva cracks the inside of Mikhail's front leg.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Andy Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva cracks Mikhail with an open hand slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mikhail shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Mikhail takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Mikhail's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Silva feints and then cracks Mikhail's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mikhail down.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mikhail chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mikhail's calf.
Donk. Silva catches Mikhail right on the button with a cross.
Mikhail on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mikhail's sensitive parts.
Mikhail takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhail takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Silva instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Mikhail's ribcage.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Mikhail takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva works on Mikhail's body with a couple of short punches.
Mikhail takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mikhail in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva digs a right hand into Mikhail's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mikhail's gas tank.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Mikhail's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mikhail in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva landing knees to the body.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva leaves Mikhail with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Mikhail's belly button to the back.
Silva thumps Mikhail with a low kick.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Mikhail on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Mikhail stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva cracks the inside of Mikhail's front leg.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Mikhail in the body.
Silva lands a head kick!
Silva thumps Mikhail with a low kick.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Mikhail off balance momentarily.
Silva scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thuds a left hand into Mikhail's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mikhail misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Mikhail's side.
Mikhail's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Mikhail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Andy Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Vladimir Mikhail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mikhail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Andy Silva!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Andy Silva!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Andy Silva!

Andy Silva wins by unanimous decision!