PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mata Leao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wanderlai silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silva has chosen knockout as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Leao
vs
silva

183 cm
27
192 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

207 cm
25
185 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mata Leao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, wanderlai silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leao looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leao lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Leao wants to control from the top but silva keeps moving.
Leao is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Leao with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Leao tries to free his leg and advance position but silva is retaining full guard.
Leao scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leao knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for silva on the ground.
Leao scoring with punches to the head and body.
silva looks gassed!

Leao got a little sloppy there for a moment and silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Leao has managed to get both his arms back between silva's legs - danger averted.
Leao connects with a couple of short punches.
Leao has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leao seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leao works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Leao takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Leao 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.
Leao working the head and body with strikes.
Leao lands with a punch from half guard.
silva taking some punishment here, with Leao in his half guard.
Leao trying to control the pace.
Leao is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Leao tries to pass the half guard into mount. silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Leao scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leao lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Leao lands a nice short elbow.
Leao is looking to take a break and control but silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Leao seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Leao working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Leao lands with a punch from half guard.
silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Leao scores with a couple of nice shots.
silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Leao scores with a couple of nice shots.
Leao looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Leao lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Leao wants to take a breather but silva is having none of it.
Leao drops an elbow to the side of silva's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva trying to control but Leao postures up.
Leao seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Leao lands with a punch from half guard.
Leao lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Leao lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Leao lands a nice short elbow.
Leao wants to pass the guard but silva is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva is staying active underneath Leao, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Leao seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Leao there.
Leao is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for silva!
Leao landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Leao looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

silva is rocked!
Leao drops a big elbow. That's hurt silva! More shots from Leao and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mata Leao!