PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kyle LeBlanc's chin.

Silva
vs
LeBlanc

180 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

178 cm
26
189 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle LeBlanc!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up but LeBlanc circles away and keeps his distance.
LeBlanc misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Silva.
LeBlanc takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
LeBlanc drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but LeBlanc pushes him off.
Silva tries to clinch but LeBlanc is having none of it.
LeBlanc swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva wants to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as LeBlanc shoots in.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle LeBlanc.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

Silva pushes LeBlanc up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to LeBlanc's face.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but LeBlanc has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but LeBlanc is blocking nicely.
LeBlanc is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to LeBlanc's face.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands a knee to the body.
LeBlanc has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
LeBlanc has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
LeBlanc drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
LeBlanc can't get the takedown.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
LeBlanc drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
LeBlanc fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
LeBlanc throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing LeBlanc off to one side.
Silva leaves LeBlanc with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but LeBlanc is having none of it.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
LeBlanc will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva wants to clinch up but LeBlanc keeps it at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for LeBlanc on that attempt.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working LeBlanc over with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but LeBlanc has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
LeBlanc changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
LeBlanc shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but LeBlanc swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva looks to clinch

and LeBlanc counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by LeBlanc.

LeBlanc thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
LeBlanc stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.

LeBlanc drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick LeBlanc off! LeBlanc jumps back into Silva's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

LeBlanc drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick LeBlanc off! LeBlanc jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
LeBlanc preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

LeBlanc drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and LeBlanc jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
LeBlanc forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva has managed to clinch.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
LeBlanc takes a knee right on the jaw!
LeBlanc has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
LeBlanc goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
LeBlanc fails to land the takedown.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle LeBlanc.
LeBlanc shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No luck for LeBlanc with that takedown attempt.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from LeBlanc, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
LeBlanc fails with the takedown.
Silva tries to clinch but LeBlanc moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch there but LeBlanc circles away.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - LeBlanc circles away.
Silva is looking to clinch but LeBlanc is avoiding it.
Silva wants to clinch up but LeBlanc keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch up

and LeBlanc counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

LeBlanc thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
LeBlanc advances to half guard.
LeBlanc prevents Silva from standing back up.
Silva is looking to control LeBlanc's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

LeBlanc is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. LeBlanc is working away from the top position though.

LeBlanc is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
This has been an exciting period of action!

LeBlanc is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for LeBlanc on the ground.

LeBlanc looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
LeBlanc passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

LeBlanc working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.

LeBlanc tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.

LeBlanc is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

LeBlanc thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

LeBlanc looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

LeBlanc is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Silva is trying to escape and LeBlanc transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Silva is forced to tap! Nice work there by LeBlanc! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kyle LeBlanc!