PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barney Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Ain't No Sunshine as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ross
vs
Silva

180 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barney Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ross throws an off balance right hand

and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ross's guard now.
Ross is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ross is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wanted to stand there but Ross had control of the position.
Silva stops Ross from standing up.

Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ross, up you get!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ross misses with a left hand

and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ross!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ross tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ross tries to buck Silva off but he can't manage it.
Silva tries to control but Ross wriggling away.
Ross on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ross tries to get out of the position.
Ross tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to control but Ross is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ross working to try and regain half guard.

Silva stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ross misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Ross pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ross digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Ross swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ross goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ross is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Silva's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Ross misses with a hook

and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Ross has his hands on Silva's head, controlling the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ross wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anderson Silva will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva avoids the body shot from Ross.
Silva staying out of range there.
Ross tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ross throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ross swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ross will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ross fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ross throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Ross throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ross.
Ross throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ross misses with a looping right.
Ross misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barney Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
A telegraphed right hand from Ross misses the target.
Ross throws a right hand that misses

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ross is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Silva jumps into side control!
Ross is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ross wants to control but Silva postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross looks to move to half guard but instead Silva has passed into mount! Damn!
Anderson Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.

Silva stands up from mount. Strange move.
Ross swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva moves away from the strike by Ross.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Ross.
Ross throws out a powerful jab.
Ross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Ross does it's job there.

Silva is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Ross finish him?
Ross throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Barney Ross is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ross.
Ross looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ross.
Ross jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Ross looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ross misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Ross misses its intended target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ross throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Ross throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Ross misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Ross misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Ross.
Silva defending well as Ross loads up on a big left hand.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Ross.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Ross moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Silva! Ross continues to tee off on Silva, landing with a left and a right! Ross connects with a right hand that leaves Silva sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Ross!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Barney Ross!