PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wandeco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Mad Dog. Hardy has chosen Van damme - streets of Siam as his entrance music. Will Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Hardy

180 cm
28
215 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

186 cm
32
221 lbs
19 - 17 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wandeco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardy misses with a body kick.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hardy up against the cage.
Silva gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Hardy checks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Hardy's head back.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hardy closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Hardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Hardy looks gassed!
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Hardy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Hardy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hardy tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Hardy's head but Hardy avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Silva are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hardy tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Hardy looks to move to half guard but instead Silva has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Hardy is in trouble!
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Hardy is looking to get to half guard.
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva breaks from Hardy's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Hardy is rocked!
Silva cracks Hardy with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wandeco Silva!
Wandeco Silva very nearly forgot to thank Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.