PBP Commentary

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

Kongo
vs
Silva

187 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
211 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Surge Kongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Kongo moves out of range easily.
Kongo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kongo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Kongo misses with a straight left.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kongo manages to avoid it.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Kongo down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva misses with a straight left.
A jab from Silva misses.
Kongo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch up but Kongo keeps it at a distance.
Kongo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Kongo.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Kongo moved away.
Kongo scores with a body shot.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Kongo to counter with a crisp jab.
Kongo cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Kongo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva tries to clinch
and Kongo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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 lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo lands an overhand right.
Kongo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Kongo throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Kongo should have avoided that one.
Kongo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva misses with a hook. Kongo ducked under it nicely.
Kongo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Kongo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Kongo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva throws a hook but Kongo avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kongo throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Kongo stumbling back into the cage.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Kongo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Kongo won't want to take too many of those.
Kongo tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kongo blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kongo looking to stall.
Kongo misses with a body punch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Kongo misses with a body punch.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Kongo is blocking nicely.
Kongo effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva connects with a right hand. Kongo shakes it off.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Surge Kongo has been cut.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva staying out of range there.
Kongo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva slips under a jab from Kongo.
Kongo moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Kongo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kongo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kongo throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva closes the distance but Kongo moves to the side
and Kongo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A good leg kick by Silva.

Silva has Kongo up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kongo blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kongo blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Silva.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kongo avoids the damage to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kongo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kongo is trying to stall.
Kongo dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kongo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva tries to clinch up.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kongo blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kongo avoids the damage to the body.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Kongo stalls.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kongo misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Kongo blocks with his arms.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kongo takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kongo avoids it.
Kongo takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Silva.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kongo avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Kongo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kongo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Surge Kongo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kongo.
Kongo misses the jab.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Kongo.
Kongo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kongo blocks an uppercut.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kongo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kongo misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kongo blocks it with crossed arms.
Kongo is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kongo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Kongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Kongo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kongo is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kongo backwards.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kongo's face.
Kongo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kongo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva prevents a body shot from Kongo.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Kongo blocks it.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Kongo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Surge Kongo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Kongo won't want to take too many of those.
Wanderlei Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kongo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kongo tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva tries a knee to the head but Kongo blocks it.
Kongo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva blocking some punches.
Kongo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva is looking to control Kongo's arms but Kongo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Kongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kongo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kongo or not.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!
Wanderlei Silva decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.