PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wandeco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Eyed Peas - Bebot. Silva has chosen Mad Dog as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vera
vs
Silva

191 cm
30
205 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

180 cm
31
215 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wandeco Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva missing with a left hand there. Vera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vera checks a low kick from Silva.

Vera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Vera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Vera has him pressed against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Vera blocks with his arms.
Vera working Silva over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vera takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vera comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Vera.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva tries to stall but Vera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vera taking a breather.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vera avoids it.
Vera stalling.
Vera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva looks winded!
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Vera blocks with his arms.
Vera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Vera connects with a knee to the head.
Vera looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Vera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Vera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Vera lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera prevents a takedown attempt there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vera connects with a knee to the head.
Vera is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Vera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vera taking a breather.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vera avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Vera connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vera misses with a knee to the head.
Vera lands a damaging elbow.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vera avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Vera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vera obliges.
Vera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vera blocks it with crossed arms.
Vera lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Vera misses with a knee strike.
Vera scores a nice knee to the body.
Vera landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vera lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva is trying to drag Vera to the mat but Vera just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera lands a nice elbow.
Vera displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Vera blocks with his arms.
Vera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva tries to circle away but Vera has him pinned against the cage.
Vera dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vera scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Vera dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vera throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vera dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good exchange - Vera coming out on top.
Silva avoids the head kick by Vera.
Silva stuns Vera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva lands with a nice body kick.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vera takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Vera lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Vera takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Silva is rocked!

Vera clinches.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Vera finish him?
Vera lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Vera stalling against the cage.
Vera working Silva over with knees to the body.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Vera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vera is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Vera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vera wants to stall.
Michael Vera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva avoiding damage as Vera throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Vera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Vera.
Vera prevents the takedown attempt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vera.
Vera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vera lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vera has Silva pushed against the cage.
Vera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Vera controls his hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vera lands a nice knee to the body.
Vera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Vera is trying to stall.
Nice elbow from Vera.
Vera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vera is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vera is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vera managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Vera managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vera throws a knee to the head but misses.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vera throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Wandeco Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Vera manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vera lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vera, right into the meat.
Vera connects with an inside leg kick.
Vera throws a body kick that misses.
Vera tries a head kick but it misses.
Vera scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michael Vera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vera is out of range.

Vera sends Silva crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Vera is motioning to the referee to let Silva up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vera checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vera.
Vera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Good leg kick by Vera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Vera dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A solid body kick from Vera.
Vera jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vera tries a head kick but it misses.
Vera gets in close and tags Silva with a short punch that almost sends Silva to the mat! Oh Silva is in big trouble! He turns his back on Vera, trying to create some distance but Vera rushes him, striking wildly and Silva goes down! The referee tackles Vera into the cage to end the fight! Vera is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Vera!
A very excited looking Michael Vera rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.