PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jean-Louis Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andre
vs
Silva

172 cm
21
153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

155 cm
29
134 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean-Louis Andre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Luiz Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andre shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Andre moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Andre slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Andre swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luiz Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a right hand that Andre ducks under and follows up with a left that Andre also avoids with ease.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a low kick as Andre jumps back.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Andre dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva throws the left hand but Andre avoids the punch easily.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Andre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Andre avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andre lands with a shot to the body.
Andre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Andre throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Andre.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andre missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva misses with a combination
and Andre counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andre bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Andre lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Silva looks to land a combination but Andre avoids it well.
Andre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Andre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Andre just misses with a punch to the body.
Andre keeps the fight on the outside.
Andre slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andre looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Andre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Andre.
Andre blocks a low kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andre avoids the body shot from Silva.
Andre fails with a takedown attempt.
Andre throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva looks to land a right hand but Andre moved out of range.
Andre misses with a body shot.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Andre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Andre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Andre momentarily.
Andre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andre takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Luiz Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Andre slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Andre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Andre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Silva. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Andre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Andre is just out of range.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Luiz Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva works over Andre's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings for the body but Andre moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Andre.
Andre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luiz Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Silva misses

and Andre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andre is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Andre trying to control from Silva's half guard. Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Andre looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Andre trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.

Andre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Andre tries to strike from the bottom.
Andre looking to control.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Silva trying to control but Andre is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva is sitting in close to Andre's body. Andre has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Silva is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Silva is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Andre.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jean-Louis Andre!
A very excited looking Jean-Louis Andre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.