PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dreiko Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lao comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drowning Pool - Let The Bodies Hit The Floor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dreiko Lao has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wanderson Silva's chin.

Silva
vs
Lao

170 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dreiko Lao!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up.
Lao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva tries to clinch but Lao is having none of it.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Lao misses with a few strikes there.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao misses with a two punch combination.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Lao.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
Lao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
Silva wants to clinch.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Lao blocks with his arms.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Lao looks gassed!
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Silva has picked Lao up - he's going for a ride! Silva dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Lao defending well.

Lao is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Silva is pressing down on Lao's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lao is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Lao is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva is looking to stall here but Lao recovers full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lao is keeping the position for now.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva trying to control but Lao is working from the bottom.
Silva advances position into side control!

Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lao is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lao, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderson Silva dominated that 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.

Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Lao is having none of it.
Silva tries to clinch but Lao is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Lao is avoiding it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lao fails to land with a series of punches.
Wanderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lao keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Lao in a clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva is working for takedown but Lao is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lao.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Lao prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Lao is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lao walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
Lao throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Lao tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Lao is avoiding it.
Silva tries to clinch up but Lao circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lao keeps the fight on the outside.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lao avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Silva has hold of one of Lao's legs. Lao is fighting the takedown attempt but Silva gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Lao is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva trying to control but Lao is working from the bottom.
Silva is pushing down on Lao's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lao is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva stops Lao from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderson Silva dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva moves in looking to clinch but Lao pushes him off.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva wants to clinch.
Lao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dreiko Lao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lao keeps the fight on the outside.
Lao misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Lao.
Silva wants to clinch up but Lao keeps it at a distance.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch but Lao moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Lao pushes him off.
Lao misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Silva drives through and clinches with Lao against the cage.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lao.
Lao managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lao.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lao.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.

Silva gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Silva is working for a kimura but Lao is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Lao is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Lao defends it.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Lao has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lao wants to get back to his feet.
Silva has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Lao is in no mood to give up.
Silva moves to the back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Silva is persistently looking for the submission but Lao is defending it well.
Dreiko Lao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wanderson Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva tries to get the hooks in deep but Lao pushed the leg off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderson Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderson Silva!