PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 1612 p4p, 190 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 1763 p4p, 210 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Misalooba's choice of entrance music: Beyond the Black. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ferreira Da Silva
vs
Misalooba

180 cm
24
193 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

183 cm
24
183 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba misses the shot to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Misalooba.

Ferreira Da Silva closes the distance and pushes Misalooba back into the cage.
Misalooba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ferreira Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Misalooba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba's coach down at Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Misalooba's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Misalooba wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misalooba scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ferreira Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misalooba looking to throw knees to the head but Ferreira Da Silva is blocking nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Misalooba's head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva - that landed with a thud.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Misalooba avoids it by throwing Ferreira Da Silva back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right hand.
Ferreira Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Misalooba 's eye.

It looks like Didier Misalooba has been cut.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
I was talking to Ferreira Da Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ferreira Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
A short uppercut from Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ferreira Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a low kick.
Misalooba throws a looping overhand right but Ferreira Da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Misalooba throws a lazy right hand but Ferreira Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ferreira Da Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Misalooba circles away.
Misalooba jabs at Ferreira Da Silva's body.

Ferreira Da Silva closes the distance and pushes Misalooba back into the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Misalooba 's eye.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ferreira Da Silva as Misalooba tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misalooba wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
A hook to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Misalooba tries to break free but Ferreira Da Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Misalooba misses with a body punch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Misalooba pulls Ferreira Da Silva into guard.

Misalooba is working an open guard so Ferreira Da Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ferreira Da Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Misalooba will feel that in the morning.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a shot from downtown. Misalooba moves away and avoids it.

Ferreira Da Silva rushes Misalooba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Misalooba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Misalooba is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
Misalooba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Misalooba misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Didier Misalooba's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ferreira Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Misalooba in his tracks for a moment.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Misalooba takes an elbow to the temple.
Misalooba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misalooba takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ferreira Da Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Misalooba can do to turn this around?
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misalooba misses with a lunging right hand
and Ferreira Da Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ferreira Da Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Misalooba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Misalooba breaks the clinch.
Misalooba throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferreira Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick which misses Misalooba's front leg but catches the back leg as Misalooba tries to avoid it.
Misalooba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreira Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Misalooba.

Ferreira Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Misalooba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ferreira Da Silva as Misalooba tries to tie him up.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Misalooba avoids the elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva, against the cage.

Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ferreira Da Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Misalooba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Misalooba is trying to stall.
Ferreira Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba leaning against his opponent.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Misalooba avoids the elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva, against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Misalooba gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Ferreira Da Silva kicks Misalooba off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba misses with a hook. Ferreira Da Silva ducked under it nicely.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch there but Misalooba circles away.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Misalooba off balance momentarily.
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Misalooba circles away.
Misalooba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ferreira Da Silva looks to land a body kick but Misalooba moved away.

Ferreira Da Silva clinches up with Misalooba and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ferreira Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
Misalooba avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Misalooba takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Misalooba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Misalooba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from Misalooba, against the cage.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes Misalooba away with a front kick.

Ferreira Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva is working Misalooba over against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Misalooba manages to pull guard.
Ferreira Da Silva is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Didier Misalooba's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Misalooba moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Misalooba crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ferreira Da Silva - the referee stops the clock and Misalooba gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ferreira Da Silva. Misalooba manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Misalooba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferreira Da Silva thinks about countering with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ferreira Da Silva.
Misalooba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Ferreira Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike.
Misalooba blocks the elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misalooba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Misalooba's defenses.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Misalooba misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a right hand into Misalooba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misalooba's gas tank.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Misalooba misses with a punch on the inside.
Misalooba is trying to push Ferreira Da Silva away but Ferreira Da Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misalooba's brow.
Ferreira Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Misalooba 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ferreira Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Misalooba throws out the jab.
Misalooba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva slips a jab from Misalooba.
Misalooba takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ferreira Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to clinch but Misalooba is avoiding it.
Misalooba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Misalooba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Misalooba circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Misalooba clinches up with Ferreira Da Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferreira Da Silva backwards.
Didier Misalooba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Misalooba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Misalooba in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misalooba's brow.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva digs a right hand into Misalooba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misalooba's gas tank.
Ferreira Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Misalooba breaks the clinch.

Ferreira Da Silva clinches up with Misalooba and pushes him back against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Misalooba blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Misalooba.
Ferreira Da Silva working aggressively here.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Misalooba or not.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Misalooba shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ferreira Da Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!