PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ander Silva (ranked 2547 p4p, 305 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 1785 p4p, 234 weight class). Misalooba has chosen Beyond the Black as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
Misalooba

192 cm
30
182 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

183 cm
26
183 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ander Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Misalooba misses
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Misalooba misses with a looping right.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Misalooba manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Misalooba is blocking nicely.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Misalooba is defending well for now.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Misalooba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Misalooba lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Misalooba.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Misalooba is blocking nicely.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misalooba lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Misalooba blocks it.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Misalooba blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Misalooba rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Misalooba working hard to break the clinch.
Misalooba lands a right hand.
Misalooba tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Misalooba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Misalooba blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Misalooba blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misalooba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misalooba is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Misalooba throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Misalooba tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
Didier Misalooba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Misalooba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Misalooba avoids the head kick by Silva.

Misalooba moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Misalooba blocks with his arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Misalooba blocks it with crossed arms.

Misalooba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Misalooba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.

Misalooba clinches up against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Misalooba blocks with his arms.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Misalooba is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Misalooba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Misalooba has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silva seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Misalooba can turn it around.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Misalooba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Silva closes the distance but Misalooba moves to the side
letting Misalooba counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Misalooba.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Misalooba tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.

Misalooba clinches up against the cage.

Misalooba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Misalooba.
Misalooba wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Misalooba lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Misalooba, as that shot connected.

Misalooba fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Misalooba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Didier Misalooba will probably get the nod.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Misalooba counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Misalooba lands a body shot.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Misalooba blocks with his arms.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Misalooba missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva tries to move into range but Misalooba moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A cross from Misalooba lands.

Silva is rocked!
Misalooba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Misalooba darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Misalooba forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Misalooba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Misalooba breaks from the clinch.
Misalooba pounces like a tiger and cracks Silva with a vicious hook! Silva is down but not out! Misalooba follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Didier Misalooba!
Didier Misalooba decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.