PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Davis (ranked 4349 p4p, 5610 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 478 p4p, 526 weight class). Anderson Silva looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Davis
vs
Silva

180 cm
24
195
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
185
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Miguel Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.

Davis clinches up against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Davis moves into the clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis throws a big counter combination but Silva scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Silva tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Davis is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Davis swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Silva looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Davis is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva looks winded!
Davis tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Davis gets a clinch.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miguel Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Davis tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Davis is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
As Davis backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but Davis manages to avoid it all.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on Silva's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Silva looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Anderson Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Davis backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but Davis manages to avoid it all.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
As Davis backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but Davis manages to avoid it all.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva is looking for the big counter here.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
As Silva looks to move away, Davis throws a big counter combo but Silva just gets out of the way.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Silva's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Davis tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Davis is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Silva misses.

Davis closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Davis blocks an uppercut.

Davis pulls guard successfully.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Davis is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Davis has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Davis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Davis is tightening it up a little... Silva has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Silva reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Silva taps out! Nice BJJ there by Davis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Miguel Davis!