PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Un Kha (ranked 4363 p4p, 3019 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kha kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Eye of the tiger. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kha
vs
Silva

195 cm
20
205
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
195
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

PWNAGE™

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Un Kha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kha shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Kha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Silva drives through and clinches with Kha against the cage.
Kha blocks an uppercut.

Silva has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kha is trying to keep an underhook but Silva manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Kha is defending well.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kha won't allow Silva to pass to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kha on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kha is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
Kha gets full guard.
Kha is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Kha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kha is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Silva trying to strike off his back.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kha trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva has control of Kha's left arm, preventing Kha from doing any damage.
Silva trying to control the position.

Kha is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kha wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Silva clinches up with Kha and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Kha in a clinch.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Kha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kha throws a head kick that misses.

Silva rushes Kha and presses him up against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Kha shrugs off.
Kha blocks an elbow strike.
Kha jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

Silva moves into the clinch.

Kha manages to break the clinch.
Kha will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kha backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kha is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Un Kha. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Silva punching from the bottom - just letting Kha know he's still in a fight.
Silva trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva controlling the position.
Kha tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva controlling the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Silva working for a triangle but Kha defends it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson 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.

Kha drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Silva gets control of Kha's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silva will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva has Kha pulled in close to control his posture.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Kha from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is trying to keep Kha in close.
Silva is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kha is controlling him.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Kha advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Kha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kha connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Kha sits in half guard.
Silva manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Silva is pulling down on Kha's head. It's preventing any offense from Kha, at least for the moment.
Kha trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kha throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Kha letting Silva take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kha is trying to pull guard but Silva turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva tries to pull guard but Kha won't allow it.

Kha jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Kha wants to improve his position but instead Silva has moved into half guard.
Kha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Kha's temple.

Silva stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Kha to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva drives through and clinches with Kha against the cage.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Kha controls the action.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kha throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva pushes Kha up against the cage in a clinch.
Kha avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.

Silva pulls Kha into guard.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kha scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kha trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kha missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Silva clinches up with Kha and pushes him back against the cage.

Kha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kha gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kha jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kha tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Un Kha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kha tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva has Kha pressed against the cage.

Silva jumps into guard, dragging Kha to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kha trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Kha is proving a slippery customer.
Silva trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kha defends it easily.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kha chips away with some ground and pound.

Kha drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kha jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kha keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Kha wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kha trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Kha defends easily.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Silva looking for subs off his back but Kha has passed one foot through into half guard.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Kha wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva controls Kha momentarily but Kha frees himself.
Kha trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Silva jumps guard and drags Kha to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
The defeated Un Kha had this to say: 'i'll be back!'.