PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nik Fox (ranked 25197 p4p, 3898 weight class) and Anderson Silbia (ranked 542 p4p, 0 weight class). Silbia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ain't No Sunshine. Nik Fox has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fox
vs
Silbia

185 cm
19
190
3 - 12 - 0

188 cm
25
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 3 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nik Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Silbia!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silbia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silbia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fox's brow.
Silbia throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silbia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fox's brow.
Fox blocks an elbow strike from Silbia.
Fox jumps guard but Silbia turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silbia pushes off an throws an elbow but Fox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fox blocks an elbow strike.
Silbia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fox's defenses.
Silbia lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silbia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fox's defenses.
Silbia lands an elbow inside.

Silbia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silbia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silbia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fox.
Fox fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silbia avoids it really well and circles away.
As Fox backs off Silbia throws a huge counter combo but Fox manages to avoid it all.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nik Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fox tries to clinch up.
Fox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Silbia takes the fight into the clinch.
Silbia misses with an elbow over the top.
Silbia lands an elbow just above Fox 's eye.
Fox blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silbia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fox's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silbia throws an elbow but misses.
Fox avoids the elbow strike from Silbia, against the cage.
Silbia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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!

Fox manages to pull guard.
Silbia prevents Fox from getting back to his feet.
Silbia preventing the sweep.

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

Silbia stands up and waves to Fox to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to clinch up but Silbia circles away and keeps his distance.
Fox fails to land the takedown.

Fox shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fox was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Silbia bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Fox is breathing heavily.

Silbia moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Silbia.
Fox fails to pull guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silbia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silbia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silbia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silbia scores with a shoulder strike.
Silbia stalls.
Fox tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silbia smiles and moves away.

Silbia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silbia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fox's brow.
Silbia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fox avoids a wild elbow strike from Silbia.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silbia 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.

Silbia moves into range and clinches up with Fox.
Fox avoids a wild elbow strike from Silbia.
Silbia pushes off an throws an elbow but Fox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silbia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silbia misses with an elbow over the top.
Fox blocks an elbow strike.
Silbia lands a nice elbow.
Come on Silbia - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silbia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson Silbia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Silbia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fox shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silbia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Fox tries to keep at a distance but Silbia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fox blocks the elbow strike.
Silbia pushes off an throws an elbow but Fox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fox tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silbia misses with an elbow strike.
Silbia throws an elbow but it misses.
Fox avoids a wild elbow strike from Silbia.
Silbia swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Silbia breaks the clinch.

Silbia has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox jumps guard but Silbia stands there with Fox around his waist. Fox gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nik Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fox is trying to pull guard but Silbia turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silbia lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silbia.

It looks like Nik Fox has been cut.
Silbia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fox blocks the elbow strike.

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

Silbia gets caught flat footed, as Fox shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Silbia wants to get back to his feet but Fox passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silbia is trying to stand back up but Fox is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silbia is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silbia looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silbia scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Fox manages to mount him!
Silbia is looking to improve his position but Fox isn't that keen on the idea.

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.
Silbia is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Silbia has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Silbia is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fox biding his time, looking for the opening.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silbia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nik Fox's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Silbia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fox blocks an elbow strike.

Fox manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Silbia decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Fox, up you get!
Horrible takedown attempt by Fox or perhaps it was just good defense by Silbia, which made it look bad.

Silbia darts in and clinches Fox up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silbia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fox's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fox tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silbia just stands there and leans against the cage.

Silbia breaks the clinch.

Fox instigates a clinch.
Silbia misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silbia breaks from the clinch.
Fox fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nik Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fox tries for a takedown but Silbia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fox closes the distance and clinches up with Silbia, looking for a takedown. Fox pushes Silbia against the cage but Silbia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fox shoots in but Silbia avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Silbia rushes Fox and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silbia throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silbia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fox's brow.
Silbia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silbia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fox jumps guard but Silbia turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silbia lands an elbow that stopped Fox in his tracks for a moment.

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

Silbia rushes Fox and presses him up against the cage.
Silbia lands an elbow inside.
Silbia is stalling here.
Fox avoids the elbow strike from Silbia, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

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

Silbia moves into the clinch.
Silbia dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fox is trying to pull guard but Silbia has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silbia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silbia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silbia throws an elbow but it misses.
Silbia throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Silbia.

Silbia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fox shoots in looking for a takedown but Silbia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fox's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Silbia moves into range and clinches up with Fox.
Silbia pushes off an throws an elbow but Fox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silbia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox blocks the elbow strike.
Silbia lands an elbow that stopped Fox in his tracks for a moment.
Fox blocks an elbow strike from Silbia.
Silbia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fox's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fox blocks the elbow strike.
Silbia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silbia throws an elbow that misses.
Silbia lands an elbow inside that Fox shrugs off.
Silbia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nik Fox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson Silbia is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silbia lands an elbow just above Fox 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silbia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silbia 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silbia!