PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaiden Norstad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanderlie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Vanderlie Silva enters the cage!

Norstad
vs
Silva

189 cm
18
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaiden Norstad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vanderlie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Norstad pushes him off.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norstad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Norstad.
Silva wants to clinch up but Norstad keeps it at a distance.
Norstad tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Norstad is avoiding it.
Kaiden Norstad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Norstad misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Norstad counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva wants to clinch but Norstad slips to the side

and Norstad decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Norstad tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Norstad is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Norstad tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norstad is working hard here to advance position.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva closes the distance but Norstad moves to the side

and Norstad counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to stand up but Norstad isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva looks gassed!
Norstad tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva is looking to stand up but Norstad isn't so interested in that idea.
Norstad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Silva wants to stand up but Norstad is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Norstad controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Norstad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Norstad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaiden Norstad dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Norstad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Norstad.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Norstad just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Norstad turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Norstad taking a breather here.
Norstad trying to control the position but Silva is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norstad tries to advance to mount but Silva denies him.
Norstad wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Norstad has knee on belly momentarily but Silva bucks him off and regains half guard.
Silva tries to kick Norstad off but Norstad keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Norstad pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Norstad in his tracks for a moment.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Norstad is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Norstad into the cage.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Norstad blocks an elbow strike.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kaiden Norstad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vanderlie Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norstad leaning against his opponent.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Norstad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Vanderlie Silva has been cut.
Norstad prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Norstad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Norstad blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.

Silva is fighting off a takedown attempt but Norstad is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Silva to the mat. Silva regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Norstad is having none of it.

Norstad gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Norstad feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Norstad makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Norstad is having none of it.
Norstad trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Norstad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva is looking to stand up but Norstad isn't so interested in that idea.
Norstad controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaiden Norstad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vanderlie Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Norstad is looking to score with low kicks.
Norstad fails with the takedown

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Norstad didn't expect that.
Silva wants to stand but Norstad has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Norstad kicks Silva off and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Norstad misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norstad defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.

Norstad rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Norstad blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow.

Norstad gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Norstad controlling the action here.
Norstad seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand.
Norstad wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Norstad stops Silva from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norstad perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kaiden Norstad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Norstad is controlling him well.
Norstad keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Norstad works his way into full mount!
Silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kaiden Norstad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Norstad working Silva over with strikes here.
Norstad landing punches.
Norstad controlling his opponent.
Norstad has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaiden Norstad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Norstad has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaiden Norstad!