PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Ramyay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ramyay
vs
Silva

185 cm
21
191 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
193 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gordon Ramyay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramyay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ramyay at a distance.
Ramyay slips under a jab.
Ramyay tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Gordon Ramyay has been cut.

Ramyay forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Ramyay tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Ramyay has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gordon Ramyay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramyay fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ramyay has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Ramyay.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Ramyay.
Ramyay tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silva tries to pull guard but Ramyay holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ramyay's takedown attempt.

Silva successfully pulls guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Ramyay from standing up.
Ramyay postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramyay is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Silva is trying to keep Ramyay in close.
Ramyay wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva stalks Ramyay and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ramyay's face. Ramyay staggers backwards, shaken.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva looks to land a combination but Ramyay avoids it well.
Silva lands with a hook. Ramyay tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
Silva looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramyay clinches up against the cage.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ramyay smiles and moves away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramyay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ramyay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ramyay.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Ramyay closes the distance and clinches.
Ramyay drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

Ramyay has managed to clinch.

Ramyay lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ramyay wants to stand up but Silva has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ramyay pulls his head out easily.
Ramyay wants to stand but Silva has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Ramyay is keeping busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Ramyay tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Ramyay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramyay blocks a jab.
Ramyay moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Ramyay doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Ramyay is looking to clinch.
Ramyay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramyay avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva stalks Ramyay and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ramyay's face. Ramyay staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramyay moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gordon Ramyay's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ramyay plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramyay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramyay doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ramyay doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva misses with a double jab.
A big right from Silva misses.

Ramyay takes the fight into the clinch.

Ramyay pulls Silva into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramyay wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ramyay swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva prevents Ramyay from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but Ramyay keeps moving.
Ramyay is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva throws a hook but Ramyay avoids it easily.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gordon Ramyay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramyay.
Ramyay moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Ramyay tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramyay.

Ramyay rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ramyay drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ramyay can't get the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramyay throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ramyay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ramyay goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gordon Ramyay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva looks to land a combination but Ramyay avoids it well.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.

Gordon Ramyay's cut is getting worse.
Ramyay doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws the left hand but Ramyay avoids the punch easily.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a series of punches but Ramyay avoids them all with ease.

Ramyay has managed to clinch.
Ramyay tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Ramyay, against the cage.
Ramyay lands a nice elbow.
Ramyay is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ramyay tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Ramyay jumps guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but Ramyay keeps moving.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Ramyay wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.

Ramyay kicks Silva off and gets to his feet.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Ramyay wants to clinch.
Silva throws a right hand that Ramyay ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramyay also avoids with ease.

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.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramyay.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ramyay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramyay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Ramyay is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Ramyay throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That has opened up Wanderlei Silva's cut even more.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramyay tries to clinch up.
Ramyay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gordon Ramyay dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ramyay tries to clinch up.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Ramyay tries to clinch up.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva misses with a combination

and Ramyay holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ramyay.
Ramyay is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ramyay is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ramyay lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Ramyay utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Ramyay.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Ramyay.

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

Ramyay decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramyay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramyay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramyay tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Ramyay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ramyay tries to clinch up.
Ramyay tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramyay tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramyay tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramyay.
Ramyay is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Ramyay tries to clinch up.
Ramyay moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Ramyay moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Ramyay is looking to clinch.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ramyay doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva scores with a one two! Ramyay had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ramyay is looking to clinch.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Ramyay gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramyay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramyay wants to clinch.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramyay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Ramyay displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Ramyay throws a head kick that misses.
Ramyay tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva works Ramyay's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramyay doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Ramyay is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramyay is looking to clinch.

Ramyay gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Silva jumps guard.
Ramyay wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Silva is working an open guard so Ramyay takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramyay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Ramyay is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramyay.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramyay tries to clinch up.
Ramyay ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramyay tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Gordon Ramyay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramyay tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramyay wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Ramyay blocks a jab.
Ramyay tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Ramyay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva looks to land a combination but Ramyay avoids it well.
Ramyay wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gordon Ramyay.
I think Ramyay has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gordon Ramyay!