PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (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.

Silva
vs
Balboa

189 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balboa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Balboa gets the takedown into side control.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Balboa drags him back down.
Balboa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balboa is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Balboa passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Balboa controlling his opponent.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Balboa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Balboa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Balboa lands with some strikes.
Balboa working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Silva is rocked!
Balboa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balboa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Balboa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silva is trying to stand.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Balboa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Balboa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Balboa lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Balboa is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Balboa loads up with a big shot that hurts Silva! He's pulled Balboa in close but Balboa has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Silva survive? More strikes from Balboa and Silva is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rocky Balboa!