PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivanov comes to the cage accompanied by HINO RUSSO. Silva has chosen UFC - Face the Pain as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ivanov
vs
Silva

180 cm
21
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergei Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov misses with a right hand
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sergei Ivanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ivanov moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Silva moves away from the strike by Ivanov.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Ivanov.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ivanov.
Ivanov misses the jab.
Silva thuds his right hand into Ivanov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ivanov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ivanov throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Ivanov.
Ivanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ivanov throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Ivanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Ivanov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva looks to land a combination but Ivanov avoids it well.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ivanov swinging wildly here.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ivanov.
Ivanov throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Ivanov.
Ivanov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanov looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivanov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ivanov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ivanov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Ivanov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ivanov lands a nice shot to the body.
Ivanov throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Ivanov looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Silva slips a straight right by Ivanov.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Ivanov.
Ivanov misses with the combination.
Ivanov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Ivanov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ivanov fails to land with a series of punches.
Ivanov is breathing heavily.
Ivanov throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ivanov misses with a wild combination.
Ivanov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ivanov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ivanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ivanov throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Ivanov looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
A lazy left from Ivanov finds it's target.

Silva is rocked!
No joy there for Ivanov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivanov throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
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.
Ivanov misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva misses with a double jab
enabling Ivanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Ivanov finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Ivanov.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Ivanov avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Ivanov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ivanov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ivanov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ivanov Rushes Silva and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Silva is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Ivanov Piles on the pressure and Silva crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergei Ivanov!
After the fight, Sergei Ivanov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.