PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Roberts had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. On his way into the cage it seems that Bob Roberts has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bob Roberts seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Roberts
vs
Silva

218 cm
21
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Syndicate Drugs
Knock Out Artistry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bob Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Silva looks to land a combination. Roberts sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Roberts fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Roberts doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva throws a right hand that Roberts ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberts also avoids with ease.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silva - that will leave a mark!
Roberts is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Roberts's side.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.

Silva has Roberts up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Roberts avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roberts avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Roberts can't break the clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roberts goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
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!
Roberts avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Roberts to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Roberts jumps guard but Silva stands there with Roberts around his waist. Roberts gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberts blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Roberts is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Roberts avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.

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

Roberts looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Roberts has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts looking for a sweep. Not yet Roberts, not yet.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Roberts throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Silva tries to stand but Roberts is controlling from the bottom.
Roberts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roberts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four 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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Roberts takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Roberts takes a step back to recover.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva pushes Roberts away with a front kick.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands a with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberts, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Roberts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Roberts takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Roberts will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Roberts wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Roberts tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roberts doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva punishes Roberts's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva lands a jab to Roberts's midsection.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Roberts moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Roberts takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts jumps guard but Silva stands there with Roberts around his waist. Roberts gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roberts avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Roberts drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Roberts fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberts blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberts blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.

Roberts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Roberts persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Roberts moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Roberts sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Silva keeps Roberts at a distance using the push kick.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Roberts rather than just go for the knockout.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva stuns Roberts with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bob Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A shot to the body from Roberts misses
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Roberts stumbling back into the cage.
Roberts takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Roberts takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Roberts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Roberts has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Roberts there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roberts's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Silva moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva letting Roberts take a breather here.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Roberts pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Roberts doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Roberts fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Roberts changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts misses with a takedown
and Silva finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roberts takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberts blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Roberts has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Silva clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Silva is trying to stand back up.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Silva is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 25:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!