PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dabur Ganiesh (ranked 5071 p4p, 3374 weight class) and Perry Silva (ranked 564 p4p, 441 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ganiesh
vs
Silva

188 cm
24
194
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
191
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dabur Ganiesh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Perry Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Ganiesh throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and Ganiesh finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ganiesh controlling from the top position.
Ganiesh trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ganiesh is stalling in the full guard.
Ganiesh trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganiesh with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganiesh stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ganiesh working away.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Ganiesh drags him back down.
Ganiesh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva is looking for a sweep.

Ganiesh is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ganiesh controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Ganiesh postures up.

Ganiesh decides to stand back up. Ganiesh steps back and let's Silva get back to his feet.
Ganiesh lands a slapping body shot.
Dabur Ganiesh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ganiesh throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Ganiesh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ganiesh or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva, which made it look bad.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ganiesh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Ganiesh. Ganiesh gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Ganiesh fails to land with a series of punches.
Ganiesh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Ganiesh 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.
Silva is looking to stand back up but Ganiesh counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Silva.
Ganiesh is breathing heavily.

Silva tries to get to full guard but Ganiesh has control of the leg.
Silva is looking to control Ganiesh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Silva tries to get to full guard but Ganiesh has control of the leg.
Ganiesh stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Ganiesh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

Ganiesh is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva trying to hold on to Ganiesh's head to control him but Ganiesh postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dabur Ganiesh dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Ganiesh lands a nice shot to the body.

Ganiesh closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Ganiesh keeps moving and retains side control.

Ganiesh looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ganiesh tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganiesh in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Ganiesh decides to stand back up. Ganiesh steps back and let's Silva get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganiesh keeps the fight on the outside.
Ganiesh throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Perry Silva has been cut.
Silva tries to clinch up but Ganiesh circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck for Ganiesh with that takedown attempt.
And Silva responds with a good body kick, but Ganiesh manages to step out the way in time.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ganiesh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGaniesh.
Ganiesh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ganiesh shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dabur Ganiesh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to clinch but Ganiesh moves out of range.
Ganiesh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Ganiesh swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganiesh scores with a head kick.
Ganiesh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Ganiesh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ganiesh was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Ganiesh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ganiesh appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nice shot by Ganiesh.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Ganiesh counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Silva shoots for a takedown but Ganiesh saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ganiesh seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ganiesh swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Ganiesh tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ganiesh lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Ganiesh blocks a head kick by Silva.
Perry Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ganiesh lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ganiesh or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva, which made it look bad.
Ganiesh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva is looking to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ganiesh.
Ganiesh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva throws a series of punches but Ganiesh avoids them all with ease.
Ganiesh circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Silva tries to get set, Ganiesh tries to push him back and clinch up but Silva manages to avoid the attempt.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ganiesh moves into the clinch.

Ganiesh breaks from the clinch.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ganiesh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ganiesh is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silva blocks a head kick by Ganiesh.
Dabur Ganiesh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ganiesh throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ganiesh keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ganiesh sprawls well. Ganiesh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Ganiesh thinks about countering with a head kick.
Perry Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ganiesh connects with a high kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dabur Ganiesh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ganiesh 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 20:18
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 20:18
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 20:18

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dabur Ganiesh!
Dabur Ganiesh seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.