PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 4219 p4p, 4483 weight class) and Wreed Wrastle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Silva
vs
Wrastle

194 cm
20
185
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
200
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wreed Wrastle!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wrastle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Wrastle dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Wrastle looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick

and Wrastle counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wrastle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wrastle slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wrastle working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wrastle controls the pace.
Wrastle is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wrastle prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Wrastle looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Silva wants to stand but Wrastle is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wrastle showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wrastle chips away with some ground and pound.
Wrastle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wrastle showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wrastle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wrastle's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wrastle works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wrastle is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Wrastle moves nicely into side control.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Wrastle politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wrastle prefers to stall for the moment though.
Wrastle lands some shots froms side control.
Wrastle controlling the position from side mount.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wrastle on the ground.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Wrastle remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Wrastle scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.

Wrastle has hold of Silva's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Silva seems comfortable defending it but Wrastle has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Silva is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Silva is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Wrastle couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wreed Wrastle!