PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack de La Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Silva
vs
de La Rocha

180 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack de La Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in and drives through. de La Rocha sprawls well.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
de La Rocha misses with a hook.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from de La Rocha.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as de La Rocha throws out the jab.
de La Rocha fails with the takedown

and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for de La Rocha!
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
de La Rocha manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is nestled in close to de La Rocha, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
de La Rocha tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
de La Rocha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
de La Rocha punching from the bottom.
de La Rocha punching from the bottom.
de La Rocha trying to control from the bottom.
de La Rocha regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for de La Rocha on the ground.
de La Rocha working a defensive guard here.
de La Rocha wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva won't allow de La Rocha to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de La Rocha looking to control.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
de La Rocha manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
de La Rocha working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but de La Rocha is one step ahead there.
Silva could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
de La Rocha lands a couple of digs.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
de La Rocha keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
de La Rocha working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Silva thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
de La Rocha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de La Rocha lands a couple of elbows.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de La Rocha advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is looking for a sweep. de La Rocha is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
de La Rocha winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
de La Rocha works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva is breathing heavily.
de La Rocha with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
de La Rocha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
de La Rocha working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de La Rocha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Silva looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
de La Rocha looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
de La Rocha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
de La Rocha lands a heavy elbow.
de La Rocha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
de La Rocha landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
de La Rocha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de La Rocha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
de La Rocha is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack de La Rocha dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

de La Rocha misses with a takedown

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
de La Rocha throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
de La Rocha striking from his own guard.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de La Rocha is keeping the position for now.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
de La Rocha striking from the bottom here.

de La Rocha pushes Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de La Rocha misses with a takedown attempt

and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in de La Rocha's guard now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but de La Rocha keeps moving.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
de La Rocha throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
de La Rocha is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
de La Rocha scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now de La Rocha is on top in guard.
de La Rocha postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from de La Rocha.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
de La Rocha lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
de La Rocha postures up.
Jack de La Rocha has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de La Rocha sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
de La Rocha thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva is staying active underneath de La Rocha, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
de La Rocha is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
de La Rocha is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
de La Rocha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
de La Rocha lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, de La Rocha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
de La Rocha working away from the top, dropping strikes.
de La Rocha is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
de La Rocha punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of de La Rocha. What's that going to do exactly?
de La Rocha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de La Rocha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
de La Rocha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
de La Rocha lands with some strikes.
de La Rocha with the ground and pound from mount.
de La Rocha landing punches.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
de La Rocha lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
de La Rocha breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! de La Rocha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva tries to lock up and control but de La Rocha gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
de La Rocha with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to hold on but de La Rocha pushes him away.
de La Rocha cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
de La Rocha lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
de La Rocha landing strikes from the mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
de La Rocha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
de La Rocha with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Silva tries to reverse the position but de La Rocha maintains control.
de La Rocha putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! de La Rocha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack de La Rocha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

de La Rocha fails with the takedown

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of de La Rocha's head.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
de La Rocha is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
de La Rocha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
de La Rocha punching from the bottom - just letting Silva know he's still in a fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but de La Rocha keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
de La Rocha loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Jack de La Rocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de La Rocha tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva moves away from the strike by de La Rocha.
de La Rocha doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de La Rocha tries to land a sweep but no joy.
de La Rocha tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva is in close to de La Rocha's body, working some short punches and elbows.
de La Rocha tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from de La Rocha.
de La Rocha throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
de La Rocha is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva trying to control but de La Rocha postures up.
de La Rocha sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva has hold of de La Rocha's hands but de La Rocha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva trying to hold on to de La Rocha's head to control him but de La Rocha postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. de La Rocha lands a nice short elbow.
Silva is looking to control de La Rocha's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva slips a straight right by de La Rocha.

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 avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from de La Rocha.
Jack de La Rocha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de La Rocha misses with the combination.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de La Rocha has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack de La Rocha!