PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rubinho do Treino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
do Treino

187 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 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 Rio de Janeiro, Rubinho do Treino!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for do Treino on that attempt.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but do Treino pushes him off.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from do Treino, before circling back to the center of the mat.
do Treino shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rubinho do Treino.
Silva is looking to clinch but do Treino is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
do Treino fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
do Treino keeps the fight on the outside.

Silva forces do Treino back against the cage and clinches.
do Treino is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
do Treino looks gassed!
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Rubinho do Treino has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
do Treino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
do Treino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands 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 connects with a nasty looking knee right to do Treino's face.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. do Treino won't want to take too many of those.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but do Treino is blocking nicely.
do Treino goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped do Treino in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

do Treino shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard.
do Treino lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
do Treino scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
do Treino distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
do Treino is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from do Treino.
do Treino in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
do Treino postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva tries to clinch but do Treino is having none of it.
do Treino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

do Treino throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and do Treino finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing do Treino any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
do Treino content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
do Treino throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
do Treino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
do Treino with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
do Treino with a flurry of punches that miss.
do Treino postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
do Treino throwing strikes but missing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
do Treino shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva tries to clinch but do Treino moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
do Treino fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but do Treino moves out of range.
do Treino fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
do Treino tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but do Treino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up but do Treino circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rubinho do Treino's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

do Treino darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva is pressing down on do Treino's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but do Treino defends easily.

do Treino avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
do Treino is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells do Treino's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
do Treino keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
do Treino chips away with some ground and pound.
do Treino scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
do Treino postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
do Treino with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
do Treino is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - do Treino advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
do Treino working the head and body with strikes.
do Treino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
do Treino winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
do Treino slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
do Treino landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
do Treino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
do Treino lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
do Treino landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
do Treino prevents Silva from standing back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

do Treino shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but do Treino finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
do Treino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
do Treino takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
do Treino cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
do Treino is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
do Treino lands a couple of decent looking shots.
do Treino lands a couple of elbows.
do Treino with a nice head shot there.
do Treino scoring with some ground and pound.
do Treino makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
do Treino keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells do Treino's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. do Treino doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. do Treino manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
do Treino postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
do Treino landing some decent shots from guard.
do Treino distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells do Treino's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

do Treino avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva controls do Treino momentarily but do Treino frees himself.
do Treino prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
do Treino working some strikes from top position.
do Treino working some strikes from top position.
Silva has momentary wrist control but do Treino slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubinho do Treino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rubinho do Treino's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva tries to clinch up.
do Treino shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed do Treino's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

do Treino scores a takedown into full mount!
Silva can't escape the position.
do Treino cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
do Treino looking to finish with strikes here!
do Treino 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.
do Treino is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
do Treino throwing strikes but Silva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
do Treino looks to land a strike but Silva avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
do Treino throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
do Treino loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is looking for a triangle but do Treino pushes his legs off easily.
do Treino working some strikes from top position.
do Treino connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva keeping full guard, as do Treino tries to pass.

Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and do Treino defends well.
do Treino lands a couple of digs.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst do Treino is controlling him.
do Treino with a nice head shot there.
Rubinho do Treino has got the better of the ground game so far.
do Treino postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
do Treino postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
do Treino content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva cracks the inside of do Treino's front leg.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

do Treino shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
do Treino must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
do Treino postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as do Treino accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Silva pushes do Treino off and gets back to his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but do Treino swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
do Treino is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva lands a high kick!
Silva tries to clinch up.
do Treino shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rubinho do Treino.
do Treino closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Silva rushes do Treino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
do Treino is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
do Treino has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva landing knees to the head.
do Treino can't get the takedown.
do Treino drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
do Treino tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into do Treino's ribcage.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Anderson Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
do Treino goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
do Treino has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but do Treino is blocking nicely.
do Treino is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
do Treino goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
do Treino shoots in but no luck this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28

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