PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Nefarious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Nefarious

185 cm
25
193 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
194 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Nefarious!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Silva.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nefarious's waist but Nefarious gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Nefarious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva tries for a takedown but Nefarious sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nefarious misses with a few strikes there.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Nefarious.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Nefarious counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Nefarious throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Nefarious moved out of range.
Nefarious lands a right hook to the body.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nefarious has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nefarious. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Nefarious does no damage.
Nefarious bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Nefarious is just out of range.
A slow jab from Nefarious misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Nefarious's shoulder, as Nefarious tries to avoid the shot.
Nefarious uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Nefarious thows a body shot but no joy.
Nefarious misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws the left hand but Nefarious avoids the punch easily.
Nefarious wants to clinch.
Nefarious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nefarious lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva connects with a jab.
Nefarious with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Nefarious moves away and avoids it.
Nefarious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Nefarious moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Nefarious does no damage.

Nefarious gets a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Nefarious.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nefarious - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nefarious looking to stall.
A short right from Nefarious.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nefarious tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nefarious is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Nefarious.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Nefarious counters with a one-two to the body.
Nefarious misses with a body shot

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Nefarious pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Nefarious keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nefarious holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva has gone for a leg lock! Nefarious slips out almost immediately though and dives into Silva's guard.
Nefarious seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva has his foot on Nefarious's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nefarious works his way back into a safe position though.
Nefarious seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nefarious trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Nefarious defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nefarious sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Nefarious dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nefarious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nefarious fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nefarious closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
Silva has knee on belly momentarily but Nefarious bucks him off and regains half guard.
Nefarious is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nefarious keeps working.
Nefarious wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nefarious wants to get back to full guard but Silva has mounted him!
Silva trying to control but Nefarious is having none of it.
Nefarious slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Nefarious is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Nefarious is controlling Silva's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Nefarious wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva is trying to control. Nefarious wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nefarious is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva is stalling here. Nefarious is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Silva seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nefarious has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Nefarious lands a few punches from side control.
Nefarious controlling the position.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Nefarious in the domination position with Silva hanging on.
Silva tries to bench press Nefarious off him but Nefarious keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious scores with punches from side control.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Nefarious in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nefarious controls the position from side control.
Let's hope that Nefarious has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Nefarious tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nefarious lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Nefarious content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Nefarious postures up.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Nefarious is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Nefarious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nefarious throws a sloppy body shot
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nefarious misses with the combination.
No joy there for Nefarious, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab by Nefarious.
Nefarious scores with a nice right hand.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Nefarious moves away and avoids it.
Silva lands a with a good body shot.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nefarious ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Nefarious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Nefarious.
Reginald Nefarious seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Nefarious's defenses.
Nefarious thows a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nefarious.
Nefarious scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nefarious.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Nefarious sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Nefarious.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Nefarious jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Nefarious.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Reginald Nefarious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nefarious on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Reginald Nefarious is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nefarious's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nefarious ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Nefarious lands a nice looking body shot.
Nefarious misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
Nefarious throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Nefarious misses
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nefarious thinking.
Nefarious stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nefarious displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Nefarious misses with the combination.
Nefarious looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Nefarious makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nefarious doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nefarious momentarily.
Nefarious throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Nefarious looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nefarious staying out of range there.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nefarious lands a nice looking body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nefarious.
Nefarious misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nefarious scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nefarious stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A combination from Nefarious does no damage.
Nefarious misses with a wild body shot.
Nefarious fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nefarious.
Nefarious lands with a nice body punch.
Nefarious scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reginald Nefarious is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nefarious throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Nefarious.
Nefarious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reginald Nefarious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nefarious 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reginald Nefarious!