PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bimbo Slide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Slide
vs
Silva

187 cm
19
211 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
215 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bimbo Slide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slide paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slide misses with a jab, cross combination.

Slide moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Slide leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Bimbo Slide has been cut.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Slide is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Slide is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Slide takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva presses Slide against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Slide blocks with his arms.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Slide is breathing heavily.
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 with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.

Bimbo Slide's cut is getting worse.
Silva lands an elbow just above Slide 's eye.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

Bimbo Slide's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Silva's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slide lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Bimbo Slide's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva pushes Slide back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Slide goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bimbo Slide. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Slide counters with a one-two to the body.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Slide shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Slide throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva misses with a combination

and Slide counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slide throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Slide perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Silva is in trouble now - Slide has advanced to mount!
A nice elbow there by Slide.
Slide lands a big elbow.
Slide unloading with bombs!
Slide lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slide working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slide. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Slide scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Slide working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Slide.
Slide dominating with strikes here.
Slide lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Slide working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slide is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Slide has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Slide is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Slide unloading with bombs!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slide landing punches.
Slide lands a big elbow.
Slide landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Slide connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bimbo Slide dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bimbo Slide's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Slide shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slide.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Slide counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Slide moves away
and Slide counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Slide fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Slide misses with a wild combination.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva wants to clinch

and Slide counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slide working the strikes but Silva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Slide.
Slide thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva is staying active underneath Slide, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice strikes from Slide there.
Slide missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Slide controlling the action here.
Slide is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Slide in his half guard.
Slide throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Slide landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Slide thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva is staying active underneath Slide, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Slide 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slide seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bimbo Slide overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slide throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Slide working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Slide prevents Silva from standing back up.
Slide lands strikes from half guard.
Slide is just content to waste time from the top position. Silva takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Slide lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Slide from controlling successfully.
Slide not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Slide is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Silva is looking to stand up but Slide isn't so interested in that idea.
Slide connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bimbo Slide dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bimbo Slide's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Slide counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Slide counters with a straight right hand.
Slide looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Slide shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bimbo Slide. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slide throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Slide's knee but Slide avoids it well.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Slide counters with a takedown into side control.
Slide landing a few strikes.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Silva is trying to buck Slide off.
Slide is chipping away with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Slide scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slide cracks Silva with a big right hand but Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slide lands a few punches from side control.
Slide scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Slide in side control lands a decent elbow.
Slide scores with a couple of short elbows.
Slide working the ground and pound from side control.
Slide wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Slide slows the pace down.
Bimbo Slide is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is not content to let Slide control the position.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Slide landing a few strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slide grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
Slide working the ground and pound from side control.
Slide lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slide lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Slide taking a breather here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bimbo Slide showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Slide, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bimbo Slide!