PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and robert silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pudzianowski
vs
silva

186 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, robert silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pudzianowski tries to clinch up but silva circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from silva.
silva tries to clinch but Pudzianowski moves out of range.
silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Pudzianowski.

Pudzianowski instigates a clinch.
silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pudzianowski walks away with a smile on his face. silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
silva staying out of range there.

silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pudzianowski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pudzianowski missing with punches from the bottom.
Pudzianowski is trying to stand up here but silva is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzianowski on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pudzianowski tries to get out of the position.
Pudzianowski gets back to full guard.
silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pudzianowski is keeping the position for now.
Pudzianowski wants to stand up but silva is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pudzianowski feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pudzianowski controls the pace.
Pudzianowski tries to stand but silva is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

silva looking for a guillotine here but Pudzianowski defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pudzianowski is breathing heavily.
Pudzianowski wants to stand and escape but instead silva has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Pudzianowski pushes silva off and scrambles back to his feet.
silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pudzianowski's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski wants to clinch.
silva is looking to clinch but Pudzianowski is avoiding it.
Mariusz Pudzianowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pudzianowski looks to clinch

and silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
silva slips a nice elbow through Pudzianowski's hands, connecting with Pudzianowski's forehead.

silva is working for a kimura but Pudzianowski is defending it quite comfortably.
silva takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pudzianowski wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva working the head and body with strikes.
silva throwing shots but Pudzianowski is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silva prevents Pudzianowski from standing back up.
silva wants to stand but Pudzianowski has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pudzianowski tries to roll over but silva keeps him under control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pudzianowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
silva tries for a takedown but Pudzianowski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mariusz Pudzianowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of robert silva.

silva gets the takedown into side control.
silva working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

silva tries a head kick but it misses.

Pudzianowski moves into range and clinches up with silva.
silva tries to pull guard but Pudzianowski holds him up against the cage and eventually silva drops back down to his feet.
Pudzianowski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pudzianowski prevents a takedown attempt there.

Pudzianowski gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Pudzianowski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Pudzianowski gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pudzianowski. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzianowski misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
silva shoots in for a takedown but Pudzianowski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mariusz Pudzianowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of robert silva.
silva closes the distance but Pudzianowski moves to the side

and Pudzianowski counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pudzianowski is aware though and is defending well.

silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pudzianowski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

silva is looking for a triangle but Pudzianowski pushes his legs off easily.
Pudzianowski with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski passes into half guard.
Pudzianowski wants to stand up but silva is controlling the position.
silva trying to control here.
Pudzianowski is trying to control the action in half guard but silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
silva is trying to stand.
silva wants to improve his position but Pudzianowski is controlling well.
Pudzianowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Pudzianowski counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pudzianowski.
silva is trying to keep Pudzianowski in close.

silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.

silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pudzianowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

silva has his foot on Pudzianowski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pudzianowski works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski trying to control but silva is working from the bottom.
silva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
silva working a defensive guard here.
silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
silva keeping moving, preventing Pudzianowski from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pudzianowski wants to get up but he can't break silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Pudzianowski dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Pudzianowski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. silva sprawls well initially but Pudzianowski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
silva taking some punishment here, with Pudzianowski in his half guard.

silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pudzianowski in particular looking to stall.
silva is looking to escape.
Pudzianowski seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Pudzianowski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mariusz Pudzianowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pudzianowski is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pudzianowski trying to control from half guard but silva is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

and Pudzianowski counters with a shoot takedown. silva fights it but they end up in guard.
silva keeping moving, preventing Pudzianowski from controlling successfully.

silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Pudzianowski is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Pudzianowski's back instead.

silva has got his arm under Pudzianowski's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Pudzianowski has spun round into silva's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Pudzianowski trying to control the position from guard on top but silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now silva is on top in guard.
silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Pudzianowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Pudzianowski has his feet on silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
silva moves out of range of the strikes.
silva misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva fails with the takedown

and Pudzianowski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pudzianowski wants to lay and pray for a moment but silva keeps working.
Pudzianowski lands strikes from half guard.
silva wants to control but Pudzianowski is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pudzianowski throws a strike but silva avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pudzianowski wanted to stand there but silva had control of the position.

Pudzianowski gets to his feet - silva follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski swings and misses with a shot to the body

and silva counters with a single leg into guard. Pudzianowski didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
silva wants to control from the top but Pudzianowski keeps moving.
Pudzianowski 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.
Pudzianowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mariusz Pudzianowski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pudzianowski 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mariusz Pudzianowski!