PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Guida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanderlei Wilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Guida
vs
Wilva

189 cm
23
210 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Guida!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sanderlei Wilva!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Guida keeps the fight on the outside.

Wilva moves into range and clinches up with Guida.

Guida is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Wilva can't fight it off and eventually Guida manages to take the fight to the floor. Wilva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Guida thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Guida trying to control but Wilva is working from the bottom.
Guida sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wilva's guard.
Wilva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Guida looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wilva wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida is looking to take a break and control but Wilva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Guida not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Guida is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Guida missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Guida is trying to work for a kimura but Wilva is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wilva tries to kick Guida off but Guida keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Guida is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wilva defends it well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wilva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanderlei Wilva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guida is looking to clinch.

Guida drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wilva wants to stand up but Guida is controlling him.
Wilva keeping full guard, as Guida tries to pass.
Guida prevents Wilva from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guida.
Wilva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Guida stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wilva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Guida prevents Wilva from getting back to his feet.
Guida wants to control from the top but Wilva keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Guida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wilva's waist but Wilva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Guida off to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wilva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guida paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Guida fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wilva sprawls well initially but Guida persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Guida is breathing heavily.
Wilva is trying to stand up here but Guida is controlling him well.
Guida tries to pass to full mount but Wilva defends it.
Guida thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Wilva to regain full guard.
Guida wants to control from the top but Wilva keeps moving.
Guida looking to sit in guard and control but Wilva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wilva tries to stand but Guida is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Guida 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.

Guida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wilva's waist but Wilva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Guida off to one side.
Wilva tries to clinch but Guida moves out of range.
Wilva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wilva throws a series of punches but Guida avoids them all with ease.
Wilva closes the distance but Guida moves to the side

and Guida decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wilva's guard.
Wilva keeping moving, preventing Guida from controlling successfully.
Guida throws a big right hand that misses.
Guida thows a big elbow that misses.
Guida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida throws a big right hand that misses.
Wilva wants to stand and escape but Guida is having none of it.
Wilva is breathing heavily.
Guida throws a strike but Wilva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Wilva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Wilva tries to clinch there but Guida circles away.

Guida has taken the fight to the clinch.
Guida drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wilva gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Guida has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wilva regains guard immediately.
Wilva keeping moving, preventing Guida from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wilva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Guida trying to control but Wilva is working from the bottom.

Guida is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Guida drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wilva manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Guida has Wilva in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guida looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Guida has a closed guard, preventing Wilva from standing up.

Guida is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Guida working for a triangle but Wilva defends it easily.
Anderson Guida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wilva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Guida is proving hard to escape from.

Guida looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wilva is looking to stand up but Guida won't let him.
Guida 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.
Guida is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Guida 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.

Wilva tries to close the distance and clinch but Guida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guida tries for a takedown but Wilva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Guida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Wilva has managed to clinch.
Wilva lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Anderson Guida has been cut.
Wilva lands a damaging elbow.
Wilva stops a takedown attempt from Guida.
Guida has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wilva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Guida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilva lands a nice uppercut.
Wilva lands a hook that snaps the head of Guida backwards.

Wilva manages to break the clinch.

Wilva moves into the clinch successfully.
Wilva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wilva lands an elbow just above Guida 's eye.
Wilva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guida backwards.
Wilva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wilva scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Wilva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guida swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilva.
Wilva throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilva tries to clinch up

and Guida counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Wilva!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wilva tries to buck Guida off but he can't manage it.
Guida landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wilva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wilva is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Wilva is squirming around, avoiding Guida's attempts to control the action.
Guida throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wilva is bucking up trying to escape but Guida cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wilva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Guida with the ground and pound from mount.
Guida lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wilva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Guida cracks Wilva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wilva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Guida. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wilva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The referee warns Wilva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Guida is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Wilva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Guida 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.
Guida throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wilva because Guida loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guida is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Wilva is surviving well by controlling Guida's body position as best he can.
Wilva is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Guida sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Guida throws some wild stikes that Wilva manages to avoid easily.
Wilva blocking the ground and pound.

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.

Guida working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wilva wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Wilva is in a horrible position here. Guida smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guida landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Guida clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Guida'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.

Wilva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guida swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Guida decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Guida is looking for a kimura but Wilva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Guida to get the leverage.
Wilva wants to get back to his feet.
Guida is looking to take a break and control but Wilva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wilva is trying to stand.
Guida looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Guida trying to control from half guard but Wilva is working away.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Guida is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wilva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Guida prevents Wilva from standing back up.
Guida thows a huge punch but Wilva dodges it nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Guida dives in and grabs Wilva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wilva pushes down on Guida's head and hops out.
Guida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wilva is looking to clinch but Guida is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Wilva.
No joy there for Wilva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Guida drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Guida tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Guida throwing strikes but Wilva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

Wilva decides to stand back up. Wilva steps back and let's Guida get back to his feet.
Guida changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Guida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wilva wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guida lands a nice shot that snaps Wilva's head back.
Wilva tries to clinch there but Guida circles away.

Guida gets the takedown into side control.
Wilva is trying to get back to his feet.
Wilva stops Guida from passing to mount.
Wilva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wilva parries the strikes from Guida easily there. Guida is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wilva to escape.
Guida creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wilva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guida in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Guida throws a strike aimed at the side of Wilva's head but Wilva avoids it well.
Wilva pushes Guida away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Guida gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wilva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guida changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wilva tries to avoid it but Guida manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wilva to the ground. Wilva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Guida keeps the fight on the outside.
Wilva fails with an attempt to clinch.

Guida drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Guida throws a big right hand that misses.
Guida thows a big elbow that misses.
Guida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wilva is keeping the position for now.
Guida trying to control the position from guard on top but Wilva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Guida had his way with Sanderlei Wilva in that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Guida's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wilva fails to land with a series of punches.
Wilva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Guida throws a head kick that misses.
Guida fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Guida swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilva.

Wilva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Guida has had enough of the clinch but Wilva keeps him there for the moment.
Wilva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Guida takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wilva lands a damaging elbow.

Wilva breaks from the clinch.
Wilva tries a head kick but it misses.

Guida closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wilva did well to prevent Guida getting side control.
Wilva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Guida passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Wilva!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida trying to control but Wilva is having none of it.
Guida looking to finish with strikes here!
Wilva is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two 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.
Guida working the ground and pound effectively.
Guida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wilva?
Guida dominating with strikes here.
Guida lands a nice shot to the head.
Guida looking to finish with strikes here!
Wilva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Guida misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida looking to ground and pound but Wilva is blocking nicely.
Guida won't let Wilva get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Guida working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Guida looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Guida trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Guida looking to ground and pound but Wilva is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guida throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wilva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Wilva is squirming around, avoiding Guida's attempts to control the action.
Sanderlei Wilva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Guida looking to secure an arm triangle but Wilva defends it well.

Guida is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Wilva has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Wilva!

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Guida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Guida, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Guida!
Anderson Guida retains his light heavyweight title!