PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Its dark and hell is hot. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gordon
vs
Silva

190 cm
20
209 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

[MMABR] WIN Nutritional
[MMABR] WIN Nutritional

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Gordon throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gordon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Gordon forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Gordon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gordon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Gordon displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Gordon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gordon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gordon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gordon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Gordon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Gordon keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gordon trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gordon manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gordon counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Gordon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gordon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Gordon counters with a thumping low kick.
Gordon dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Gordon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Gordon backing up. Gordon nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Gordon throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gordon.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gordon counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Gordon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gordon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Gordon tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gordon cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gordon counters with a thumping low kick.
Gordon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Gordon settles back down.
Gordon scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gordon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gordon. That one must have hurt.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Gordon pushes him off.
Silva misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gordon.
Gordon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Gordon makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva looks gassed!
A good leg kick by Silva.
Gordon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gordon looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gordon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gordon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva stalks Gordon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gordon's face. Gordon staggers backwards, shaken.
Gordon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gordon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Gordon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gordon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon misses with a two punch combination.
Gordon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gordon.
Gordon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gordon swinging wildly here.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gordon.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gordon lands a head kick!
Gordon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
Gordon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva wants to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Gordon scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon misses with a two punch combination.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Gordon.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gordon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gordon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Gordon throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Gordon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Gordon had a free shot at his head there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gordon, right into the meat.
Some wild striking there from Gordon.
Gordon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gordon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gordon throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Gordon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good work by Gordon as he checks the leg kick.
Gordon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Gordon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Gordon dominated that 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.

Gordon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva closes the distance but Gordon moves to the side
and Gordon counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gordon cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Gordon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gordon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gordon shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Gordon shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Gordon circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gordon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gordon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gordon.
Gordon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Gordon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Gordon looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab lands there for Gordon.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Some wild striking there from Gordon.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gordon throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gordon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
A right-left combo lands from Gordon.
Gordon lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gordon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gordon counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gordon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gordon is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gordon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gordon lands a lovely overhand right.
Good leg kick by Gordon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gordon, right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gordon looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Gordon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Gordon counters with a leg kick.
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
Gordon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva misses with a double jab.
A combination from Gordon does no damage.
Gordon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
Gordon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tony Gordon is winning the standup battle so far.
Gordon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice combination there by Gordon.
Gordon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A left and a right from Gordon both land. Nice combination.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick lands from Gordon.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Gordon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gordon.
Gordon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gordon lands a jab to the head.
Gordon tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gordon scores with a leg kick.
Gordon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gordon catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Silva.
Gordon fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
A punch combination from Silva misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gordon.
Gordon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Gordon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gordon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Gordon counters with a two punch combo.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gordon throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Tony Gordon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
letting Gordon counter with a right hand.
Gordon moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Gordon moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Gordon makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Gordon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Gordon counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Gordon 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva works over Gordon's head and body with a nice combination.
Gordon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Gordon shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gordon misses with a two punch combination.
Gordon cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gordon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gordon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gordon counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Gordon counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Gordon to acknowledge the strikes.
Gordon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva wants to clinch.
Gordon lands a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick lands from Gordon.
Some wild striking there from Gordon.
Gordon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Gordon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gordon misses with a two punch combination.
Gordon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gordon throws a one two combo.
Silva tries to clinch but Gordon is having none of it.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva looks to clinch
and Gordon counters with a two punch combo.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva misses with a low kick as Gordon jumps back.
Gordon lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gordon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gordon stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gordon feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Gordon finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gordon.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gordon misses with a wild combination.
Gordon misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gordon manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
No joy there for Gordon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gordon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gordon thumps Silva with a low kick.
Gordon scores with a head kick.
Gordon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Gordon is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Gordon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gordon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Gordon counters with a two punch combo.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Gordon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gordon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch but Gordon is having none of it.
Silva misses with the combination.
Gordon lands with an overhand left.
Gordon throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gordon circles away quickly and effectively.
Gordon misses with a two punch combination.
Gordon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Gordon is out of range.
Silva tries to clinch but Gordon moves out of range.
Gordon misses with a double jab.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gordon doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gordon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gordon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gordon misses with a series of wild punches.
Gordon lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Nice shot lands for Gordon.
Gordon cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gordon counters with a straight right hand.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gordon. Gordon obviously looking to wear him down.
Gordon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tony Gordon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left and a right from Gordon both land. Nice combination.
Gordon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gordon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gordon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gordon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Gordon scores with a four punch combination!
Gordon scores with a three punch combo!
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gordon.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Gordon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gordon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Gordon!