PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zane Zidane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zane Zidane acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Silva
vs
Zidane

205 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
278 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adonis Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zane Zidane!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zidane pinned against the cage. Zidane gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zidane shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Adonis Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zidane has time to react.
Silva throws a series of punches but Zidane moves out of range.
Silva misses with a hook. Zidane ducked under it nicely.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Zidane shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Zidane keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zidane avoids a kick to the body.
Zidane misses with a wild body shot.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Zidane did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Zidane is concentrating on defense, preventing Silva from advancing position.
Zidane is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to take a breather but Zidane is having none of it.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Zidane defends it.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zidane keeps working.
Zidane misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Silva tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zidane keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zidane walks into a straight right hand from Silva.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zidane wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zidane on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zidane keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Zidane has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Zidane is standing up over Silva. Silva looks to escape but Zidane dives into side control.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva is not content to let Zidane control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to remain calm as Zidane controls from the top position.
Zidane trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Zidane gets to mount! Silva was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zidane controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Zidane is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Zidane clinches with his opponent.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.

Zidane manages to pull guard.
Zidane doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Zidane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zidane looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adonis Silva 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.

Zidane misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zidane tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zidane tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zidane at a distance.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Zane Zidane has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Zidane is controlling him.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zidane misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zidane sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.

Silva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Zidane was covering up waiting for the punch and Silva finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but Zidane has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zidane is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Silva tries to stand but Zidane is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Zidane keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Zidane's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva closes the distance but Zidane moves to the side

and Zidane moves into the clinch.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Zidane tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zidane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva is leaning against Zidane and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zidane has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Zidane has double underhooks.
Silva tries to stall but Zidane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zidane gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.
Zidane is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Adonis Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zane Zidane.
Silva digs a right hand into Zidane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zidane's gas tank.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Zidane has double underhooks.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Zidane showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Silva wants to stand up but Zidane is controlling him.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zidane trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

Zidane gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zidane's head backwards.
Zidane with a poor takedown
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a right and a left that Zidane avoids nicely.
Zidane takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zidane takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adonis Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zane Zidane's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Zidane tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Zidane which made him look bad.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva sizes up Zidane with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Zidane gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Zidane is controlling him well.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Zidane moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zidane controlling from mount.
Silva can't escape the position.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Zidane's attempts to control the action.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two 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.
Zidane looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zidane controlling from mount.
Zidane lands a heavy elbow.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zidane looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Zidane wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.

Zidane gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Zidane shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva scores with a hook.
Adonis Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva sizes up Zidane with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zidane's head backwards.
Silva works over Zidane's head and body with a nice combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.

Silva scores with a takedown into Zidane's guard.
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!
Zidane wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Zane Zidane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adonis Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adonis Silva!