PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Daddio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Daddio

187 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

:: Happy Pills ::

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Don Daddio!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Daddio.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva stuns Daddio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daddio tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Don Daddio has been cut.
Daddio tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Daddio looks gassed!
Silva lands an elbow just above Daddio 's eye.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Daddio won't want to take too many of those.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Daddio's ribcage.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva working Daddio over with knees to the body.
Daddio takes an elbow to the temple.
Daddio takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Daddio won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Daddio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands an elbow just above Daddio 's eye.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands an elbow just above Daddio 's eye.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Daddio shrugs off.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Daddio takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Daddio is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Daddio tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daddio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Daddio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daddio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Daddio won't want to take too many of those.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daddio's defenses.
Silva lands an elbow just above Daddio 's eye.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Daddio.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Daddio.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daddio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daddio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands an elbow just above Daddio 's eye.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daddio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands an elbow just above Daddio 's eye.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daddio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daddio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daddio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Daddio.
Silva landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daddio tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva working Daddio over with knees to the body.

That's four 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.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Daddio gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.

Silva working for a triangle but Daddio defends it easily.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Daddio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Daddio forces his way into half guard.

Daddio is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don Daddio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva jabs at Daddio's body.
Daddio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva lands a head kick!
Daddio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Daddio's front leg but catches the back leg as Daddio tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva thumps Daddio with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daddio takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva has Daddio pressed against the cage, preventing Daddio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Daddio's ribcage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva working Daddio over with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Anderson Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daddio takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daddio can do to turn this around?
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Daddio wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Daddio takes an elbow to the temple.
Daddio wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Daddio in his tracks for a moment.
Daddio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daddio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daddio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva working Daddio over with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daddio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Daddio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Daddio has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Daddio dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Daddio 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.
Daddio looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Silva.

Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Daddio is aware though and is defending well.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is trying to control the position but Daddio postures up.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Daddio is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva has his feet on Daddio's thighs here. He's pushed Daddio off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Daddio screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Silva!