PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Glenardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrianus Vanderburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Silva
vs
Vanderburg

185 cm
28
191 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
201 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Glenardo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrianus Vanderburg!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Vanderburg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Vanderburg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vanderburg slips under a jab.
Vanderburg lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Silva blocks a head kick by Vanderburg.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Vanderburg throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Silva stalks Vanderburg and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vanderburg's face. Vanderburg staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
Vanderburg misses with a low kick.
Vanderburg misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Vanderburg is just out of range.
Vanderburg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vanderburg.
Vanderburg tries a head kick but it misses.
Vanderburg takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva looks for a takedown but Vanderburg sprawls well.
Silva is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Vanderburg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a head kick by Vanderburg.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vanderburg sprawls well. Vanderburg wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glenardo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands the left hand.
Silva blocks a head kick by Vanderburg.
Vanderburg goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vanderburg takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vanderburg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Glenardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderburg lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vanderburg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vanderburg misses with a body shot.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Vanderburg back into the cage.
Vanderburg taking a breather.
Vanderburg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva has Vanderburg pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vanderburg manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Vanderburg looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vanderburg misses with an elbow strike.
Vanderburg is trying to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Vanderburg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva has Vanderburg pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vanderburg avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vanderburg misses with an elbow strike.
Silva just leaning against Vanderburg, taking a breather.
Vanderburg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Vanderburg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vanderburg's half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Vanderburg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrianus Vanderburg dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva scores with a hook to the body. Vanderburg takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vanderburg. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adrianus Vanderburg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Vanderburg's head but Vanderburg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vanderburg slips under a jab from Silva.
Vanderburg lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vanderburg avoids it really well and circles away.
Silva misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Vanderburg as he connects with a hook.
Vanderburg throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Vanderburg.
Vanderburg takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vanderburg throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Vanderburg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Vanderburg against the cage but Vanderburg circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glenardo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderburg avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Vanderburg's head but Vanderburg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adrianus Vanderburg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva throws a jab when Vanderburg was well out of range.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a series of punches but Vanderburg avoids them all with ease.
Vanderburg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vanderburg doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Vanderburg misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Vanderburg throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vanderburg doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva stuns Vanderburg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Adrianus Vanderburg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva takes a swing at Vanderburg's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vanderburg doesn't seem phased though.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva avoids the head kick by Vanderburg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Vanderburg slips the punch.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Vanderburg slips the punch.
Vanderburg throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Vanderburg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Vanderburg.

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva tries for a kimura but Vanderburg is defending well.

Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenardo Silva dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

Vanderburg throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vanderburg is looking to land body kicks.
Silva throws a right hand that Vanderburg ducks under and follows up with a left that Vanderburg also avoids with ease.
Vanderburg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Vanderburg should have avoided that one.
Vanderburg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanderburg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vanderburg.
Vanderburg takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vanderburg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vanderburg takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Silva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Vanderburg was covering up waiting for the punch and Silva finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Vanderburg blocks nicely.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Vanderburg is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva won't allow Vanderburg to get back to his feet.
Silva passes into half guard.
Silva controlling the pace.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva stops Vanderburg from getting back to his feet.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Vanderburg is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderburg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Well, if Silva is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Vanderburg pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Silva content to control rather than advance.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Vanderburg takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

That's four 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.
Silva cracks Vanderburg with an open hand slap.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva throws a right hand that Vanderburg ducks under and follows up with a left that Vanderburg also avoids with ease.
Vanderburg walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Silva avoids the body shot from Vanderburg.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Vanderburg slips the punch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Vanderburg shows good takedown defense.
Silva blocks a head kick by Vanderburg.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vanderburg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glenardo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silva 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28

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