PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bj Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silvas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Wanderlei Silvas enters the cage!

Penn
vs
Silvas

188 cm
23
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bj Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wanderlei Silvas!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penn tries to keep at a distance but Silvas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silvas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Penn's efforts to push away.
Penn is looking to break free of the clinch but Silvas has double underhooks.
Silvas prevents the takedown attempt.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Silvas scores with a knee to the head.
Penn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silvas prevents it.
Silvas with a knee to the head.
Penn tries to score a body lock takedown but Silvas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bj Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silvas manages to break the clinch.
Penn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silvas.
Penn shoots for a takedown but Silvas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but Silvas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silvas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt.
Penn is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Penn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silvas should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvas scores with a one two! Penn had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silvas has a takedown stuffed.
Silvas moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Penn.
Silvas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Silvas gets a clinch.
Silvas connects with a knee to the head.

Silvas decides to pull guard.
Silvas tries to strike from the bottom.
Silvas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Silvas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Penn defends well.
Penn prevents Silvas from getting back to his feet.
Penn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn distracts Silvas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Penn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Penn prevents Silvas from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn connects with a couple of short punches.
Penn landing some decent shots from guard.
Penn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Penn works over Silvas with some ground and pound from guard.
Penn scoring with some ground and pound.
Penn scoring with some ground and pound.
Penn stands up over Silvas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Penn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silvas wants to stand but Penn is controlling the position.
Penn is working Silvas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Penn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Penn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silvas throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.

Penn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silvas is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Penn has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Silvas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Penn is chipping away with strikes.
Penn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Penn lands some shots froms side control.
Penn scoring with punches and elbows.
Penn working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Silvas is trying to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Penn shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silvas's guard.
Silvas wants to stand and escape but Penn is having none of it.
Penn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvas has momentary wrist control but Penn slips an elbow through the middle.
Penn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silvas is looking to stand up but Penn isn't so interested in that idea.
Penn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Penn prevents Silvas from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Penn looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Penn stands up over Silvas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Penn works over Silvas with some ground and pound from guard.
Silvas wants to stand but Penn is controlling the position.
Silvas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn landing with the ground and pound.
Penn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wanderlei Silvas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Penn blocks a head kick by Silvas.
Penn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silvas avoids it really well and circles away.
Penn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silvas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silvas misses with a head kick.
Penn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silvas. That one must have hurt.

Penn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Penn working Silvas over with strikes.
Silvas looks like he's trying to stand up.
Penn slips a nice elbow through Silvas's hands, connecting with Silvas's forehead.
Silvas is trying to stand back up but Penn is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silvas taking some punishment here, with Penn in his half guard.
Silvas has hold of Penn's hands but Penn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Penn connects with a nice short shot to Silvas's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvas is trying to stand back up but Penn is controlling him
Penn working Silvas over with strikes.
Penn working Silvas over with strikes.
Silvas wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Penn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silvas!
Penn lands a nice shot to the head.
Penn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Penn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Penn with shots to the head and body - Silvas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silvas regains half guard.
Penn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands strikes from half guard.
Penn working Silvas over with strikes.
Penn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Penn wants to free his trapped foot but Silvas is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silvas landing small, sideways elbows.
Silvas is trying to maintain the position but Penn is very close to passing his half guard.
Bj Penn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silvas looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Penn fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silvas sprawls well initially but Penn persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Penn lands with a punch from half guard.
Silvas punching from the bottom.
Penn drops an elbow to the side of Silvas's head.
Penn working Silvas over with strikes.
Silvas wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn working Silvas over with strikes.
Penn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silvas wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silvas scores with a leg kick.

Silvas gets caught flat footed, as Penn shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Penn lands a couple of digs.
Penn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silvas striking off his back but it's not causing Penn any problems.
Penn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Penn stopping the sweep attempt from Silvas.
Silvas wants to get back to his feet but Penn is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Penn lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn connects with a couple of short punches.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Penn is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silvas's half guard.
Silvas has hold of Penn's hands but Penn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Penn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Penn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silvas flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Penn lands with a punch from half guard.
Penn stops Silvas from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Penn connects with a nice short shot to Silvas's temple.
Penn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silvas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Penn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silvas wants to stand but Penn is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bj Penn dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Penn with a poor takedown
and Silvas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Penn is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Penn scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Penn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silvas to see if he's OK.
Silvas tries to escape but Penn is in control.
Silvas is trying to get back to half guard.
Silvas tries to escape but Penn is in control.
Penn landing a few strikes.
Silvas takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Silvas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Penn scores with a couple of short elbows.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No luck for Penn with that takedown attempt.
Bj Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silvas lands a head kick!
Silvas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bj Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Penn shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Penn was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn working Silvas over with strikes here.
Silvas wants to try and get back to his feet.
Penn scoring with strikes but Silvas is staying in there.
Silvas wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Penn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silvas is trying to stand up.
Silvas swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silvas wants to get back to his feet.
Penn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silvas?
Silvas swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Penn landing strikes from the mount and Silvas is in trouble!
Silvas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silvas is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Penn lands a nice shot to the head.
Penn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Penn cracks Silvas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Penn scoring with strikes but Silvas is staying in there.
Penn landing shots from mount.
Penn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Penn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silvas's face.
Penn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Penn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Penn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silvas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Penn landing punches.
Penn lands a big elbow.
Penn lands with some strikes.
Penn connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvas taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Silvas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Penn with the ground and pound from mount.
Penn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silvas hang on?
Penn working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Penn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silvas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Penn avoids the attempt from Silvas to control.
Penn cracks Silvas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Silvas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silvas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silvas is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Penn with good strikes from the mount here!
Penn lands a nice shot to the head.
Penn lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Penn landing punches.
Silvas squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Penn looking to finish Silvas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silvas!
Silvas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Penn cracks Silvas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silvas's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Penn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silvas looks a forlorn figure.
Silvas squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Penn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Penn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Penn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silvas?
Penn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Penn connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silvas wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bj Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Penn 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bj Penn!