PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Seagal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and anderson silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). anderson silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Seagal
vs
silva

183 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steven Seagal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, anderson silva!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva moves in looking to clinch but Seagal pushes him off.
silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Seagal!
Seagal is in all sorts of trouble here.
silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
silva scoring with strikes but Seagal is staying in there.
Seagal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
silva looking to finish Seagal with some ground and pound. This is bad for Seagal!
Seagal wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by silva.
Seagal throwing hammer fists to the chest of silva. What's that going to do exactly?

silva looking to secure an arm triangle but Seagal defends it well.
silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Seagal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva throws some wild stikes that Seagal manages to avoid easily.

silva working for a guillotine from mount but Seagal is in no mood to give up.
silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
silva looks gassed!
Seagal really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
silva blocks Seagal's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Seagal is trying desperately to improve position.
silva blocks Seagal's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

silva goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Seagal is on top in guard.
silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seagal is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Seagal keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of silva's head.
Seagal chips away with some ground and pound.
Seagal with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
silva looking for a sweep. Not yet silva, not yet.
Seagal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Seagal landing some decent shots from guard.

Seagal drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Seagal jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Seagal won't allow silva to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Seagal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seagal with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Seagal shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with silva but silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
silva tries to clinch but Seagal moves out of range.
silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Seagal counters with a nice double leg into side control. silva won't be happy with that.
Seagal lands a few punches from side control.
silva taking a bit of punishment here - Seagal scoring with strikes.
silva wants to get back to his feet.
Seagal is putting a hurting on silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
silva is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Seagal thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Seagal thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
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!
silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Seagal prevents silva from escaping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Seagal is trying to get an arm triangle but silva is defending well.

Seagal tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Seagal 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.

silva misses with a straight right.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Seagal pushes him off.
Horrible takedown by Seagal or perhaps it was just good defense by silva which made him look bad.
Seagal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as silva sprawls well. silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Seagal gets slowly back to his feet.

silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Seagal has silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Seagal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

silva ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. silva no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Steven Seagal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

silva has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Seagal off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
anderson silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seagal tries to score a power double leg takedown but silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Seagal somewhat.
Seagal shoots in for a takedown but silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
silva tries to clinch up

and Seagal counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
silva missing with punches from the bottom.
silva is pressing down on Seagal's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Seagal drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Seagal seems to have locked his on tight now - silva screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Seagal, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Steven Seagal!