PBP Commentary

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

Andzejewski
vs
silva

185 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrzej Andzejewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, anderson silva!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Andzejewski. Andzejewski gets slowly back to his feet.
silva shoots and misses

and Andzejewski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for silva!
silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Andzejewski has a good base and remains in mount.
Andzejewski avoids the attempt from silva to control.
silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Andzejewski trying to control but silva is having none of it.

Andzejewski is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But silva has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from silva!
Andzejewski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst silva is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva wants to pass the guard but Andzejewski is keeping the position.
silva thows a big elbow that misses.

Andzejewski had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. silva defends it easily.
Andzejewski is breathing heavily.
silva wants to stand but Andzejewski is controlling his posture from full guard.
silva is stalling in the full guard.

silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A head kick by silva misses

and Andzejewski counters with a takedown into side control.
silva gets back to half guard.
silva wants to get back to his feet.
silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Andzejewski is taking a breather. silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Andzejewski prevents silva from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andzejewski is keen to just control but silva is a slippery customer.
silva gets back to full guard.
silva pulls Andzejewski in close to prevent any damage.
silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
silva tries to control but Andzejewski wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Andzejewski sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Andzejewski trying to get back to full guard but silva takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Andzejewski is in all sorts of trouble here.
silva unloading with bombs!
Andzejewski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
silva looking to control but Andzejewski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrzej Andzejewski dominated that round.
That's time! Andzejewski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
silva fails with the takedown

and Andzejewski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
silva is looking to control Andzejewski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can silva avoid being mounted?
Andzejewski tries to pass the half guard into mount. silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andzejewski trying to control from silva's half guard. silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
silva trying to keep a closed guard but Andzejewski is proving a slippery customer.

Andzejewski drops back, looking for a kneebar! silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from silva!
Andzejewski tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
silva looking to control but Andzejewski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Andzejewski can't escape the position.
Andzejewski reaches up to try and control the position but silva seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Andzejewski rolls and tries to escape and now silva has his back!
Andzejewski is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silva trying to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Andzejewski kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
silva keeps control of the position easily here as Andzejewski tries to buck him off.
silva scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

silva tightening his grip on Andzejewski, looking for the choke.
Andzejewski staying busy and making it hard for silva to control.

That's four 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.
Andzejewski trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

silva working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Andzejewski is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and silva has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Andzejewski taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). anderson silva!