PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Flex Luthor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luthor comes into the arena with Battleflag blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Luthor
vs
Silva

188 cm
25
181 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flex Luthor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luthor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Luthor misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luthor misses the shot to the body.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luthor looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Luthor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luthor misses with the combination.
Luthor throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luthor.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Luthor pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luthor swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luthor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luthor scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Luthor is avoiding it.
Luthor's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Luthor duly obliges.
Luthor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor is having none of it.
Silva wants to clinch up but Luthor keeps it at a distance.
Silva wants to clinch up but Luthor keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
Luthor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva tries to clinch up but Luthor circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luthor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Silva has Luthor up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Luthor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Luthor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luthor can't get the takedown.
Knees to the body from Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Luthor blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luthor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Luthor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Luthor avoids the damage to the body.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Luthor in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Luthor on the inside.
Come on Luthor - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Luthor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luthor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Luthor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luthor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva wants to clinch up but Luthor keeps it at a distance.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Luthor blocks an elbow strike.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Luthor avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luthor.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Luthor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Luthor is avoiding it.
Luthor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Luthor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Luthor misses with a wild combination.
Luthor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A cross from Luthor lands.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luthor jabs at Silva's body.
Luthor lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luthor. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Luthor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Luthor to score with a decent uppercut.
Luthor lands with a right hand.
Luthor lands with a nice body punch.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
Luthor lands a jab-cross combination.
Luthor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luthor lands a head shot.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
Luthor connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Luthor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Luthor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Luthor.
Luthor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luthor swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Luthor scores with a shot to the body.
Luthor jabs at Silva's body.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Luthor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Luthor.
A lazy left from Luthor finds it's target.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Luthor.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luthor with a nice cross.
Luthor scores with a nice strike.
Luthor looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A punch combination from Luthor misses.
Luthor throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Luthor dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Luthor misses the target.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Luthor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luthor throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.

Silva rushes Luthor and presses him up against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luthor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luthor is trying to break free.
Luthor blocks the elbow strike.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Luthor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luthor swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch but Luthor is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luthor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luthor misses with a wild body shot.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luthor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luthor swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch up but Luthor keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luthor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.
Luthor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luthor works the jab nicely.
Luthor throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Luthor swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Luthor throws a big shot that misses.
Luthor scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch up but Luthor circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch but Luthor is avoiding it.
Luthor just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luthor throws a one two combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Luthor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor is having none of it.
Luthor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Luthor just misses with a punch to the body.
Luthor throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luthor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Luthor misses with a straight right.
Luthor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Luthor gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Luthor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Luthor dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luthor.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Luthor blocks the elbow strike.
Come on Luthor - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Luthor manages to break the clinch.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Luthor.
Anderson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luthor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Luthor just misses with a punch to the body.
Luthor swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luthor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Luthor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luthor works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luthor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Luthor sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Luthor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
A left lands for Luthor.
Luthor swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.
Luthor misses with the combination.
Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luthor throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Luthor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luthor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luthor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luthor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luthor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva tries to clinch up but Luthor circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up but Luthor circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva wants to clinch up but Luthor keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luthor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A right-left combo lands from Luthor.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Luthor.
Luthor blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Luthor dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Luthor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Luthor.
Luthor lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Luthor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Luthor.
Luthor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luthor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luthor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Luthor.
Luthor lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Luthor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Luthor fails to land with a series of punches.
Luthor throws a shot to the body.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Luthor pushes him off.
Silva tries to clinch up but Luthor circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Luthor does no damage.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luthor.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Luthor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luthor takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva staying out of range there.
Luthor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Luthor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Luthor.
Luthor trying to stall but Silva improves his position.

Luthor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor moves out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luthor moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luthor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Luthor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luthor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luthor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two 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.
Luthor misses with a looping left.
Luthor catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Silva wants to clinch up but Luthor keeps it at a distance.
Luthor misses with a straight right.
Flex Luthor is winning the standup battle so far.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Luthor back into the cage.
Luthor looking for a takedown.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Luthor avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Luthor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luthor's defenses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Luthor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Luthor blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Luthor presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luthor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luthor's brow.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Luthor pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Luthor.

Luthor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luthor cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Luthor.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to move into range but Luthor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Silva has Luthor up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luthor lands with a left to the head.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Luthor can't get the takedown.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luthor's defenses.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Luthor shrugs off.
Luthor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Luthor is blocking nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Luthor.
Luthor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Luthor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luthor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luthor misses with a double jab.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luthor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luthor circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big left from Luthor misses.
Luthor keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Luthor pushes him off.
Silva tries to clinch there but Luthor circles away.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Luthor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor is having none of it.
Luthor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luthor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva is looking to clinch but Luthor is avoiding it.
Silva tries to clinch but Luthor is having none of it.
Silva tries to clinch there but Luthor circles away.
No joy there for Luthor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Luthor digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Luthor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Luthor lands a jab-cross combination.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flex Luthor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luthor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flex Luthor!