PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro de le Fe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think de le Fe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Yello - Oh Yeah. Alejandro de le Fe has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

de le Fe
vs
Silva

190 cm
25
201 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

195 cm
24
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent 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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alejandro de le Fe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva stalks de le Fe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into de le Fe's face. de le Fe staggers backwards, shaken.
de le Fe avoids the head kick by Silva.
de le Fe throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from de le Fe.

de le Fe moves into the clinch.

de le Fe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from de le Fe. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.

de le Fe throws a left that rocks Silva and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! de le Fe dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Silva regain composure!

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva prevents de le Fe from moving into mount.
de le Fe taking a breather here.
de le Fe moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
de le Fe takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
de le Fe throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
de le Fe controlling the pace for now.
de le Fe seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.

That's two 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 blocking the ground and pound.
de le Fe prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
de le Fe throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because de le Fe loaded up on that one.
de le Fe wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de le Fe with a couple of short strikes.
Silva is in a horrible position here. de le Fe smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
de le Fe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
de le Fe controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
de le Fe controlling from the full mount.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding de le Fe's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de le Fe controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alejandro de le Fe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

de le Fe avoids the head kick by Silva.
de le Fe takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

de le Fe shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
de le Fe engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de le Fe throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de le Fe's guard. Nice move by Silva!

de le Fe has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

de le Fe fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but de le Fe persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
de le Fe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.

de le Fe decides to stand and escape the position.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips under a jab from de le Fe.
Silva lands with a nice combination. de le Fe backs away looking to recover.
Alejandro de le Fe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de le Fe on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by de le Fe.
A head kick misses from Silva.
de le Fe avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab.

de le Fe closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de le Fe trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

de le Fe decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
A combination from de le Fe does no damage.
de le Fe misses with a straight left.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a right and a left that de le Fe avoids nicely.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
de le Fe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva cracks the inside of de le Fe's front leg.
Silva throws a series of punches but de le Fe moves out of range.
A combination from de le Fe does no damage.
Silva looks to throw the jab but de le Fe is out of range.
Anderson Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
de le Fe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva misses with a combination

and de le Fe counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
de le Fe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de le Fe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
de le Fe trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alejandro de le Fe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

de le Fe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
de le Fe defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
de le Fe lands an overhand right.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Anderson Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by de le Fe.
de le Fe dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from de le Fe.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but de le Fe slips the punch.

de le Fe scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from de le Fe crashes against the mat.
de le Fe throws an elbow but Silva slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de le Fe is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
de le Fe working the ground and pound but Silva is defending the strikes.
de le Fe in side control, throwing shots but Silva defends.
de le Fe has knee on belly momentarily but Silva bucks him off and regains half guard.

de le Fe decides to return to a standing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

de le Fe drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
de le Fe pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
de le Fe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

de le Fe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
de le Fe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
de le Fe misses with the combination.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva avoids the body shot from de le Fe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
de le Fe misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from de le Fe.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and de le Fe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
de le Fe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva misses with a head kick.
de le Fe misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva looks for the body kick but de le Fe saw that one coming.

de le Fe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. de le Fe showed some decent athleticism there.

de le Fe stands up from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro de le Fe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for de le Fe, 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alejandro de le Fe!