PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thyre Wilkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by The Call Of Ktulu . Wilkins has chosen Combichrist - Deathbed as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Wilkins

186 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
27
186 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thyre Wilkins!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wilkins.
Wilkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wilkins shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Wilkins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wilkins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thyre Wilkins.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Wilkins is trying to break free.
Silva lands an elbow just above Wilkins 's eye.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Wilkins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva keeps control of Wilkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wilkins is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Wilkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva stalls.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wilkins looks gassed!
Silva with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilkins letting Silva take a breather here.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wilkins's efforts to push away.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wilkins's defenses.
Wilkins being controlled against the cage.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wilkins's face.
Wilkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Wilkins is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Wilkins can't break the clinch.
Wilkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wilkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Wilkins's ribcage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wilkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wilkins wants to break free but Silva has control.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Wilkins tries to tie him up.
Wilkins tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Wilkins tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.

Wilkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilkins.
Silva tries to clinch but Wilkins is having none of it.
Wilkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wilkins swinging wildly here.
Silva is looking to clinch but Wilkins is avoiding it.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilkins.
Silva throws a series of punches but Wilkins moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by Wilkins.
Anderson Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilkins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Wilkins circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Decent striking displayed by Wilkins there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wilkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilkins.
Wilkins throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
A left lands for Wilkins.
Wilkins throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.

Wilkins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wilkins grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wilkins has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wilkins on the ground.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Check out the look on Wilkins's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wilkins in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wilkins has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wilkins scores with punches from side control.
Wilkins wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wilkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wilkins cracks Silva with a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkins scoring with punches from side control.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wilkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilkins working the head with strikes.
Wilkins is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thyre Wilkins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wilkins closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wilkins is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!
Wilkins dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Wilkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wilkins with good strikes from the mount here!

Silva is rocked!
Wilkins unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Silva wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Wilkins celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thyre Wilkins!