PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bones Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silvu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Bones Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Silvu

185 cm
26
195 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

189 cm
24
188 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Prestige Nutrition (160! $99)

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bones Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Silvu!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Silvu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silvu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silvu tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Silvu throws a big shot that misses.
Silvu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Silvu throws a lazy body kick
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silvu throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Silvu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silvu throws a leg kick but Jones moved away.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silvu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
Jones misses with a hook. Silvu ducked under it nicely.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Silvu moved out of range nicely.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Silvu defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A low kick from Silvu is predictable there
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silvu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silvu misses with a head kick.
Silvu thows a leg kick but Jones checks it
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Silvu throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
Silvu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silvu. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silvu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silvu throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silvu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silvu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silvu misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Silvu.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvu throws a solid leg kick but Jones takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silvu.
Silvu misses with a leg kick.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silvu misses with a straight left.
Anderson Silvu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvu throws out a leg kick but Jones moves out of range and Silvu only half commits.
Silvu throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Jones blocks the body kick.
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!
Silvu throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
Silvu misses with a few strikes there.
Silvu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Silvu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jones cracks Silvu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silvu misses with a leg kick.
Silvu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silvu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silvu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Silvu misses with a series of wild punches.
Silvu throws a body kick that misses.
Jones blocks a jab.
Silvu throws a wild body kick that Jones sees coming a mile off.
Silvu throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Jones throws a hook but Silvu avoids it easily.
Silvu throws a leg kick that misses.
Silvu throws a leg kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Silvu. Those never looked like landing.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Silvu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silvu scores with a kick to the body.
Silvu tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Silvu.
Silvu misses with a right hand
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silvu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silvu scores with a jab to the head.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Silvu is looking to score with low kicks.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones checks a leg kick nicely.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvu looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvu misses with a two punch combination.
Silvu throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silvu.
Silvu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jones checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silvu dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silvu throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Silvu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silvu throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silvu misses with a low kick as Jones jumps back.
Silvu lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Silvu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silvu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silvu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silvu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silvu throws a leg kick that misses.
Silvu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silvu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silvu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jones scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silvu doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab by Jones.
Silvu misses with a leg kick.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silvu tries to land a front kick but Jones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silvu looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Silvu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Silvu throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Silvu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silvu misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silvu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
Silvu throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson Silvu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvu throws a head kick that half lands.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Silvu with an uppercut!
A nice inside leg kick there by Silvu. That's going to slow Jones down.
Silvu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silvu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silvu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silvu misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Silvu. Those never looked like landing.
Silvu is looking to chop away at Jones's legs.
A cross from Jones lands.
Silvu is looking to land body kicks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silvu tries a head kick but it misses.
Silvu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Silvu should have avoided that one.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones misses with a hook. Silvu ducked under it nicely.
Silvu throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Silvu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silvu.
Silvu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Silvu.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Silvu.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silvu.
Silvu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silvu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvu misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Silvu misses.
Silvu throws a low kick but Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones swings for the body but Silvu moves out of range.
Jones blocks a leg kick.
A big right from Silvu misses.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Silvu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Silvu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvu throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Silvu throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silvu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Silvu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silvu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silvu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silvu.
Silvu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silvu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silvu misses with a low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silvu swinging wildly here.
Silvu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Silvu is out of range.
Silvu misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvu tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Jones misses with a hook. Silvu ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson Silvu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Silvu. Those never looked like landing.
Silvu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silvu. That one must have hurt.
Silvu tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Silvu throws a body kick that misses.
Silvu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silvu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silvu.
Silvu throws a lazy body kick
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silvu needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvu misses with a head kick.
Silvu throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Silvu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones lands with a right hand.
Silvu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silvu throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A clash of legs there as Jones blocks the low kick.
Silvu misses with the body kick
and Jones counters with a left to the body.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Silvu's head back.
Silvu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jones misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvu misses the jab.
Jones checks a leg kick nicely.
Silvu throws a solid leg kick but Jones takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silvu.
Silvu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Jones works Silvu's body with a nice hook.
Anderson Silvu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silvu throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Silvu looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
A bone on bone clash there as Jones blocks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silvu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvu misses with a body kick.
Silvu misses with a kick to the body.
Silvu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bones Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silvu. That's going to slow Jones down.
Silvu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones moves out of range as Silvu throws a body kick.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silvu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones cracks Silvu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A solid body kick from Silvu.
Silvu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Silvu throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Jones throws out a loose jab but Silvu uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Silvu lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jones will feel that in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silvu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silvu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silvu!