PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erick Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erick Bryan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bryan
vs
Silva

184 cm
26
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
184 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Erick Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryan feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Bryan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Bryan counters with a body kick that stops Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva tries to clinch but Bryan is having none of it.
Bryan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bryan fails to land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Bryan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Bryan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
An inside leg kick from Bryan misses.
Erick Bryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Bryan digs a good hook to Silva's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Bryan moves out of range easily.
Bryan tries a head kick but it misses.
Bryan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bryan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Bryan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bryan in particular looking to stall.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Bryan.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Bryan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bryan connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Bryan throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva strikes from the bottom but Bryan passes into mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Bryan connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Bryan looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bryan working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva is trying to stand but he's just given Bryan his back.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bryan is looking for the choke from the back position but Silva is controlling his hands well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bryan is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Bryan looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Silva is covering up but some of the strikes from Bryan are getting through and doing damage.
Bryan loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Silva hold on?
What can Silva do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva just trying to survive but Bryan is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Bryan scores with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erick Bryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva wants to clinch
and Bryan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Bryan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Bryan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Bryan backing up. Bryan nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bryan throws a shot to the body.
Silva misses with a hook. Bryan ducked under it nicely.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bryan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Bryan - just one landing.

Silva is rocked!
Bryan is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Bryan shuts the power down on Silva. Lights out, game over! Bryan is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Erick Bryan!
During a confident post fight interview, Erick Bryan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.