PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Inyo Mahmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mahmi's entrance music is Burning Season. A fine choice. Silva has chosen Aint no sunshine - DMX as his entrance music. Inyo Mahmi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mahmi
vs
Silva

180 cm
25
179 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
180 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Inyo Mahmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings for the body but Mahmi moves out of range.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mahmi looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva lands with a hook. Mahmi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mahmi.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mahmi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva moves away from the strike by Mahmi.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahmi was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mahmi as he avoids it easily.
Inyo Mahmi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mahmi throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Mahmi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Mahmi thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mahmi.
Silva moves out of range as Mahmi strikes.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva tries to bum rush Mahmi with a series of wild strikes but Mahmi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva jabs Mahmi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva misses with a hook. Mahmi ducked under it nicely.
Mahmi throws a big shot that misses.
Mahmi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahmi looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mahmi, right into the meat.
Mahmi moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Mahmi throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Mahmi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mahmi doesn't seem bothered though.
Mahmi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mahmi misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mahmi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Mahmi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahmi. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mahmi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mahmi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips a straight right by Mahmi.
Mahmi misses with a shot to the body
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahmi moves away.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Mahmi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva scores with a one two! Mahmi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahmi misses with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mahmi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahmi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Mahmi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mahmi misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
Jab from Silva.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mahmi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Mahmi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Mahmi seems unphased.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mahmi.
Anderson Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Mahmi blocks the leg kick.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Mahmi sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mahmi tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mahmi throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahmi was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahmi.
Mahmi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahmi.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mahmi misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mahmi throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmi avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva swings for the body but Mahmi moves out of range.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mahmi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mahmi rather than just go for the knockout.

Silva clinches.
Mahmi tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Mahmi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Mahmi.
Mahmi tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahmi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Silva's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahmi throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmi tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Mahmi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Silva looks for the body kick but Mahmi saw that one coming.
Mahmi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mahmi there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big right from Silva misses.
A jab from Mahmi does it's job there.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva tries to clinch up but Mahmi circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Mahmi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mahmi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Mahmi counters with a nice leg kick.
Mahmi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anderson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Mahmi, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Mahmi against the cage but Mahmi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mahmi thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mahmi misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva lands with a straight right. Mahmi didn't see that one coming.
Silva avoids the body shot from Mahmi.
A punch lands to the side of Mahmi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mahmi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahmi. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Mahmi misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mahmi thinking.
Mahmi misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva digs a good body shot into Mahmi's ribs.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahmi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Mahmi lands a slapping body shot.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mahmi sprawls well. Mahmi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Mahmi.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Mahmi.
Mahmi throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Mahmi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Mahmi misses with a straight right.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mahmi manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmi misses the body punch
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahmi misses with a looping left.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mahmi manages to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Mahmi which made him look bad.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahmi.
A shot to the body from Mahmi misses
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.

It looks like Inyo Mahmi has been cut.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Mahmi swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
Mahmi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Mahmi throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Mahmi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Inyo Mahmi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Mahmi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Inyo Mahmi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Mahmi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva darts in and clinches Mahmi up against the cage.
Anderson Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mahmi tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Mahmi back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anderson Silva.
Well Silva 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
An out of breath and clearly excited Anderson Silva thanked Balco Boys - Hilo for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).