PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dhzabar Ask (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Ask
vs
Silva

185 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dhzabar Ask!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Ask sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ask tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ask lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Ask on that attempt.
Silva lands the left hand.
Ask lands a jab to the nose.
Good leg kick by Ask there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ask lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.

Silva gets a double leg takedown into Ask's guard.
Silva looks gassed!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva prevents Ask from getting back to his feet.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva won't allow Ask to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ask preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ask, up you get!
Some wild striking there from Ask.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ask keeps the fight on the outside.
Ask slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ask tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ask is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ask paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ask avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ask manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ask tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ask tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Ask tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ask tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Ask counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Ask to acknowledge the strikes.
Ask is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Good leg kick by Ask there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ask scores with a shot to the body.
Ask fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ask breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ask looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ask's head.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dhzabar Ask has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Silva.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Ask scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ask to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from Ask.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ask looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ask throws a head kick that misses.
Ask keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Ask has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ask is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ask trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Ask is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Ask prevents the takedown attempt.
Ask stalling in the clinch.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ask is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ask down to the mat. Ask avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ask doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ask tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ask scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ask. Ask obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ask thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhzabar Ask dominated that round.
That's time! Ask's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ask scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ask tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Silva misses.
Ask tries to clinch up.
Silva lands a two punch combo.
Ask throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Silva clinches up with Ask and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ask has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ask's efforts to push away.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Ask tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ask connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ask scores with a head kick.
Ask doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Ask is looking to clinch.
Ask lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ask punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Ask lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ask rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ask throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Come on Ask - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ask misses with a knee to the head.
Ask is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ask is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ask is defending well.
Dhzabar Ask has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Silva.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ask is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Ask shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Ask breaks from the clinch.
Ask is looking to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ask.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ask tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ask wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ask swinging wildly here.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva avoids the head kick by Ask.
Ask lands with a shot to the body.
Silva tries to clinch but Ask moves out of range.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Ask saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Donk. Ask catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Silva throws the left hand but Ask avoids the punch easily.
Dhzabar Ask is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ask moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

Ask breaks the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Ask. No joy for Silva on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ask fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ask tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A left and a right from Ask both land. Nice combination.
Ask is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Silva throws a series of punches but Ask avoids them all with ease.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ask is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ask is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Ask.
Silva prevents Ask from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Silva forces Ask back against the cage and clinches.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ask is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ask.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhzabar Ask dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Silva enables Ask to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Silva manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ask is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ask trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ask wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva is controlling Ask's posture.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeping full guard, as Ask tries to pass.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Ask from controlling successfully.
Ask stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Ask trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dhzabar Ask just wasn't active enough.
Ask tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.

Ask closes the distance and clinches.
Ask tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ask wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ask is defending well.
A bit of stalling here from Ask.
Ask lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dhzabar Ask has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Silva.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Ask.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ask misses with the combination.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Ask scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ask tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Ask gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ask wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ask gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ask trying to stall but Silva improves his position.

Ask breaks from the clinch.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.

Ask clinches with his opponent.
Ask is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ask wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ask fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up but Ask circles away and keeps his distance.
Ask fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ask lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.

Silva rushes Ask and presses him up against the cage.
Silva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ask is defending well.
Ask tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ask tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ask goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Ask gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dhzabar Ask is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Silva drags the fight down to the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dhzabar Ask showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ask, 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dhzabar Ask!