PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragovich comes to the cage accompanied by Pink Floyd - $MON€Y$. The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: Aint no sunshine - DMX. Florencio Dragovich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dragovich
vs
Silva

183 cm
23
180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

188 cm
26
180 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Balco Boys - Hilo

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 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!
Dragovich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dragovich.
Dragovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dragovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dragovich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dragovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dragovich's head backwards.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva looks to land a combination but Dragovich avoids it well.
Dragovich takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Dragovich counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva misses with a combination

and Dragovich counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva keeping moving, preventing Dragovich from controlling successfully.
Dragovich throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva won't allow Dragovich to sweep him here.
Dragovich trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Dragovich is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Dragovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dragovich throws his legs up looking for a submission but Silva uses it to pass to side control.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Dragovich is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dragovich is looking for a sweep.
Silva taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich tries to improve position but can't.
Silva has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Dragovich!
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dragovich is looking to escape.
Dragovich wants to control but Silva is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dragovich working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anderson Silva will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva throws a leg kick which misses Dragovich's front leg but catches the back leg as Dragovich tries to avoid it.
Dragovich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Dragovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Dragovich.
Dragovich swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dragovich is defended easily by Silva.
Dragovich misses with a hook.
Dragovich walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dragovich loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dragovich throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dragovich blocks a jab.
Dragovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Dragovich's head back.
Silva swings for the body but Dragovich moves out of range.
Dragovich looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Dragovich misses the jab.
Dragovich throws out a powerful jab.
Dragovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dragovich. Dragovich circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragovich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Dragovich pushes him off.
Anderson Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Dragovich shoots in.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anderson Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dragovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Dragovich misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva moves out of range as Dragovich strikes.
Dragovich thows a body shot but no joy.
Dragovich lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Dragovich jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.

Dragovich closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Dragovich drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Florencio Dragovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dragovich tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Dragovich. Those never looked like landing.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Dragovich looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dragovich misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva keeps Dragovich at a distance using the push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Dragovich misses.
Silva lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Dragovich misses the target.
Silva misses the jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Silva gets a clinch.
Dragovich is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Dragovich into the cage.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dragovich looking to slow down the pace here.
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're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Dragovich counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
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 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 lands a slapping body shot.
Dragovich swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Dragovich circles away.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Dragovich digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Dragovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dragovich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dragovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dragovich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dragovich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich misses with a straight right.
Dragovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Dragovich.
Dragovich throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dragovich.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragovich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Silva throws a hook to the side of Dragovich's head but Dragovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva misses with a hook
and Dragovich makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragovich scores with a body shot.
A big right from Dragovich misses.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dragovich misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Dragovich.
Dragovich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Dragovich shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Florencio Dragovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dragovich drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dragovich works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dragovich is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Florencio Dragovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva throws a series of punches but Dragovich moves out of range.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Dragovich misses the shot to the body.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva tries to clinch but Dragovich moves out of range.
Dragovich misses with the combination.

Silva clinches with his opponent.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Dragovich throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragovich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Dragovich should have avoided that one.
Good shot there by Dragovich.
Anderson Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dragovich scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 28:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
In his post fight interview, Anderson Silva gave a big smile as he said 'Senhores, nunca serão, jamais serão. Balco Boys por vida!!!! '.