PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derek St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem - Lose yourself kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

St Pierre
vs
Silva

203 cm
23
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
Silva throws a lazy head kick

and St Pierre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silva is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

St Pierre drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and St Pierre jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva trying to control the position.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva wants to sweep here but St Pierre controlling him for the moment.
Silva keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre won't allow Silva to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows St Pierre to score an easy takedown into full guard.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.
Silva keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.
Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Silva looking to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Antonio Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.

It looks like Derek St Pierre has been cut.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre misses with a knee to the head.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. St Pierre obliges.
Silva looks gassed!
St Pierre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
St Pierre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Antonio Silva has been cut.
St Pierre trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
St Pierre landing knees to the head.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St Pierre is trying to stall.
St Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
St Pierre lands a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as St Pierre controls the action.
Silva wants to stall.
St Pierre looking to stall.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
St Pierre's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
St Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
St Pierre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St Pierre scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre pressing his opponent against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek St Pierre dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from St Pierre.
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
Donk. Silva catches St Pierre right on the button with a cross.
Antonio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have St Pierre backpedaling.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. St Pierre should have avoided that one.
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Derek St Pierre's cut is getting worse.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
It's a brutal combination of punches from Silva! St Pierre is backing up but he can't get away as Silva lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops St Pierre and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Antonio Silva!
A very excited looking Antonio Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.