PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Saiyok Pumpanmuang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. run this town kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Anderson Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pumpanmuang
vs
Silva

176 cm
21
193 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
181 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saiyok Pumpanmuang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pumpanmuang works Silva's body with a nice hook.

Pumpanmuang tries to sprawl but Silva drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Pumpanmuang wants to get back to full guard.
Pumpanmuang is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Pumpanmuang blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Pumpanmuang is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pumpanmuang on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pumpanmuang tries to get out of the position.
Silva works his way into full mount!
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pumpanmuang's face.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pumpanmuang is working to get back to half guard.

Silva is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Silva extends the arm and Pumpanmuang is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Silva!
Anderson Silva decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.