PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleimalulani Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Hart

188 cm
25
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaleimalulani Hart!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Hart moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hart has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hart can't break the clinch.

Silva jumps guard and drags Hart to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Silva throwing strikes here but Hart is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking to ground and pound but Hart is blocking nicely.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hart wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hart is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Hart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva throwing strikes here but Hart is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silva thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hart blocking the ground and pound.
Hart is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Hart looks gassed!
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hart wants to get back to his feet.
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 Hart's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Silva breaks from Hart's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hart is bucking up trying to escape but Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Silva breaks from Hart's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva is landing with some decent strikes but Hart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva breaks from Hart's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Hart is rocked!
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hart is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?
Poor strikes thrown by Silva there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hart seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Hart has him pressed against the cage.
Silva prevents Hart from breaking the clinch.
Silva works on Hart's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hart can do to turn this around?
Silva keeps control of Hart as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva gets through Hart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hart is defending well for now.
Silva prevents Hart from breaking the clinch.
Hart is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Hart keeps him there for the moment.

Hart manages to break the clinch.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hart manages to avoid it.
Hart throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Hart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Hart blocks an elbow strike.
Hart is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva tries to break free but Hart pushes him back against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Hart avoids the head kick by Silva.
Hart takes one to the side of the head.

Hart gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Hart won't allow it.
Hart is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hart's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Hart has double underhooks.
Hart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hart is blocking nicely.
Hart working hard to break the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva has Hart pressed against the cage, preventing Hart from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
Hart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Silva breaks from the clinch.

Silva has Hart up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hart is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva keeps control of Hart as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva jumps guard.
Silva has Hart pulled in close to control his posture.
Hart postures up.
Anderson Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva pulls Hart in close to his closed guard and prevents Hart from doing any damage or advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Anderson Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Hart misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hart, pushing him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hart's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Hart wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Hart has double underhooks.
Silva stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva jumps into guard, dragging Hart to the mat.
Hart must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throwing shots but Hart is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Silva dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hart takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hart moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A right-left combo lands from Hart.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.

Silva drives through and clinches with Hart against the cage.
Hart wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Hart is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.

Hart breaks from the clinch.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Hart which made him look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Kaleimalulani Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaleimalulani Hart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Hart shows good takedown defense.
Hart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Hart counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Hart to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hart.

Silva clinches.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hart backwards.

Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hart manages to get himself to full guard.
Hart working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hart preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Anderson Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
A victorious Anderson Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.